4919 readersThe slow pace of ebook innovation (O’Reilly Tools of Change) The transformation of publishing (The Guardian) Goodreads CEO Otis Chandler on the Future of Discoverability and Social Reading (Digital Book World) A New Era for Books: The Random House-Penguin Merger Is Just the Start (The Atlantic) Kindle Daily Deal: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser {and} Puss
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726 readersBy Edward Nawotka
Since February, Spanish World Book News has been providing twice-monthly updates, stories, profiles and news from the burgeoning Spanish-language publishing market. Our coverage has ranged from Spain to Mexico to Argentina and across the whole of Latin America. It’s our belief that there is tremendous potential in these often under-appreciated markets. So, if you
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We will no longer be writing about e-books at DigitalBookWorld.com. Due to a change in strategy, market forces, Google and the will of the people, we will now be devoting our coverage to the world of ebooks and digital publishing.
Before you panic, don’t worry! We’re still going to do all the things you’ve come to
1240 readersPublishing is a business like any other, it has its ups and downs, sometimes more so than others. However, I wholeheartedly believe that it will succeed and not only succeed but I see a change coming in the very near future. Now this isn’t merely a post to appease to publishers, far from it… they’ve
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Related: Penguin and Random House to Merge, Creating World’s Largest Publisher | Letter From Markus Dohle to Agents
A letter from Random House chairman and CEO Markus Dohle to his staff explaining the Penguin-Random House merger:
Dear Random House Colleagues,
Today we begin an exciting new chapter for our company.
Bertelsmann has just concluded negotiations with Pearson, the parent
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While working behind the scenes on Finding the Future of Digital Book Publishing, I had the opportunity to read over Jeremy Greenfield’s interviews with ebook industry professionals several times.
And, in hindsight we could just have accurately subtitled the ebook, 19 approaches to thinking outside the book!
“Maybe we have to drop ‘books’ from the way we
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1021 readersFollowing the announcement of the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House, Bertelsmann has bought the its joint venture with Italy’s Mondadori. The move signals the company’s new priority on developing the Spanish-language markets in Latin America.
The press release follows:
Gütersloh/Barcelona, November 5, 2012 – Bertelsmann’s leading trade book publishing group Random House will now own
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A pilot begun last month by Penguin to sell its e-books to the New York and Brooklyn public libraries is expected to roll out nationwide by year end, according to a statement from the library e-book vendor, 3M.
In a statement late yesterday, 3M officially announced that Penguin would be using its Cloud Library product for
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In this exclusive interview, David Shanks, CEO of the Penguin Group (USA), discusses the difficulties juggling both print and e-publishing, the place of Book Country in Penguin’s strategy, and the future of handselling and brick-and-mortar retailers.
From the interview:
I think that it’s all about the content anyhow. Right now, you can see that there are online
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ESSENTIAL READING: The future of the book by Mike Hendrickson
In the wake of the opportunities and challenges discussed at the Tools of Change conference, O’Reilly’s VP of Content Strategy Mike Hendrickson urges the publishing industry, “Let’s change the The Book of the Future before we have to.” What a great and, in my