The Hachette Book Group has reached a new agreement with Barnes and Noble and Amazon. This paves the way for immediate discounts on first run ebook titles and the online retailers are able to discount the prices as they see fit. Hachette joins HarperCollins and other big six publishers in disbanding the agency model. The justice department investigated Apple and all the … [Read more...] about Hachette Reaches New Agreements for Discounted eBooks via Amazon and B&N
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Hachette Announces Commitment to the EPUB 3 eBook Format
Hachette Digital has announced that the company is deploying new initiatives with ePub3. This new format allows greater flexibility to authors producing enhanced content, including interactive covers, embedded multimedia and interactivity, pop-up screens for end-notes, and melded audio and text, as well as improved navigation of reference content, creating a high-quality … [Read more...] about Hachette Announces Commitment to the EPUB 3 eBook Format
Hachette’s Digital Division Sees a 20% Increase in Q3 2012
Hachette has released its 3rd quarter sales figures today and digital revenue is on the rise. The company has seen an increase of over 20%, mainly stemming from ebooks. Hachette Livre delivered net sales of €626M, up 4.2% from 2011. A ton of success was found in the General Literature department, which rose sharply in France (+12.4%), the UK (+17%), and the US (+7.3%), … [Read more...] about Hachette’s Digital Division Sees a 20% Increase in Q3 2012
Bartlett’s Quotations’ New Digital Face
One of the mainstay sources of famous quotations has long been the Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, but with its eighteenth edition, a digital facelift was in order. While the much-loved and revered print edition is still the definitive guide, the Bartlett’s app, available from iTunes for $3.99, is still filled with over 2,500 quotes from modern day notable people, in addition … [Read more...] about Bartlett’s Quotations’ New Digital Face
Overdrive Clarifies New Hachette eBook Increase Is Only 104%
Overdrive reported last week in an email to libraries that ebooks provided by publisher Hachette were going to increase by 220% this October. This is going to dramatically increase the costs for libraries to stock the ebooks in their catalogs. Overdrive reached out to Good e-Reader today to clarify that the 220% increase was an error, and instead it is only 104% (or 2.04 times) … [Read more...] about Overdrive Clarifies New Hachette eBook Increase Is Only 104%
Hachette Increases the Cost of Library eBooks by 220%
When it comes to the big six publishers, most of them don't allow their ebooks to be borrowed from the public library or, if they do, charge exorbitant amounts. Simon & Shuster and Macmillian both do not support digital libraries at all, while HarperCollins has imposed a 26 limit checkout before libraries are forced to repurchase the items. Penguin, for the most part, … [Read more...] about Hachette Increases the Cost of Library eBooks by 220%
Amazon and Barnes and Noble Lowering eBook Prices
Many big name publishers had their settlement approved by the Justice Department case against price fixing. The agency pricing that allowed publishers to set the price on ebooks is gone and we enter a new age of discounted digital content. Today B&N and Amazon are reducing prices on ebooks as new contract negotiations are currently underway. eBooks by Hachette and … [Read more...] about Amazon and Barnes and Noble Lowering eBook Prices
Top Publishers Reach a $69 Million Dollar Settlement for Agency Pricing
HarperCollins, Hachette, and Simon & Schuster have settled with the Justice Department in the Apple ebook collusion case, and it may really benefit customers. Today these three companies reached a settlement of $69 million dollars that will be distributed to 49 States in the USA. This will give people who bought ebooks in the past from these publishers partial refunds on … [Read more...] about Top Publishers Reach a $69 Million Dollar Settlement for Agency Pricing
Hachette Draws Author’s Ire on DRM Mentality
Hachette UK drew a few double-takes and even more responses this week as the publisher stated that its current model of selling ebooks with DRM (Digital Rights Management) and fair prices was “working very well.” Specifically, the statement drew a “chastising response” from author Cory Doctorow on Publishers Weekly’s Columns and Blogs post. To be fair, the statement from … [Read more...] about Hachette Draws Author’s Ire on DRM Mentality
Hachette Australia Releases Amazing Book Promo Video
Hachette has some excellent books and ebooks coming out in the next few months. The Twelve by Justin Cronin remains my personal must read of this year, but many others are being promoted. Pacific 360 by Roland Perry, The Laughing Clowns by William McInnes and Tender Prey; the life of Nick Cave, to name a few. The Australian division of Hachette has released a very excellent … [Read more...] about Hachette Australia Releases Amazing Book Promo Video
Hachette Launches ChapterShare Facebook App
Hachette has just launched an innovative Facebook app called ChapterShare. This will allow you to read samples of upcoming books directly on the social networking website. You can then pre-order the books or share the books with your friends. James Patterson and Michael Connelly are the first two authors that Hachettte is promoting with their new Facebook App. The samples … [Read more...] about Hachette Launches ChapterShare Facebook App
Book Market in India Registers Exponential Growth
Book lovers in India have been indulging in their passion for reading all the more, demonstrated by the steep rise in book sales. The domestic book market grew by an impressive 45 percent in volume and 40 percent in value terms during the first half of 2011. The adult fiction segment is witnessing the most growth during this period, expanding by 82 percent in volume and 49 … [Read more...] about Book Market in India Registers Exponential Growth
Hachette Book Group Experiences 130% Growth via Digital Content
The Hachette Book Group had a fairly successful 2011 with their digital division seeing over 130% net growth. This figures include both ebooks and audiobooks which are quickly becoming important to the company instead as an afterthought. Hachette saw 22% of their entire revenue come exclusively from digital content such as ebooks and audiobooks which is a far cry from 8% in … [Read more...] about Hachette Book Group Experiences 130% Growth via Digital Content
Hachette’s Ebook Sales Caused Slump in Overall Numbers
It’s been no secret that ebooks have been outselling print editions for some time. One of the factors that weighs heavily on the decision for readers to purchase either digital or print editions is obviously the price, yet many industry watchers forget to include that key factor in the discussions of sales figures. As ebooks are usually less expensive than print editions, it … [Read more...] about Hachette’s Ebook Sales Caused Slump in Overall Numbers