Publishers from all over the world have made a beeline for the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair, set to run from Nov 7-10. Among the publishers that have confirmed their participation at the event include Hachette, HarperCollins, Oxford University Press, Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill and Garnet Education. The country is home to more than 230 million people … [Read more...] about China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair to Kick Off Nov 7
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Second OverDrive “Big Library Read” Project Includes School Libraries
Earlier this year, digital content distributor OverDrive partnered with publisher Sourcebooks in an experiment aimed at establishing concrete data on how readers respond in terms of book borrows and book sales to digital titles they check out from their libraries. Sourcebooks made one of its titles available to OverDrive's member libraries for a predetermined period of time … [Read more...] about Second OverDrive “Big Library Read” Project Includes School Libraries
Final Chapters of Prizoner of Azkaban Released on Pottermore
Pottermore, the free interactive website that invites Harry Potter fans to more fully explore the in-depth world of the boy wizard, announced recently that the final chapters of book three, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, are available for users to explore. Registered users get a street's eye view of Harry's world, including the prestigious Hogwarts school and Diagon … [Read more...] about Final Chapters of Prizoner of Azkaban Released on Pottermore
HarperCollins to Launch Mystery Imprint ‘Witness’ This October
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
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