Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Amazon struck a huge deal with New York City’s Department of Education to make an ebook marketplace for textbooks. Literary magazine, PANK, announced that it is folding at the end of 2015. Several European countries are in an uproar over the Value Added Tax placed on ebooks. […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Top 5 Publishing News Stories 7/20-7/24
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt signed agency deal with Amazon, Apple, and Google, stabilizing its ebook prices on most retail websites. Rizzoli Bookstore will open in its new New York City location on Monday. HarperCollins launched its Agency Portal, to make royalty statements, U.S. sales data and anti-piracy information easily […]
Top 5 Publishing News Stories 7/13-7/17
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee shattered first day sales records in the United States after going on sale this Tuesday. The New York Times eased their previous ban on Ted Cruz’s book from appearing on the bestseller list. Facebook wants a share of […]
Top 5 Publishing News Stories 7/6-7/10
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Amazon is now removing customer reviews if its data mining shows that the customer has a personal relationship with the author. Apple is now being investigated in Canada for possibly conspiring to fix ebook prices. Nook stores outside of the US and UK will close on August 7th, […]
Top 5 Publishing News Stories 6/29-7/3
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Apple lost the appeal for its ebook price fixing lawsuit. Scribd is adjusting its subscription catalog, in what the CEO is calling a “purge” of romance titles. It was discovered that Amazon’s new pay structure will pay self-published authors as little as $.006 per page read. In […]
