HarperCollins intends on launching a new digital imprint entitled "Witness" this October. The publishing giant already has close to 100 titles ready to be published, but will start with 10 in the first month. One of the most exciting elements is the royalty payment structure; the company has announced it will pay its writers monthly, to better compete with Amazon Kindle Direct … [Read more...] about HarperCollins to Launch Mystery Imprint ‘Witness’ This October
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HarperCollins Promotes Enhanced eBooks with New Website
Many of the top publishers are battling the maelstrom of self-published authors and fickle public sentiment. The average customer only knows what they buy on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Kobo. Enhanced ebooks are the big buzz word for the last few years and they bring a slew of multimedia enhancements to your reading experience. In order to build more public awareness on what … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Promotes Enhanced eBooks with New Website
News Corp Applies to Split Company into Two Brands
News Corp., the parent company of Harpercollins, has officially applied to the US Security and Exchange Commission to split the company into two parts. Overall, the company is in dire straights after posting a 1.5 billion dollar loss in the last year. The plan, which was announced earlier in the year, would see the entire entertainment division split into a separate … [Read more...] about News Corp Applies to Split Company into Two Brands
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
Bookseller’s FutureBook Innovation Awards 2012
The final presentation at this year's FutureBook event, hosted by The Bookseller and sponsored by Kobo, Ingram, Atwood Tate, Nielsen, and YUDU, was to give out the Innovation awards in a large number of diverse categories that spanned the major functions in digital publishing. Hundreds of nominations were made in each of the eight categories."One of the reasons that we got … [Read more...] about Bookseller’s FutureBook Innovation Awards 2012
HarperCollins Launches HarperTeen Impulse Imprint
The Young Adult genre is one of the hottest genres of publishing and many companies are eager to enter this space. Twilight and dystopian drama The Hunger Games are two of the poster children of this genre and even Rich Riodrin and James Patterson are jumping into the fray. Next to take advantage of this segment is HarperCollins, with a new imprint aimed at young teens called … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Launches HarperTeen Impulse Imprint
YUDU’s The Hobbit eBook Created via iBooks Author
YUDU’s digital publishing platform, which addresses a wide variety of industry needs for digital content, released its first Warner Brothers collaborative title this month, a companion guide to the upcoming The Hobbit film release. Not only featuring a storybook edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendary book, the digital versions—five different interactive titles in all, each … [Read more...] about YUDU’s The Hobbit eBook Created via iBooks Author
Macmillan Dictionary to Be Strictly Digital
Macmillan announced today that it will be ending its print edition of the popular dictionary and opting for an online-only format, beginning next year. The new digital dictionary will be found at Macmillan Dictionary Online will be the new home of future updates to the dictionary.Editor-in-chief Michael Rundell told Charlotte Williams of The Bookseller, "The traditional … [Read more...] about Macmillan Dictionary to Be Strictly Digital
HarperCollins to Launch eBook Subscription Service
HarperCollins is partnering with with Cloud-Based Learning Platform specialists Skillsoft. The first eBooks to be offered are geared towards the more business minded. They will be offered under the Skillsoft’s BusinessPro on-demand training section and will offer a ton of their first run books.Skillsoft can be considered a pioneer in the field of learning, providing cloud … [Read more...] about HarperCollins to Launch eBook Subscription Service
HarperCollins Officially Reaches New Agreements with Amazon on eBook Pricing
We reported yesterday that many ebooks by Hachette and HarperCollins were spotted selling for way less than normal on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other retailers. Today it was officially announced by HarperCollins that the company has officially reached a new agreement with major ebook retailers.It is a savvy business move by HarperCollins to be the first company to reach … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Officially Reaches New Agreements with Amazon on eBook Pricing
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
eBook Startup Livrada Could Save the Brick and Mortars
Laura Hazard Owen of paidContent.org wrote an article on new ebook startup Livrada, a company whose goal is to make digital book gifting more appealing to consumers. By selling gift cards in the electronics sections of Target’s 1,771 stores that are specific to the titles of certain bestselling books, Livrada aims to let consumers give ebooks for Nooks or Kindle as gifts while … [Read more...] about eBook Startup Livrada Could Save the Brick and Mortars
News Corp. Board Approves the Spin Off of Their Publishing Division
The Board of Directors at News Corp. has voted to spin off their entertainment and publishing division. This decision will allow the company a form of separation to run their publishing business in a different way and restructure the entire company.There will be new companies formed that will run their entertainment business like 20th Century Fox, Fox Broadcast Network, and … [Read more...] about News Corp. Board Approves the Spin Off of Their Publishing Division