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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
• Bookshop chain suspends all new orders online • At least three distributors have stopped supplying retailer There were further fears for the future of Borders last night after the struggling book and music retailer closed its website to new orders and cancelled at least one upcoming author event instore. So far, three book distributors have stopped supplying the high-street retailer amid...
Torontoist (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Urban Planner is Torontoist's guide to what's on in Toronto, published every weekday morning, and in a weekend edition Friday afternoons. If you have an event you'd like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you've got any—to events@torontoist.com . Psusennes I's funerary mask. Photo by Sandro Vannini, courtesy of the AGO. ART: As we previewed last week , " King...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
The audiobook of my latest novel, Makers has been published by Random House Audio, strictly in DRM-free formats over the net (this means that Apple won't carry it in the iTunes store, even though Audible was willing to carry it without DRM). The reading is by Bernadette Dunne, a very talented actor. I just listened to this for the first time yesterday and I was blown away by Dunne's reading. I'm a...
Booksellers Association (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Bundling a ebook reader to an exclusive ebook launch is a bit scary, as it sets yet another ‘exclusive’ deal and feeds on scarcity and demand. Sony UK has announced another of its spray paint limited edition models of their Reader Pocket Edition™. Remember the John Lewis and the Mills and Boon Romance ones, well we now have the thriller one. They appear to have have now found some...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
" 'King of the pop-ups' became Mr. Hunt's moniker in professional circles. Mr. Hunt produced dozens of books for Walt Disney; a series based on Babar; and popular titles including 'Haunted House' and 'The Human Body.' A 1967 pop-up published by Random House, 'Andy Warhol's Index,' came about at the suggestion of the artist. "...
At Home With Books (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Publisher: Random House Audio (Unabridged) Publication Date: March 2005 ISBN: 9780739322208 Audiobook Summary (from the publisher ): Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...
Fast Company (Free subscription) | yesterday
The numbers are in, and eBooks may very well be the bright spot in book publishing's dim future--but only if publishers can figure out a way to keep the momentum going. EBook sales accounted for $46.5 million as of the end of September , according to the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), but that number only represents trade eBook sales through wholesale channels. Retail numbers may be...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Three UK book distributors have temporarily stopped supplying Borders UK amidst worries about the company's future. An anonymous sales director explained to The Bookseller : "We really hope they can get through this, everyone will try to help them. But if we don't think we are going to be paid, we are going to have to stop supplying them." In addition, here are a few publishing headlines...
Literary Escapism (Free subscription) | yesterday
Melissa Marr received permission to show us this beauty. It’s the cover for the fourth Fae novel, Radiant Shadows . Kmont is showing the cover love with her list of upcoming fantasy novels , which includes the new cover for Jaqueline Carey’s Naamah’s Curse . There are some pretty spectacular covers over there and some interesting stories. Random House has posted the first chapter...
Comics Worth Reading (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tomorrow, November 24, at 3 PM Eastern, Nina Matsumoto will be the guest at a live chat hosted by suvudu.com, Random House’s sci-fi/manga blog. Nina is the author of Yokaiden, an Original English Language manga. The second volume of the series is due out tomorrow. Nina first became famous online for her manga-styled drawing of [...]
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Robert Allen has been named editorial director at Macmillan Audio, the company announced today. Allen's publishing career began as Baker and Taylor sales manager, followed by a move to Bantam Doubleday Dell sales. While there, he rose to vice president of sales marketing at Doubleday Broadway and then publisher of Random House Audio. Since then, he co-founded Brands-to-Books agency, working with clients...
The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cherie's were shallow, Blunkett's risible and Campbell's partial. But the memoirs we are most looking forward to from the New Labour cabinet have be those of Lord Mandelson After the battle of the polls, the battle of the books. Whatever the outcome of the general election campaign, whose opening salvoes have now been fired, this should be more than matched by the political memoirs of the outgoing...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
It wasn't long after talk show host Oprah Winfrey 's announcement of her intention to retire in 2011 that publishing insiders began referring to her departure as " a blow " to the industry, one from which it would be difficult if not impossible to recover. "We probably won't see something else to match its overall potential impact on book sales in the broadcast arena any time soon,"...
Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Fantasy and Science Fiction . Duprau, J. (2003) City of Ember. (2003) New York: Random House. Lina and Doon live in the 241 year-old city of Ember, a city that was built underground to ensure the safety of the human race. ...
. (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
My critique groups are buzzing with the Harlequin Enterprises announcement that they are going into vanity press, where an author pays for everything that a publisher should do for you if your work is accepted. Harlequin is partnering with Author Solutions, who own other vanity presses eg. iUniverse, AuthorHouse. Vanity publishing isn't new, Random House owns 49% of Xlibris. Amazon owns CreateSpace,...
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