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How Data Changed Publishing in 2015
January 7, 2016 at 3:16 pm

Data enables book publishers to connect with their readers in deeper and more meaningful ways — and sometimes, interact for the very first time. As digital exchanges between publishers and readers increase, data insights culled from those interactions continue to emerge and make a significant impact on how book publishers operate. Publishers are using data…

DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Turn Away Apple
December 30, 2015 at 2:32 pm

The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to refuse to hear Apple's appeal of a ruling that it conspired with publishers to raise the price of ebooks. The antitrust ruling against Apple—issued in 2013 by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote and affirmed this year by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals—was "supported…

HarperCollins, Insurrection Media Strike Deal to Turn Books into Series
December 16, 2015 at 2:23 pm

HarperCollins Publishers has struck a deal with Insurrection Media to option and develop books for adaptation as TV or digital series, the companies announced Monday. The first HarperCollins book under consideration by the alliance is the trilogy “Mila 2.0,” written by Debra Driza and published by Katherine Tegen Books.

The Persistence of Email Marketing for Book Publishers
December 10, 2015 at 2:19 pm

Call me an old cynic, but sometimes it seems like the entire internet is conspiring to a) get me to read My Struggle and b) to distract marketers from a simple, demonstrable fact: Email marketing is (or can be, properly pursued) the cheapest, most effective, measurable way to sell just about anything, including (and perhaps…

BitLit Adds Springer to Bundling Publisher-Partners
December 7, 2015 at 11:39 am

Springer has become the latest publisher to offer ebook bundles to readers through Vancouver's BitLit. In an announcement made today (December 7), BitLit personnel tell The Bookseller that the new arrangement will add more than 100,000 titles to BitLit's "Shelfie" app. Some 1,200 publishers now offer some degree of bundling through BitLit, according to the…

Press Release: HarperCollins Q3 Revenue Increased 1% Compared to 2014
November 6, 2015 at 11:12 am

NEW YORK—November 5, 2015—News Corporation (“News Corp” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:NWS, NWSA; ASX:NWS, NWSLV) today reported financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2015. Commenting on the results, Chief Executive Robert Thomson said: “News Corp is on track in its transition to a more digital and global future, having successfully integrated several recent…

Press Release: HarperCollins Publishers Acquires Ebook Deals Newsletter The Midlist
October 29, 2015 at 9:40 am

NEW YORK—October 28, 2015—HarperCollins Publishers today announced its acquisition of The Midlist, a daily email newsletter featuring ebooks deals, from Libboo, the industry leader in audience development through sharing content. The service will be merged into the publisher's growing Bookperk platform, which delivers deals and other offers to more than a million users in the…

Apple Is ‘Its Own Worst Enemy,' Says U.S. Antitrust Monitor
October 8, 2015 at 2:17 pm

Apple is "its own worst enemy," says a court-appointed monitor whom the company continues to impede. After it was confirmed that Apple conspired with at least five major book publishers to up ebook prices and keep competitors such as Amazon at bay from the industry, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote assigned former U.S. Justice Department…

Press Release: HarperCollins Publishers Announces the Formation of HarperCollins Italia
October 2, 2015 at 2:15 pm

NEW YORK—September 30, 2015—HarperCollins Publishers today announced the continued expansion of its Global Publishing Program with the creation of HarperCollins Italia. Harlequin Mondadori S.p.A, which has successfully operated in Italy for 34 years and was formerly a joint venture with Harlequin Enterprises and Mondadori Libri, will now be fully owned by HarperCollins. The business will…

HarperCollins’ New Audiobook App is Hobbled by its Broken Website
September 28, 2015 at 11:57 am

When HarperCollins launched an ebookstore on its website last year, it was (and still is) such a mess that the majority of its customers aren't readers but industry insiders checking out the competition. The search is broken, the genre/category pages throw errors, and the store won't actually sell me ebooks. The many issues with HC's…