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Mecom Signs With NimbleCommerce to DeliverSANTA CLARA, CA-- - NimbleCommerce, an enterprise local marketing and e-commerce platform, today announced that it has signed a deal with Mecom, a leading pan-European news and information publishing business. ...Posted on 9 February 2012 | 2:00 pm
DICE 2012: Is the publishing model broken?"Is the publishing model broken?" That's the question posed during a debate between two prolific games industry analysts at the Academy Of Interactive Arts and Sciences' DICE 2012 executive summit in Las Vegas on Wednesday. "I think publishers were great in the 80s and 90s when consumers didn't understand what games were," said Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter at the Gamasutra-attended event. It ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 1:18 am
Remembering the Golden Age of BookAn engaging memoir about the history of the publishing industry sounds about as plausible as a successful magazine about plumbing; people normally just want to read the books that get published, not the vulgar details of how these books made their way through the industry’s clogged pipes.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 8:27 pm
Research and Markets: Who's Buying WhomResearch and Markets has announced the addition of the "Who's Buying Whom Monthly" subscription to their offerin
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 7:19 pm
Body Language Magic Is a New Course fromBody Language Magic Is a New Course from Shoestring Publishing for Increased Sales and Negotiations "A new bonus called Body Language Magic has been added to most Shoestring Publishing business startup courses," says Justin Douglas of Shoestring Publishing. Many people are starting a business startup without having any experience, help or proper training, Mr. Douglas explains: The Shoestring ...
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 10:06 pm
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The future of publishing - The IndependentThese are the most uncertain times in living memory for academic publishing. After decades of bumping along with an antique publishing model, researchers have suddenly woken up and found that they are strong. More than 4700 have signed a pledge ...Posted on 9 February 2012 | 4:36 pm
Kindle self publishing: Free but at whatThe news today that an independent author managed to top the UK Kindle charts in 2011 by self-publishing his work on the Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing service seems to show that if you play it right, you can beat the big publishers at their own game.
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 10:45 am
Asheville's Susan Reinhardt on GratefulDedicated staffers are working without guarantee of a paycheck week to week. There’s no money to pay the staff on Friday, and last month Grateful Steps Publishing wasn’t sure how it would pay its rent, but it did. As at many independent ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 5:09 am
The Decline of Publishing and the Rise ofFollow stories by Matthew Yglesias. MySlate is a new tool that you track your favorite parts Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. In honor of the latest round of buyout offers at the ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 7:43 pm
Aquafadas Offers Self-Publishers DigitalSelf-publishing may be big news among book publishers, but it's a long-standing tradition in the comics world, where many a career has launched through handmade comics put together with the help of a photocopier and a stapler. Now, French company Aquafadas ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 5:35 pm
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McGraw-Hill renews magazine deal withMcGraw-Hill Construction, part of publishing house The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., said Wednesday it extended its publishing agreement with the Associated General Contractors of America for two more years.Posted on 17 March 2010 | 9:54 pm
HP, Amazon to sell paperback versions ofSome of technology's best-known companies are betting there's pent-up demand for on-demand books.
Posted on 21 October 2009 | 4:04 am
HP, Amazon to sell paperback versions ofSome of the technology industry's best-known companies are betting there's pent-up demand for on-demand books.
Posted on 21 October 2009 | 4:02 am
Google to reincarnate digital books asGoogle Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.
Posted on 17 September 2009 | 4:02 am
China moves to make competitive publishingChina is relaxing its grip over its traditionally drab media with plans to create half a dozen major publishing houses to compete globally and spread the influence of Chinese culture, a Chinese media watchdog agency said Tuesday.
Posted on 7 April 2009 | 1:08 pm
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Ursa Minor Publishing Announces: Indie JFKUrsa Minor Publishing Announces: Indie JFK Novel Cracks Top 100 in Kindle Best ...: Ursa Minor Publishing is ple... http://t.co/woXrqXOJPosted on 9 February 2012 | 5:16 pm
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Posted on 9 February 2012 | 5:16 pm
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Posted on 9 February 2012 | 5:16 pm
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Posted on 9 February 2012 | 5:16 pm
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Posted on 9 February 2012 | 5:15 pm
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Amazon Publishing bookshop boycottIt seems so, as the boycott of the Amazon Publishing bookshop seems to have grown as independent booksellers have decided to take the plunge alongside Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million and Canadian chain Indigo in [...]Posted on 9 February 2012 | 4:35 pm
SAMIZDAT – I PUBLISH MYSELF, I DOIts central guidelines were the blurring of roles involved in editing/publishing, the designer as author/editor/producer, an understanding of the workshop as a pedagogical model parallel to academia and as a catalyst for critical ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 2:53 pm
The Official SCBWI Blog: Business: AmazonThe Authors Guild published this article "Publishing's Ecosystem on the Brink: The Backstory" on their website, detailing Amazon's impact on the publishing industry. It's essential reading, covering and explaining concepts like ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 10:59 am
Euro Crime: Publishing Deal - SimonPublishing Deal - Simon Urban. A publishing deal has been announced today for German author, Simon Urban's Plan D which will be published in English in Spring 2013. From Booktrade: Plan D is a brilliant thriller in the ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 10:03 am
Will Foreign Digital Competition ChangeWith more foreign digital publishers expected to land on Japan's shores in 2012, the pace of change will likely hasten.
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 8:00 am
