Apple, publishers sued over e-book pricing as sales jump

Apple, publishers sued over e-book pricing as sales jump
Apple Insider
"As a direct result of this anticompetitive conduct as intended by the conspiracy, the price of eBooks has soared. The price of new bestselling eBooks increased to an average of $12 - $15—an increase of 33 to 50 percent," the filing continued. ...
NOOK Back-To-School Sale Offers $100 Worth Of Free Books, Study Guides
SlashGear
Barnes & Noble has begun a back-to-school promotion for its NOOK e-reader that offers customers $100 worth of free books and study guides. The offer is available only to new purchases of the All-New NOOK, the NOOK Color, or the 1st Edition NOOK between ...
Publishing industry doing better, fueled by e-book sales
USA Today
The study estimates publishers sold 2.6 billion books last year, including 114 million e-books. That includes only traditional publishers, excluding the new popularity of self-published, inexpensive ebooks. Among e-book sales reported, adult fiction ...
Movie review: 'Inkheart' makes reading books seem incredibly exciting
Washington Post
The plot takes a long while to become clear, but . . . the greatest bonus embedded in “Inkheart” is that it makes the act of reading books seem like an incredibly exciting pastime that could lead to thrilling if harrowing adventures. ...
Banned Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Last Two Decades
GeekSugar.com (blog)
Despite First Amendment protection, banning or attempting to challenge books has a long history, with many cases even making it to the US Supreme Court. As the American Library Association explains: "books usually are challenged with the best ...
Times Books to Publish Account of British Hacking Scandal
New York Times (blog)
By JULIE BOSMAN Times Books will publish the “definitive account” of the hacking scandal swirling around Rupert Murdoch and News International, the publisher said on Tuesday, written by Sarah Lyall and Don Van Natta Jr., longtime reporters for The New ...
Tribune publishing company reportedly creating own tablet
TG Daily
One of the largest newspaper publishing companies in the world is taking the strategy of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" to a whole new level. The Tribune Company, which owns such heralded dailies as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, ...
Titan Books To Publish the Definitive Flash Gordon Library
Comic Book Resources
by CBR News Team, Editor | Titan Books has announced the publication of The Complete Flash Gordon Library. Compiling every strip and every story, this series of restored full-color hardcover volumes will showcase the action and artistry that thrilled ...
The 2nd Annual Digital Publishing Asia Pacific 2011
Sacramento Bee
9, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- With the support of Korean Electronic Publishing Association, Japan Electronic Publishing Association, Global Leaders Institute is hosting the 2nd Annual DigitalPublishing Asia Pacific 2011 in Beijing, China on December ...
Business Spotlight: City Center Gallery and Books
Fayetteville Observer
Art and books. We thought they made for a nice combination," said NC Rep. Diane Parfitt, an owner of City Center Gallery and Books in downtown Fayetteville. What is it? A second-hand bookstore that also sells work by local artists. ...
Books for grandparents who are older, wiser
Hornell Evening Tribune
By Paul Eisenberg Dr. Seuss is known for his books for children, but this one, which Seuss wrote to celebrate his 82nd birthday, is subtitled “A Book for Obsolete Children” and follows the adventures of an older man at an exotic geriatric clinic, ...
Corner: New books that will press your kids' buttons -- or vice versa
Evansville Courier & Press
By KAREN MACPHERSON / Scripps Howard News Service -- French author/illustrator Herve Tullet displays sheer genius in his new book, "Press Here" (Chronicle Books, $14.99, ages 2 up). Although the book is exceedingly simple, there's no doubt that older ...
Bookstores are Struggling, Reading is Surviving
Patch.com
Laura Straub, who works for Vouched in Atlanta, is very excited about the future of books and online publishing. “Although I would agree that the book store industry is definitely in a transitional period, I completely disagree with the concept of book ...
Stephen Gaghan Developing Leif G.W. Persson's Swedish Crime Books For TV
Indie Wire (blog)
In the wake of the success of Swedish author Stieg Larsson's “Millenium” books and subsequent film series, which includes “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,” many would have expected that his Scandinavian country would soon become a hotspot for ...
Bit.ly Buys Social Media Publishing Tool Twitterfeed
Mashable
Twitterfeed is a tool that automatically publishes RSS feeds to social networks with a title and shortened Bit.ly link. Using the service, you can set your blog up to post to your Twitter account, or your Twitter RSS to publish to your LinkedIn page. ...
30-Year Old Publishing Software Maker Quark Acquired By Private ...
