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17May | '13
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5 Top Publishing News Stories of the Week, 5/13 – 5/17

By Lena Morris | Published: May 17, 2013

Every week we recommend 5 links to publishing news that the young professional 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 workers in Germany set to strike for pay and benefits after trade union Verdi refused to impliment a collective agreement on employee conditions. E-Book sales, (especially in the romance genre, given that it was The Year of Fifty Shades), significantly boosted ... Read more

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5Dec | '12
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Libraries and Ebooks: An Australian Perspective

By Kate McKenzie | Published: December 5, 2012

  This is the first post by our new blogger, Kate McKenzie, based on research she’s done for her Masters in Publishing and Communications at the University of Melbourne. While there are differences between Australian and North American library systems and ebook policies, we’re excited to welcome Kate’s account of things in her hometown to help widen our picture of the way people are borrowing and reading around the world. **** Random House, one of the world’s biggest publishing houses, recently said that libraries do, in fact, ‘own’ their Random ... 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 But it wasn’t all outdated technology jokes.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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9Oct | '12
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StoryDrive 2012 at the Frankfurt Book Fair: Digital Advances Made (a bit more) Easy

By Liz Janetschek | Published: October 9, 2012

Authors, publishers, agents, executives, marketers, publicists, designers, you name it–everyone in the publishing world is gearing up for the Frankfurt Book Fair. The annual event is a gathering where all aspects of the book are showcased and explored–the making of, the selling of, the appeal of, the history of, the future of. Frankfurt’s Digital Initiative, SPARKS, is sponsoring StoryDrive 2012, a ‘trend show’ and ‘market place’ of crossmedia design. The Frankfurt Book Fair began StoryDrive in 2010, to what Publisher’s Weekly described as, “anemic” crowds who gathered to see admittedly ... Read more

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28Sep | '12
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5 Top Publishing News Stories, Week of 9/24-9/28

By Liz Janetschek | Published: September 28, 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.     The not-so-casual mistake: Hachette drops the ball with the ebook version of JK Rowling’s highly anticipated novel, The Casual Vacancy.  Whiz kids: The National Book Foundation released the names of its 5 under 35 honorees. Penguin files ... Read more

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21Sep | '12
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5 Top Publishing News Stories, Week of 9/17-9/21

By Liz Janetschek | Published: September 21, 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. The drama continues overseas, as Apple, as well as assorted publishers, settle on ebook pricing with the EU. Zola Books, the social, retail and recommendation site which premiered at BEA 2012, went live on September 20th. The sigh of ... Read more

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