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Booksellers! Get onboard Get Reading now!
Get your orders in for the new-look Get Reading! campaign. Previously called Books Alive, Get Reading! runs from 1–30 September this year. Order all Get Reading! promotional material, including ...
A 'solid year' for Random House Australia
'Random House Australia had a solid year in 2008,' MD Margie Seale told WBN, as Random released its annual global results. ‘We grew our overall sales by almost 4% in what was not an easy y...
Rubin and Applebaum lose roles in Random US restructuring
Markus Dohle, Chairman and CEO of Random House, today announced what is thought to be merely the first part of the reorganisation that has been expected since his arrival at the company in June t...
'The book will never die' says Random's Rebuck
Random House CEO Gail Rebuck has said in a speech that while digitisation will invitably change publishing, she is confident that 'the book will never die'
Little, Brown joins Random in suggesting 15% royalty on ebooks
Little, Brown CEO Ursula McKenzie has seconded a suggestion from Random UK that author royalties on e-books should be set at 15% of net receipts -- a rate that has agents and authors up in arms.
Random argues for 15% royalty on e-books
Random House UK head Gail Rebuck has argued that 15% is a fair author royalty for e-books, as development costs are high and profits uncertain.
In brief
Concern at commercialisation of textbooks in NSWThe New South Wales Opposition has expressed concerns that the State Government is allowing corporations to market their products in books used in schoo...
Random US donates $1 million to literacy organisation
Random House US has made an unprecedented donation of US$1 million (A$1.2 million) to First Book, a not-for-profit organisation that supports literacy programs.
Blair hires broker to negotiate book deal
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has hired lawyer Robert Barnett to begin negotiations with publishers on a book deal. Barnett previously negotiated a $US12 million ($15 million) deal for...
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