Chester Archives - Book Business

August 8, 2012In Suburban Philly, an unloved Sci-Fi Nook

I stumbled onto one of those beautifully-quirky-but-ultimately-meaningless general interest articles on one of the many AOL Patch sites last night. This one comes from the dark and mysterious realms of the Malvern Public Library, which is located in a relatively affluent Philadelphia suburb. At this particular library—and at every other branch of its the Chester [...]

November 10, 2011Springer Announces Deal to Purchase Marketing and Publishing Services from Wolters Kluwer

Springer Science + Business Media has agreed to purchase Wolters Kluwer's pharmaceuticals-focused marketing and publishing services (MPS) unit.

October 13, 2011Can Schiffer's Minimum Advertised Pricing Solve Publishers', Authors' and Retailers' Woes?

A respect for the value of content, of books, of authorship drives the Schiffer LTD imprint's minimum advertised pricing (MAP) policy. The policy stipulates the imprint's books will only be distributed to outlets who do not advertise the products below a publisher-set minimum price.