Monthly Archives: March 2010

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Salmon & Dedalus Join Inpress Books UK For Trade Representation

Salmon & Dedalus Join Inpress Books UK For Trade Representation

Irish poetry publishers Salmon and Dedalus Press have joined the roster of independent trade publishers at Inpress Books UK. They join the successful sales and marketing agency along with five British publishers, Seren Books, Cinnamon Press, Tall Lighthouse, Bloodaxe and Route. Inpress is the sales and marketing agency for independent publishers in the UK and

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Is Amazon Taking Aim Once Again on Agency Model?

If we are to believe Motoko Rich and Brad Stone in yesterday’s edition of the New York Times, Amazon may be seriously considering indulging in its party trick of removing the buy buttons from some large publishers. Currently several large publishers are in negotiations with Amazon about the implementation of the agency model for e-books. According to the article in

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Miller To Leave HarperStudio in May

The news today that Bob Miller, president of HarperStudio, the innovative shared-profit non-returnable publishing imprint of HarperCollins is leaving in May to join Workman Publishing, a large US independent publisher, certainly comes as a little bit of a surprise to the industry, considering Miller only took up his role with HarperStudio in April 2008. By

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Lulu: You Wanna Piece of Me?

DIY self-publishing service provider Lulu has set in motion a process which could see the company offering public shares on the Canadian stock market as early as next month. Last Friday Lulu filed a preliminary prospectus with the regulatory authorities in Canada. The first moves that may see shares in Lulu sold on the stock

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Macmillan CEO Talks More on eBooks and The Agency Model

John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan, continues to host some very lively debate on e-books and the agency model on his recently launched blog. In yesterday’s posting he tackles some commenter points made on the site. “In traditional publishing we had three formats, each at a different price. They were targeted at specific channels of distribution and were

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