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Random House US to increase prices for library ebooks, but commits to ebook lending
In the US, Random House has announced that the 'terms of sale' for Random House ebooks to libraries will include a price increase, but has reiterated its commitment to unrestricted library ebook lendi...
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Hyland, Catton on Orange Prize longlistM J Hyland (This is How, Text) and New Zealand author Eleanor Catton (The Rehearsal, A&U) are among the authors on the longlist for this year's Orange Prize ...
Fishpond adds local content to ebookstore
Online retailer Fishpond has added local content to its ebookstore by working directly with local publishers. The trans-Tasman retailer, which sells books, DVDs and other products to customers in Aust...
Penguin to launch Australian ebook 'shorts' list
Penguin Australia will launch an Australian list of short ebook-only titles this year. To be called Penguin Australia Shorts, the list will be similar to the Penguin Shorts list now available from Pen...
Random House Canada takes over McClelland & Stewart
Random House Canada has become the sole owner of McClelland & Stewart, one of the country's oldest publishing houses and home to well-known Canadian authors Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Alic...
Random House US introduces indie shipping program for holiday season
In the US, Random House has introduced an expedited delivery program for independent booksellers during the holiday season called 2-Day Transit. Under the program, which will run until mid-January 201...
Tsiolkas nominated for Bad S-x Award for second time
Australian author Christos Tsiolkas has been nominated for the UK Literary Review's Bad S-x in Fiction Award for the second year running. Tsiolkas' novel Dead Europe, which was first published in...
'The Sense of an Ending' by Julian Barnes wins 2011 Man Booker Prize
Julian Barnes has won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sense of an Ending (Jonathan Cape). Barnes, who was the bookies' favourite to win the award, was presented with the £50,00...
Random UK titles on Apple iBooks; moves to agency model
Random House UK is the last of the major publishers to move to the agency model of ebook pricing and to make its titles available on Apple's iBooks store at fixed prices.
Bertelsmann buys digital agency Smashing Ideas
Bertelsmann, the parent company of Random House, has bought the digital media agency and app developer Smashing Ideas
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