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May 2, 2017

Tuesday News: “real books,” social function of gossip, realities of book touring, and comic book ninjas

JanetPublishing Newsbook touring / Comic books / digital book sales / ninjas / print books / tabloid journalism1 Comments

Real books are back. E-book sales plunge nearly 20% – Objective reporting is so wonderful, isn’t it? How about accurate reporting? Just check out the comparison between the so-called “plunge” in digital book sales and the rise of print book sales. And then there’s the fine print: certain types of print ... more >

June 9, 2016

Thursday News: Baileys Book Prize, millennials reading, Star Wars (again), and cool cosplay

JanetPublishing NewsBaileys Prize / bookstores / cosplay / India / millennials / print books / Star Wars6 Comments

McInerney’s murder tale wins Baileys book prize – Formerly the Orange Prize, the Baileys Prize for Fiction honors the best UK books by women, and this year’s winner is Lisa McInerney for The Glorious Heresies. The Prize is £30,000 and is 20 years old this year. The shortlisted books were as follows: ... more >

May 13, 2016

Friday News: BEA, book sales, and Winds of Winter

JanetPublishing NewsBEA / book adaptations / booksellers / Ebooks / Game of Thrones / print books / publishing10 Comments

Books are back: Printed book sales rise for first time in four years as ebooks suffer decline and BEA 2016: E-book Sales Fell 13% in 2015, Nielsen Reports – Trends in both then UK and US book markets appear to mirror each other, with adult coloring books and other “lifestyle non-fiction” propelling the ... more >

April 15, 2016

Friday News: The dynamic conditions of publishing and reading

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Banned-Books / book clubs / digital publishing / Kobo / print books / Self-publishing / traditional publishing1 Comments

Book publishing is a resilient business: Kobo CEO – An interview with Kobo’s CEO Michael Tambyln, who argues that “every year [the publishing industry] finds a new driver for growth,” and this year it is the dynamic between print and digital books. Despite the digital slowdown, Tambyln notes the continuing growth ... 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 >

Apple
January 21, 2016

Thursday News: i0S vulnerability fixed, how we read, when the present becomes the past, and Suicide Squad trailer quiz

JanetPublishing NewsApple / Chuck Klosterman / digital books / History / i0S / movie trailers / print books / privacy / Suicide Squad3 Comments

iOS cookie theft bug allowed hackers to impersonate users – If you’re running iOS, make sure you’re running 9.2.1, which fixed a pernicious bug that Apple was informed of way back in 2013. Security company Skycure blogged about the vulnerability, noting that it could Steal users’ (HTTP) cookies associated with a ... more >

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