Hachette Book Group, who is currently engaged in a tumultuous battle with Amazon, sent out a statement to its employees regarding news that they would begin a round of layoffs that would cut three percent of its US staff, or roughly thirty people. According to the company, this news is unrelated to the drama unfolding over sales contracts with the world's largest book retail … [Read more...] about Hachette to Cut 3% of US Staff
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BookExpo 2014 In Pictures
Author Rick Riordan and Hachette's Vanessa Vazquez met up with the team from Disney Digital Publishing while the author was discussing an exciting new project coming up that will coincide with Riordan's bestselling Percy Jackson series. FastPencil's Steve Wilson displaying their IDPF Innovation Award for their streamlined ebook creation and distribution … [Read more...] about BookExpo 2014 In Pictures
Coker: Publishers Are Disposable to Amazon
Smashwords' CEO and founder Mark Coker has written an in-depth look at the battle raging between Amazon and one of the Big Five publishers, Hachette Book Group. The battle over contract terms has seen Amazon raise the price of Hachette titles while directly offering consumers a cheaper alternative title, the out-of-stock notices that inform readers they'll have to wait an … [Read more...] about Coker: Publishers Are Disposable to Amazon
Amazon, Hachette Battle Continues as Pre-Order Buttons Are Removed
First publishers hate Amazon, then they want legal action to require them to sell books? That's the sentiment from bestselling author James Patterson, who's bemoaning his lost income now that Amazon has taken down the pre-order buttons on a number of Hachette Book Group's upcoming titles, as well as imposed lengthy shipping delays on titles from the publisher until they come to … [Read more...] about Amazon, Hachette Battle Continues as Pre-Order Buttons Are Removed
Ingram Adds New Publisher Content to MyiLibrary
A number of pertinent announcements were made this week, many of which concerned reader access to lending or subscription-based reading. Smashwords joined up with OverDrive to make indie authors' titles available in libraries around the world, and Simon&Schuster provided access to a massive backlist of ebooks to two of the top subscription-based reading platforms. Now, … [Read more...] about Ingram Adds New Publisher Content to MyiLibrary
Publisher Terms: Amazon Behaving Badly, or Business As Usual?
News came out last week that Amazon is butting heads with one of the Big Five publishers, Hachette Book Group, over contract terms. In true "I'm bigger than you, so I can" fashion, Amazon has imposed lengthy delays on the shipment of some of Hachette's titles, almost amounting to refusing to sell them at all. In an even more nefarious approach, Amazon is even suggesting … [Read more...] about Publisher Terms: Amazon Behaving Badly, or Business As Usual?
New Tension Between Amazon, Hachette Over Book Terms
With new contract terms up in the air between Amazon and some publishers, readers may be the one to feel the frustration. Today, word came out that Amazon was delaying the delivery of certain titles by specific publishers, namely Hachette Book Group, in an effort to encourage a speedy contract renegotiation. In statements issued today, Hachette's spokesperson explained quite … [Read more...] about New Tension Between Amazon, Hachette Over Book Terms
School Libraries to Get eBook Boost with Follett, Hachette Deal
As teachers, librarians, and administrators prepare to start a new school year, many school professionals are probably thinking very seriously about budgets, especially where their technology dollars are concerned. One of the many frustrations that schools have felt in regard to technology has been the availability of e-readers and tablet computers, but a lack of lending … [Read more...] about School Libraries to Get eBook Boost with Follett, Hachette Deal
eBook Review: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Verdict: 3 Stars Kate Atkinson's highly-anticipated recent novel, Life After Life (Hachette Book Group), not to be confused with a novel released only the week before with the same title by Jill McCorkle, came out to instant success. Named an Amazon Best Book of the Month pick and with some praise-filled reviews by some very well-known authors, fans of Atkinson's many … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Bartlett’s Quotations Digital Giveaway
Little, Brown & Co. announced the news last week that its flagship title dedicated to preserving the words of notable people, Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, was not only in its eighteen edition, but that the publication of this edition also focused on the creation of a digital app version of the beloved book. The app, available from iTunes, includes fun features such as … [Read more...] about Bartlett’s Quotations Digital Giveaway
Publishers Adapt to the Digital Market
Hachette Book Group announced an entire restructuring of its sales staff yesterday in order to designate an entire division of the organization to digital books, while aligning the print sales division to work closely with the digital division in order to meet retailers’ and consumers’ needs. Under this restructuring, one-third of its sales and marketing staff are part of the … [Read more...] about Publishers Adapt to the Digital Market
eBook Review: Albert of Adelaide by Howard Anderson
Verdict: 4 Stars In the spirit of other great talking animal books like The Jungle Book or Dr. Doolittle, Anderson’s work makes you simply forget that these are animals. But this dramatic and violent tale is no Wind in the Willows. These animals just aren’t all that…cute. Certainly, they’re from Australia and we’ve come to associate the platypus or the wallaby with cuteness, … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Albert of Adelaide by Howard Anderson
Hachette’s Evan Schnittman and the Enhanced Hardcover
Hachette Book Group has a new chief marketing and sales officer, Evan Schnittman, who is bringing a greater appreciation for digital to one of the Big Six publishers. When Schnittman was interviewed by Digital Book World staff at BookExpo America earlier this month, he elaborated on the place digital publishing has in the world of books, as well as where it should be headed. … [Read more...] about Hachette’s Evan Schnittman and the Enhanced Hardcover
Some Hope for Library Digital Lending
One of the most frustrating aspects of digital publishing is the current sad state of affairs in ebook lending. At a time when libraries are already struggling to survive within the confines of dwindling budgets and patron apathy, the Big Six publishers haven’t been very supportive of library lending, at least in their actions if not their sentiments. All this time, Random … [Read more...] about Some Hope for Library Digital Lending