The audiobook industry has gravitated towards digital in the past six years and physical media such as tapes and CD's have declined significantly. HarperCollins is taking advantage of the growing vinyl trend and will be issuing a series of new audiobooks this year. The series will launch on April 18 with the publication of Wild Horses Vinyl Edition + MP3 by Joe Hill, … [Read more...] about HarperCollins is releasing new audiobooks on Vinyl
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HarperCollins eBooks will become cheaper in Canada
HarperCollins has reached an agreement with the The Competition Bureau to donate $150,000 worth of books and restore retail pricing. The outcome follows a bureau investigation that concluded an anti-competitive arrangement between HarperCollins and other major publishers who colluded with Apple to drive up prices. The bureau said the consent agreement with HarperCollins … [Read more...] about HarperCollins eBooks will become cheaper in Canada
HarperCollins Digital Sales Increase 6%
HarperCollins has just reported that digital sales increased 6% compared to the prior year and represented 21% of Consumer revenues for the quarter, driven by growth in downloadable audio book sales. The publisher has also revealed that overall revenue increased 3% from $389m to $401 compared with the same period a year earlier, primarily due to the "continued popularity" of … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Digital Sales Increase 6%
HarperCollins Christian Publishing Launches New Self-Publishing Business
If you are a self-published author who writes Christian fiction there are no definitive outlets that specialize in promotion and marketing. HarperCollins Christian Publishing and Accurance have just launched a new digital imprint called Elm Hill. The imprint offers six tiers of packaged publishing services, such as sales, marketing, promotion, and distribution assistance … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Christian Publishing Launches New Self-Publishing Business
HarperCollins is Experiencing a Huge Demand for Audiobooks
HarperCollins has announced their latest financial results for both the fourth quarter and the year. What is very interesting is that they have acknowledged that digital accounts for 19% of consumer revenue and that they believe that the emergence of digital audio is a potent source of long-term growth. Fiscal 2017 full year revenues declined $10 million, or 1%, compared to … [Read more...] about HarperCollins is Experiencing a Huge Demand for Audiobooks
HarperCollins Reports 7% Increase in audiobook and e-book sales Q1 2017
HarperCollins has just reported that they have seen a 7% increase in digital sales and specifically cite audiobooks as a key growth driver. Audiobook and ebook sales now account for 22% of total revenue for the quarter and generated $82 million dollars. In Q1 2017 HarperCollins saw their overall revenue rise 4% and the publisher generated $374 million. The publisher saw … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Reports 7% Increase in audiobook and e-book sales Q1 2017
HarperCollins Unveils Two Book Recommendation AI Bots To Facebook
Book recommendation systems have been getting more advanced in recent years. In late 2014 the PenguinHotline was unveiled and gave users the ability to fill out some information about their potential book gift recipient and Penguin staff would agnostically give a list of titles and last year, the NPR created an online "Book Concierge" that aggregated the titles reviewed by the … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Unveils Two Book Recommendation AI Bots To Facebook
HarperCollins Redesigned Their Website
HarperCollins has just unveiled a redesigned website this afternoon. The publisher is putting an emphasis on recommending compelling new reads with an interactive tool called Book Finder. Book Finder is the crown jewel of the new HarperCollins website. It is designed to present a series of genres and give you what a sense of what the book is about by merely hovering the … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Redesigned Their Website
Amazon Disables the ability to buy HarperCollins e-books Worldwide
We have official confirmation that HarperCollins e-books have been disabled on Amazon all over the world. This includes big markets such as Amazon Australia, Canada, India, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. The only country where you can buy the latest HarperCollins bestseller is the main Amazon.com website. Not only are all HarperCollins e-books not available … [Read more...] about Amazon Disables the ability to buy HarperCollins e-books Worldwide
HarperCollins e-books no longer available on Amazon.ca
Breaking News: Amazon has inexplicably disabled the ability to purchase thousands of HarperCollins e-books on their Amazon.ca website. This includes bestsellers such as The Illegal by Lawrence Hill, The Bone Labyrinth by James Rollins and Moonlight Over Paris by Jennifer Robson. When you try and buy any of these titles there is a new message that pops up that says "Kindle … [Read more...] about HarperCollins e-books no longer available on Amazon.ca