HarperCollins
April 29, 2016 at 2:33 pm
Michael Kozlowski at GoodEReader is reporting that Kindle ebooks from HarperCollins have become unavailable for purchase at many or all Amazon stores worldwide except for Amazon.com in the USA. However, apart from commenters chiming in on an earlier GoodEReader story to note that the books are unavailable from their stores, I have not been able…
April 5, 2016 at 2:25 pm
Citing “a long and successful history of publishing in France,” HarperCollins President and CEO Brian Murray has announced the formation of HarperCollins France as part of what the Big Five publisher terms its “Global Publishing Program. HarperCollins will maintain the Harlequin imprint, closely associated for decades with romance, according to a prepared statement. The publisher…
March 15, 2016 at 2:02 pm
The copyright history of Harper Lee's classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" long ago crossed into the byzantine realm. But the latest development in the saga points to how copyright law has been perverted to serve the wrong people. In 2013 the author of "Mockingbird," Harper Lee,…
February 22, 2016 at 12:40 pm
The Italian division of HarperCollins, HarperCollins Italia, has acquired 20lines, an app for iPhone and Android that allows to people write, read and share short-format stories. The publisher, which announced the news on its Italian website, said 20lines has more than 220,000 registered users, who create more then 15,000 new stories every month.
February 19, 2016 at 2:37 pm
Harper Lee, the iconic American author of To Kill a Mockingbird, died Friday in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, her publisher, HarperCollins, confirmed. In a statement, Michael Morrison, the publishing firm’s president, said: "The world knows Harper Lee was a brilliant writer but what…
February 19, 2016 at 2:28 pm
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld Apple Inc's $450 million settlement of claims that it harmed consumers by conspiring with five publishers to raise ebook prices. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected a challenge by ebooks purchaser John Bradley to the fairness, reasonableness and adequacy of Apple's class-action antitrust settlement…
February 10, 2016 at 2:21 pm
HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate has launched a new short story series, 4th Shorts, which is intended to “introduce curious readers to 4th Estate’s rich back catalogue on an easily digestible scale." The publisher has launched a new short story hub - a mobile-friendly online reading service that offers visitors short stories from "big-name authors and…
February 8, 2016 at 11:06 am
“It’s absolutely vital to stick to a digital agenda.” A voice of reason amid recent “print resurgence” hosannas, HarperCollins’ Chief Digital Officer and Vice President of International, Chantal Restivo-Alessi gave the keynote address at the Future! Publish conference event, which was staged in Berlin on January 28 and 29. Focusing on “mindflow,” workflow and networking,…
January 11, 2016 at 1:04 pm
The biggest deals in the publishing industry in 2015 occurred outside of the trade sector. Unlike 2013, when the Random House–Penguin merger was completed, or 2014, when HarperCollins acquired Harlequin, the major trade houses did not make any major acquisitions last year. The biggest acquisitions in 2015 were in professional and educational publishing, led by…
January 8, 2016 at 12:58 pm
Penguin Random House announced the sale of Author Solutions on Tuesday, leading to headlines stating it has exited the self-publishing business and various commentators congratulating it for cleaning house. Unfortunately, neither of those things are true. Four Penguin Random House-owned vanity presses will remain in operation – Partridge India, Partridge Singapore, Partridge Africa, and MeGustaEscribir…
