Today In Book Publishing
August 13, 2015 at 6:12 pm
News Corp closed out a strong year, according to its latest financial report, and it credits some of that success to growth at HarperCollins. But a deeper look at the numbers, courtesy of The Bookseller’s Lisa Campbell and The Digital Reader’s Nate Hoffelder, reveal that without the acquisition of Harlequin, the Big Five publisher’s revenue…
August 12, 2015 at 6:03 pm
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt made significant strides in its direct-to-consumer strategy yesterday with the acquisition of ebook and technology assets from the ebook subscription service MeeGenius. MeeGenius offers a library of 700 picture books geared toward young readers up to 8 years old. The acquisition increases HMH's digital content for young readers and establishes a direct…
August 10, 2015 at 3:49 pm
The lenses through which we read content are going to change dramatically in the future. The Wikiwand plug-in is a good example.
August 6, 2015 at 5:35 pm
I’ve admitted before on this blog that I’m not a big ebook reader. Despite being branded as a tech-savvy, social-media-rampant millennial, I still prefer print reads. But I’m not a “I love the smell of old books,” person or the “I enjoy holding something tangible in my hands” type. When it comes down to it,…
August 5, 2015 at 6:12 pm
Bookmate, which now spans several global markets including Southeast Asia, Russia and Sweden, announced yesterday its first foray into Latin America. Through a partnership with Tigo Mobile, the social reading and ebook subscription platform will provide over 40,000 Spanish-language ebooks to readers in Paraguay and Guatemala. Bookmate has also launched its self-publishing platform in these…
August 4, 2015 at 1:52 pm
CHICAGO, Aug. 04, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RR Donnelley & Sons Company (Nasdaq:RRD) today announced that it intends to create three independent, publicly traded companies: one business focused on financial communications and data services; one business focused on publishing and retail-centric print services; and one business focused on customized multichannel communications management. Thomas J. Quinlan…
August 3, 2015 at 2:50 pm
I’m sure most of you bristle at the thought of curators being more valuable than creators. After all, the former have no job without the latter. I agree, but it’s not as if the content creation population is declining. In fact, that number only increases every month, and that’s what’s driving up the value of…
July 29, 2015 at 5:30 pm
Simon & Schuster’s Glommable marks a growing trend in consumer-facing websites that utilize original content to collect audience data.
July 28, 2015 at 5:56 pm
There is a simpler approach that publishers can implement to improve their book marketing, and it costs next to nothing to execute.
July 27, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Joe Wikert looks five years into the future and sees an industry in which book buyers can choose from a variety of pricing models.
