The 3M Cloud Library Service has just inked a new deal with the Hachette Book Group that rounds off their relationship with all six major publishers. This will make available all titles from James Patterson and Nicholas Sparks for patrons to borrow from the library. Hachette Book Group’s full eBook catalog will be available to libraries with no delay on new titles. “3M Cloud … [Read more...] about 3M Cloud Library Now Offering eBooks by Hachette
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Hachette UK Garners 250,000 eBook Sales in Two Days
Hachette's United Kingdom division has seen a copious amount of digital downloads on Christmas and Boxing Day. The publisher sold over 250,000 ebooks from its website and various resellers. This marks a 86% increase over the same period last year and is a testament to the dramatic surge of digital publishing. The head of Digital Marketing at Hachette UK, George Walkley, told … [Read more...] about Hachette UK Garners 250,000 eBook Sales in Two Days
Hachette Reaches New Agreements for Discounted eBooks via Amazon and B&N
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
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