Picking Sides in Hachette-Amazon “War”

Jun 15, 2014 | Digital Transformation, News

At BookExpo America last month, the buzz at the show wasn’t about any new titles or even any new apps, but about the bareknuckle brawl between Amazon and Hachette over eBook pricing. Now available at Soundcloud.com/BeyondtheBook is a new series of Beyond the Book...

The Future of Reading

Jun 13, 2014 | News

Looking ahead to the American Libraries Association annual conference in Las Vegas later this month, Andrew Albanese takes stock of efforts by ALA’s Digital Content Working Group to influence the future direction of reading. “Formed three years ago when the library...

Amazon? Hachette? Whose Side Are You On?

Jun 6, 2014 | News

At BookExpo America last week, the buzz at the show wasn’t about any new titles, or even any new apps, but about the bare-knuckle brawl between Amazon and Hachette over e-book pricing. The debate raises sharp, difficult questions about what lies ahead for publishers...

BookExpo’s Magic Word

May 30, 2014 | News

BookExpo America is the nation’s largest exposition devoted to the publishing business. As the weather in New York City clears and warms, it’s all the better to see the changes brought by the digital revolution. Above all, the buzz at BEA is a story at the heart of...

Hoopla And More at BookExpo

May 23, 2014 | News

Next week, May 28-31, BookExpo America lands at the Javits Convention Center on Manhattan’s West Side. The nation’s largest trade show for the book business, BEA is a powerful magnet not only for authors and publishers, but also for librarians who love books – it’s...

Future Uncertain For Book Startups

May 21, 2014 | Digital Transformation, News

The business of publishing is in disarray and experiencing disruption, but for a generation of whiz kids, that’s the good news. They see opportunity. If and when they can find venture capital, they pursue their dreams of paradigm shifts with energy and enthusiasm....

Hachette to Amazon: Let’s Rumble

May 16, 2014 | News

In one corner, Amazon, the heavyweight online retailer; in the other corner, Hachette Book Group, parent of numerous leading imprints including Little, Brown and Company and Grand Central Publishing. In the early rounds of the bout, both sides have taken bruising...

BookExpo 2014 Preview

May 15, 2014 | News

Book publishers turn out in force each spring for BookExpo America, the industry’s largest trade show in the U.S. But it’s the authors who draw the crowds. From Angelica Huston to Dick Cavett, Tavis Smiley to Lena  Dunham, BEA puts authors on stage to bare their...

Global E-Book Report 2014

May 11, 2014 | Digital Transformation, International, News

Sell globally, publish locally. As the eBook market develops and matures, observers are noting patterns that repeat themselves from country to country. Infrastructure is critical, of course. As access to the Internet grows, online distribution channels and reading...

Harlequin Is Swept Away

May 9, 2014 | News

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” For HarperCollins, who announced the purchase this week of romance publisher Harlequin, the ways certainly add up. In the digital age, though, does $415 million buy HarperCollins publishing happiness? “Most book publishing...