Score one for the good guys... Page Six has just announced that former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has signed a reportedly one million dollar book deal with an imprint of Random House, One World. This announcement comes days after there was speculation surrounding an attempt to shop the book to publishers. Kaepernick has become a household name, and unfortunately, it's … [Read more...] about Colin Kaepernick Signs $1M Book Deal with Random House
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Penguin Random House Refuses to Divulge e-Book Sales
This week the vast majority of major publishers have released financial figures for the first six months of 2016. Simon & Schuster and Hachette experienced declines in e-book sales and gave generalized figures. Things are so bad at Penguin Random House that they did not even break down digital sales, they merely said there was a "reduced demand for e-books." The U.S. … [Read more...] about Penguin Random House Refuses to Divulge e-Book Sales
Penguin Random House has Sold Author Solutions
Author Solutions is one of the most hated companies in the self-publishing arena because they prey on new writers and sell them packages that range between $3,000 and $12,000 dollars. Their promise is to get your book sold, and authors have reported that their telemarketers harass them on a daily basis trying to get them to spend more money. The animosity was so great, that … [Read more...] about Penguin Random House has Sold Author Solutions
Librarians are excited about e-books that don’t expire
Penguin and Random House will be introducing new e-book terms for libraries that begin on January 1st 2016. Libraries will no longer worry about their titles expiring after a few loans or have to purchase them again every year. Librarians are also full of glee that the overall price of buying digital content will also decrease in price. Shellie Cocking of the San Francisco … [Read more...] about Librarians are excited about e-books that don’t expire
Penguin Random House establish unified marketing group for libraries
Penguin Random House has announced that they have created a unified marketing group that will deal with libraries. Company officials said that this move aimed at further strengthening its presence in the adult library market. “We will be ramping up our already extensive outreach efforts to libraries nationwide with our innovative marketing programs, as we align our two adult … [Read more...] about Penguin Random House establish unified marketing group for libraries
Get Cooking with Random House Backed TasteBook Bookshop
Random House has just opened up a new online digital bookstore that caters to the inner cook in all of us. The new service is called TasteBook Bookshop and features 10,000 eBooks from major publishers all over the world. Tastebook is the cooking blog that Random House has been operating for a number of years. It has developed a cult following of foodies and cooks who all … [Read more...] about Get Cooking with Random House Backed TasteBook Bookshop
EBSCO Gains 30,000 eBook Titles from Random House
Random House and EBSCO have come to terms on a new digital book strategy for libraries. Starting today, over 30,000 titles will be available from some of the most notable Random House authors, including Dan Brown, Sheryl Sandberg, Dean Koontz, Gillian Flynn and more. Random House titles have been added to the nearly 600,000 eBooks and audiobooks that EBSCO eBooks already … [Read more...] about EBSCO Gains 30,000 eBook Titles from Random House
eBook Discovery Platform ‘My Independent Bookshop’ Launches
Penguin Random House has launched a new initiative that will allow readers to discover and purchase new eBooks. The My Independent Bookshop project is currently UK based and will be coming to the US later this year. The essence of the social platform is that it encourages readers to set up their own virtual bookshops to share their favourite reads as well as discover, … [Read more...] about eBook Discovery Platform ‘My Independent Bookshop’ Launches
Random House Purchases Teen Writing Site Figment
Random House is hoping to capitalize on the success of teen writing communities with the recent purchase of Figment. The site launched in early 2010 and boasts 750,000 stories by 300,000 registered users. Figment was started by Jacob Lewis, a former editor at the New Yorker and now on staff at Random House; Dana Goodyear is a poet and and does freelance work at the New … [Read more...] about Random House Purchases Teen Writing Site Figment
Random House Launches Curated Magazines on Flipboard
Random House has partnered with Flipboard, the popular news and social media aggregation application, to become the first ever book publisher to curate content for the platform of 85 million users. The collaboration kicks off with two custom digital magazines. The first, curated by Margaret Atwood, is inspired by her new novel, MaddAddam and the second, by Westeros.org, … [Read more...] about Random House Launches Curated Magazines on Flipboard
Penguin and Random House Merger Approved in Canada
Penguin and Random House intend to merge and have been submitting approval documents to regulatory authorities in all of the major countries they operate in. When the two companies join forces, they will account for 1/4 of all books published. It was announced late Friday that the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canadian Competition Bureau have both approved the … [Read more...] about Penguin and Random House Merger Approved in Canada
Random House Experiments with Media Convergence via Black Crown
When big movie titles come out, there is often a video game released to build synergy between the two products. A new television show Defiance is getting a ton of buzz with a science fiction plot that translates to an online game world. Random House is hoping to capitalize on this growing trend of media convergence with a new story based video game to run in parallel with a new … [Read more...] about Random House Experiments with Media Convergence via Black Crown
EU Approves Random House and Penguin Merger
The merger between Pearson and Bertelsmann is right on track with the summer 2013 timeline established when it was first announced last year. The companies have received the quintessential OK from Australia, New Zealand, US, and now the European Union, leaving only Canada and China to approve everything. The upcoming merger between two of the largest publishing companies in … [Read more...] about EU Approves Random House and Penguin Merger
Random House Revamps the Unpopular Model of Its eBook-Only Imprints
News circulated this week on Random House's digital imprints Hydra, Flirt, Alibi, and Loveswept, and unfortunately for the publisher, the news was not positive. Following the recent firestorm of rage directed at Random House over its terms for publication on any of its ebook-first imprints, the company issued a press release today addressing some of the angry concerns, mostly … [Read more...] about Random House Revamps the Unpopular Model of Its eBook-Only Imprints