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7Dec | '12
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5 Top Publishing News Stories of the Week, 12/3-12/7

By Liz Janetschek | Published: December 7, 2012

Every week we recommend 5 links to publishing news that the young professional should read to feel more informed and 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 announced a new Amazon Marketing feature, Amazon Pages, which allows companies to integrate their presence on Amazon into social media & measure Amazon analytics. As per their settlement with the DOJ, Hachette has began to implement ... Read more

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7Nov | '12
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Amazon and Barnes & Noble: The Tale of Two Online Booksellers

By Liz Janetschek | Published: November 7, 2012

Being the resident intern around here, I sometimes get stuck with, well, intern-y jobs. A few weeks back, I was assigned to clean up a bookshelf that had been gathering dust, old industry reports and book festival guides. As I flipped through the old files, I laughed at subtitles like, “The CD ROM Gold Rush: Too Many Prospectors, Not Enough Gold.” But it wasn’t all outdated technology jokes. An Open Book Publishing 1997 report entitled “Subtext: Perspective on Book Publishing: Numbers, Issues & Trends” broke the news that “A number of booksellers ... Read more

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19Oct | '12
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5 Top Publishing News Stories, Week of 10/15-10/19

By Liz Janetschek | Published: October 19, 2012

  Every week we recommend 5 links to publishing news that the young professional should read to feel more informed and 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.   Hilary Mantel was awarded her second Man Booker Prize for Bring Up the Bodies, a sequel to 2009′s Man Booker-winning Wolf Hall. Jack Sparrow, uh, I mean, Johnny Depp, announced his partnership with HarperCollins in launching a new imprint ... Read more

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14Sep | '12
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5 Top Publishings News Stories, Week of 9/10-9/14

By Liz Janetschek | Published: September 14, 2012

Every week we recommend 5 links to publishing news that the young professional should read to feel more informed and 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.     Fifty Shades of Grey is (finally!) overtaken in this week’s sales by No Easy Day, a firsthand account of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. As a result of the DOJ settlement, HarperCollins takes some tentative ... Read more

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