By Robin Wauters
Privately held Quark, which develops publishing software for professional designers and enterprises and is best known for its QuarkXPress (QXP) desktop publishing layout editor, has been acquired by Platinum Equity, a private equity ...
TechCrunch
eBooks sales increased more than 1000% since 2008 | Ubergizmo
By George Wong
It looks like eBooks are one of the few things that are still selling well in the country's current depressing economy. According to BookStats, a company that studies the US publishing industry,eBooks have been doing really well. ...
Ubergizmo
Publishing's Net Sales Revenue Rose 5.6% from 2008-2010 - GalleyCat
By Jason Boog
The Pearson Foundation is looking for a Product Manager, We Give Books. next job Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is looking for a Senior Marketing Manager. next job Random House U.S.A is looking for a Executive Editor- Crown. next job ...
GalleyCat
American Publishing Industry Grows 5.6 Percent Since 2008 ...
By Hannah Johnson
The publishing industry in the United States has grown since 2008 thanks to increased sales of e-books, fiction and higher education books.
Publishing Perspectives
The 5 Must-read Books for Bloggers in 2011
By Jade Craven
I've read dozens of marketing books in the past six months, and these are the titles that really stood out. ... ... He does the homework by interviewing collection of thinkers from the fields of media, advertising, publishing, commerce, and web technology. This book is essential reading for those who want to stand out. It's not a “how-to;” instead, Steven takes you on a journey that shows you how curation is relevant to your business. I believe that all micro-publishers ...
ProBlogger Blog Tips
New Statistics Show Publishing Isn't in a Death Spiral After All ...
By Nate Hoffelder
The Pearson Foundation is looking for a Product Manager, We Give Books. next job Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is looking for a Senior Marketing Manager. next job Random House U.S.A is looking for a Executive Editor- Crown. next job Random House U.S.A ... eBooks are the wonder story in this report, but I expect you know that already. eBook sales grew from about half a percent in 2008 to 6.4 percent of total sales in 2010. Net sales for 2010 were reported at $878 million, ...
eBookNewser
Google Books Ngram Viewer Graduates from Labs
By Jon Mitchell
Just in the nick of time, the Google Books Ngram Viewer has graduated from Google Labs to become a full-fledged part of Google Books. The Ngram Viewer allows users to see how often a word or phrase has been used in books across history. Google Books contains ... Google's efforts to digitize the world's books have created their fair share of consternation in the publishing world, but they sure have given us access to some wonderful data. Major religions of the world. ...
ReadWriteWeb
Antiquarian Books
By Ashley
The faculty includes such well-known people as Dan Gregory owner of Between the Covers RareBooks and Daniel DeSimone, curator at the Library of Congress as well as many other extremely knowledgeable book dealers. ...
Lemuria Bookstore Blog
Walden Media Acquires 'Flat Stanley' Books – Deadline.com
By MIKE FLEMING
EXCLUSIVE: Walden Media has acquired film rights to Flat Stanley, the series of children's books created in 1964 by Jeff Brown about the adventures of a two-dimensional person stuck in a 3D world. The plan is to shoot the film live ...
Deadline.com
Programming : Country : Publishing Vet Dale Bobo Launches New ...
Music publishing veteran Dale Bobo has started Dale Bobo Music Direction, a company that will provide consulting, management, and creative services for music publishers, songwriters and producers. The company's first client is hit ...
Radio-Info.com
Comic Books for Grown-Ups: 10 Masterpieces of Graphic Nonfiction ...
By Kirstin Butler
We've long loved authors Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, so we were thrilled to discover The Beats: A Graphic History, an anthology that mashes up biography, criticism, and literary readings from the seminal ...
Brain Pickings
eReviewGuide.com Clarifies Desktop Publishing Mysteries | Press ...
By jermayrosy
The internet has democratized publishingPublishing used to be a very expensive and arcane proposition. Individuals and businesses.
Your-Story.org
Get 12 Classic Nook Ebooks Free In Barnes & Noble's Back-To-School ...
If you register your new Nook before October 31st, B&N will give you 12 free classic ebooks plus a bunch of study guides (don't groan, students), ...
gizmodo.com/.../get-12-classic-nook-ebooks-free-in-barnes--n...
Books on Screen | Bookreporter.com
Each month, our Books on Screen feature spotlights movies, television shows, miniseries and specials that are based on books of various genres --- including ...
www.bookreporter.com/features/books-on-screen
Publishing
The iPad Won't Save Publishing Industry From Itself ... Ohdeedoh has a great post on how to create hardback versions of your favorite paperback books. ...
www.thefastertimes.com/publishing/


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