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Fellowship for HeissAuthor and social commentator Anita Heiss has been announced as the recipient of a two-year fellowship for literature as part of the Australia Council's National Indigenous Arts Aw...
DK's 'end of publishing' video
This has to be the most-watched and most linked-to video on'the future of publishing' for quite a while, produced by Dorking Kindersley for a conference in the UK. Make sure to watch it all the way th...
Ingram launches Publink catalogue tool
US-based book distributor Ingram has announced a new online catalogue and galley service called Publink.
Consumers punish publishers over Kindle delays with 1-star reviews
Online consumer reviews are influential, so the new trend of readers punishing publishers that delay ebook releases by bombarding their titles with one-star reviewsshould be of concern, as the linked ...
A world of hits
The 'long tail' theory is under increasing pressure as evidence mounts that global, online access is actually driving a 'blockbuster' culture instead.
S&S launches 'vooks'
Simon & Schuster has lanched 'vooks' -- online books with added video content -- in the US.
Amazon insists on 'search inside'
Amazon is now insisting that all titles offered for sale should participate in its "Search Inside the Book" initiative. 'The move will enable Amazon.com to aggressively grow its repository o...
S&S launches new Australian website
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has announced the ‘soft launch' of its new Australian website. The new website at www.simonandschuster.com.au is ‘the first step' in an ongoi...
Shatzkin: publishers need to think in vertical niches
Mike Shatzkin suggests that the way forward for general trade publishers is to stop trying to cover all the bases and instead to specialise in niche 'verticals' and to apeal to specific communities, n...
Macmillan latest publisher to host own page on Amazon UK
Macmillan has become the latest publisher to have a dedicated page hosted on Amazon.co.uk, joining Random House, HarperCollins, Faber and Canongate.
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