Chris Stewart To Write eBook Series
Glenn Beck‘s publisher Mercury Ink is taking the talk show host’s advise and publishing a series of eBooks about morality from author Chris Stewart.
The stories, which were originally written for a Mormon audience, have been expanded t...
Don’t judge a book by the ad on its cover
With publishers in China set to plaster book covers with advertisements, which commercial match-ups would you like to see on your shelves?Chalk it up as another brilliant innovation – or a sign of the impending apocalypse – as China Daily reports t...
Rivals launch a printing revolution that could be as significant as Gutenberg
Landa and Xeikon to unveil new inkjet and toner technology at drupa exhibition in DüsseldorfThis week will see the launch of a revolution in printing that may turn out to be as significant as the invention of the Gutenberg printing press - if entrepre...
Huge rise in ebook sales offsets decline in printed titles
Despite an increase in digital sales of 366% last year, printed books remain the choice for the majority of readers, figures showConsumer ebook sales in the UK increased by 366% last year helping to offset a decline in the market for printed books, acc...
How to Write the DOJ about the eBook Pricing Lawsuit
Readers, writers and publishing professionals can share their thoughts about the Department of Justice’s lawsuit filed against Apple and publishers over eBook prices.
According to The Tunney Act, “members of the public have an opportunity...
Pearson to ‘Mount a Robust Defence’ Against DOJ Suit
Pearson, the corporate parent of Penguin Group publishers, announced that company-wide sales had grown by eleven percent over the last three months. The release also said the company would “mount a robust defence” against the Department of ...
Who’s afraid of Amazon?
Google, Apple and Amazon are vying to become literature's new gatekeepers. But good publishing is about more than market shareThe debate about Amazon v the publishing industry is getting so heated and so polarised that quite soon it's going to need its...
Tor rips up the rulebook on digital rights management
Authors, agents and retailers welcome science fiction publisher's announcement that its entire ebook list is to become DRM-freeTor, the world's biggest science fiction publisher and home to authors including Orson Scott Card, China Miéville and Cory D...
Jackie Collins: ‘Publishers are in the publishing business to make money’
When novelist Jackie Collins revealed she would self-publish a book for her fans (during a So What Do You Do? interview with Mediabistro), the article generated thousands of responses around the Internet.
Collins herself has written a blog post about t...
Why trailblazing Amazon should take on the publishing establishment
Scaremongers who warn of a potential Amazon monopoly conveniently forget that one already exists in shape of legacy publishersAs the author of nine novels (the most recent, The Detachment, published by Amazon) and four self-published works, I...
Willy Chyr Invites the Internet to Contribute to Novel, One Sentence at a Time
Chicago-based storyteller Willy Chyr is hosting an experiment he calls The Collabowriters, a “novel by the internet.”
Here’s more about the experiment: “The novel is written one sentence at a time. For each sentence, anyone can...
The digital world has invigorated publishing, not doomed it