Publishing Newsacademic freedom / Apple / covers / Harper Collins / independent booksellers / Penguin Classics / privacy / Publishers / Roald Dahl / technology / Tor18 Comments
Harper Has New Indie Marketing Fund – As of July 1st, retailers may receive money based on their sales of Harper Collins books for the previous year, with which they can “promote creative merchandising” of Harper Collins books. It’s an interesting way to incentivize booksellers to promote Harper Collins authors ... more >
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FutureBookHack Category Winners revealed – Almost 100 hackers gathered at the University College London for the first FutureBookHack. Organized by The Bookseller and intended to address challenges set by publishers, the event spanned this past weekend and yielded a number of projects for both print and digital publishing. An overall ... more >
Publishing NewsBarnes and Noble / independent booksellers / indie publishers / LGBTQIA / marketing / The Strand2 Comments
Don Weise’s Many Years in Gay Publishing Offer a Unique and Encouraging Perspective – A great interview with Don Weise, editorial director of Magnus Books and a fixture in LGBT publishing. Although Weise’s comments are often focused on the LGBT market, he has a lot to say about small publishers ... more >