Publishing NewsAmazon / book prices / Macmillan / Simon & Schuster29 Comments
There is a superlative article at Publisher’s Marketplace about the windowing, agency model, pricing, and the future of digital books. Most of the comments are made by Madeline McIntosh by Random House. She talks in a very thoughtful and meaningful way about the challenges publishers are facing today and how ... more >
Features / Publishing NewsConventions / Courtney Milan / ebook sales / Harlequin / Publishing Sales / Simon & Schuster17 Comments
Jason Pinter wonders whether being online and so accessible removes the mystique of an author and thereby reduces one’s ability to sell books. **** More authors are getting into the casual gaming platform. Orchid Games released Heartwild Solitaire Classic and recruited a few authors to write short stories that players ... more >
Features / Publishing NewsBarnes & Noble / Harlequin / Intellectual Property Issues / Internet / Simon & Schuster9 Comments
[nggallery id=48] I ordered a bunch of Harlequin Stationary goods that feature the vintage covers. The stationary goods include little matchbook notepads, bound composition notebooks and address books. I liked the address books the least. They have a spiral binding and I found them to be a little too bulky. ... more >
FeaturesBarnes & Noble / Borders / inspirational / Reader Habits / Serials / Simon & Schuster34 Comments
The winners of the CL Wilson, Queen of Song and Souls are as follows: Pamk stephanie Rexe Julie Sharon I have sent you an email. **** Inside the Higher Ed blog has another piece on technology and scholarship. This time, Alex Golub laments the shift of readers from paper texts ... more >
Features / Publishing Newsbook business / Borders / education / First-Amendment / Kindle / Simon & Schuster7 Comments
I woke up and Twitter was alive with the news that Simon & Schuster was making a huge change to its organizational structure. Simon Spotlight Entertainment and Pocket Books will be reconfigured. All the hardcovers and trade books that were once Pocket Books or SSE will now be Gallery Books. ... more >
Publishing Newsereader device / Harlequin / Harlequin Presents / Literary Criticism / lynn raye harris / Simon & Schuster11 Comments
Confirmation of the layoffs of three Simon & Schuster editors has been made. (We had some concerns about layoffs on Monday). News of the Star Trek editor had leaked out last week with a suggestion that there were others in the offing. Yesterday publisher Louise Burke sent an email notice ... more >