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February 26, 2018

Monday News: Terry not so Goodkind, ebooks and hardcovers, sexist new video game

JanetPublishing Newsbook-covers / cover artists / digital books / Hachette / hardcovers / video games21 Comments

Terry Goodkind Apologizes to Artist After Trashing Cover to Own Book – When Terry Goodkind called his new book cover “laughably bad,” he was in no way insulting the cover artist. Of course he wasn’t! Who would ever think that?! If you believe his lame “apology,” he was really criticizing ... more >

May 22, 2017

Monday News: age & publishing, Marvel’s Black Panther, self-publishing non-fiction, and translating Dracula

JanetPublishing NewsBlack Panther / Comics / Dracula / Hachette / Marvel / non-fiction / Self-publishing / translation / UK publishing / US publishing1 Comments

Hachette’s new order – An interesting piece in The Bookseller on the way in which UK publishing appears to be trending downward in the age of its executives, while US publishing continues to trend older. Why the difference, and what does it mean? Does age necessitate experience, or does it signal ... more >

March 4, 2016

Friday News: Audio on the rise, Perseus + Ingram, and “toward a radical politics of pleasure”

JanetPublishing Newsaudiobooks / consent / distribution / Ebooks / female pleasure / Hachette / Ingram / Perseus / publishingComments Off on Friday News: Audio on the rise, Perseus + Ingram, and “toward a radical politics of pleasure”

Book sales are in decline but audio books are thriving – More on the rise of print, not just in the US, but in the UK, too, with a side of ‘print is more expensive = good’, and ‘ebooks are “cheaper” = bad’ for publishing. *sigh* Anyway, we know that audio ... more >

March 2, 2016

Wednesday News: Hachette buys Perseus, marriage in decline, Tidal sued, and Big 5 publishing logic

JanetPublishing NewsBig 5 publishers / digital publishing / first sale doctrine / Hachette / marriage / music royalties / Perseus / print books / Tidal6 Comments

Hachette Book Group to Acquire the Perseus Books Group – It always amuses me that autocorrect persistently tries to change Hachette to Machete. Heh. Anyway, Hachette and Perseus finally managed to complete a sales deal that they have been working on for several years. The new acquisition for Hachette adds a ... more >

December 9, 2014

Tuesday News: bookselling via Twitter, the legality of data retention, media whitewashing, and struggle over Sendak’s estate

JanetPublishing Newsbookselling / data retention / diversity / EU laws / films / Hachette / human rights / lawsuit / Maurice Sendak / media / privacy / probate / security / social media / UK6 Comments

Hachette Tries Selling Books via Twitter – So Hachette is experimenting with new ways to sell books direct to readers, and its collaboration with Gumroad to sell books on Twitter is set to launch this week, beginning with books from Amanda Palmer, Chris Hadfield and The Onion. This is apparently ... more >

November 14, 2014

Friday News: Hachette & Amazon make nice; Internet tax bill; map of uncolonized Africa; Microsoft patches 19-year-old vulnerability; and UK’s Project Remix

JanetPublishing NewsAfrica / Agency pricing / Amazon / booksellers / colonialism / Contest / Hachette / internet sales / Literary fiction / maps / Microsoft / sales tax / software / use tax10 Comments

Updated: Amazon and Hachette finally reach deal; Hachette will set its ebook prices –  The war appears to be over between Hachette and Amazon, and whatever the state of their relationship, readers get the return of Agency Pricing. Yippee. When the new ebook terms take place in early 2015, “Hachette ... more >

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