BOOK AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY HEADLINES:
a A new submission model—wherein writers must buy a book if they want their work to be considered for publication—is shaking up the literary world. The publishing industry faces an odd set of supply-demand imbalances. Supply of printed books outstrips demand, which is why remainder tables get piled sky-high, publisher layoffs abound, and author advances have wilted. Supply of writers also ......
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for book publishing industry Fri, Jul 9 2010 14:39:00 EDT
President Barack Obama's former publisher has a new job as a literary agent. Abrams Artists Agency said Thursday that Steve Ross is joining the agency, effective Monday. Ross in 2006 released Obama's "The Audacity of Hope" while a publisher in the Crown division of Random House, Inc....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for book publishing industry Fri, Jul 9 2010 8:56:30 EDT
Borders book chain is partnering with a Canadian company to enter the growing e-book market. Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble already have a head start on the small but growing market. Steve Carmody with Michigan Radio reports....
From: NPR Topics: Business Thu, Jul 8 2010 4:00:00 EDT
Announcements about new search platforms permeated the summer library conference air like vuvuzelas at the South Africa World Cup matches. One that went beyond the announcement stage to actual implementation was LexisNexis (http://www.lexisnexis.com). At the American Library Association (http://www.ala.org) Annual conference, LexisNexis was ......
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for "American Library Association" Thu, Jul 8 2010 0:04:11 EDT
Author and publishing industry consultant Peter Davidson will present a seminar, "How to Get Your Book Published," at Morgan Community College in Fort Morgan on Monday, July 26, from 9 a....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for book publishing industry Wed, Jul 7 2010 17:08:01 EDT
Library patronage in this country continues to increase, while their funding continues to decrease. One of the country's top book buyback websites, BookJingle.com, is excited to begin working with libraries across the nation by helping them make extra money on their donated and discarded books....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for "American Library Association" Wed, Jul 7 2010 14:00:00 EDT
While the publishing industry is struggling to reinvent itself in a digital age, for many writers e-publishing is seen as an opportunity long overdue...
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for book publishing industry Tue, Jul 6 2010 23:42:35 EDT
I do not believe that digital books will ever fully replace printed books. I could never imagine the world, at least certainly my world without printed books....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for book publishing industry Tue, Jul 6 2010 14:14:49 EDT
Men At Work must hand over 5% of their royalties from the hit single Down Under, as part of a plagiarism settlement....
From: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition Tue, Jul 6 2010 4:35:16 EDT
The yearly output value of China's publishing industry exceeded 1 trillion yuan in 2009, up around 20 percent from 2008, according a report on China's publishing industry released by the Chinese Institute of Publishing Science....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for book publishing industry Tue, Jul 6 2010 2:08:21 EDT