EU raids ebook publishers in price fixing investigation | World news | The Guardian: I don’t believe this is just confined to France. At heart, this drives a stake through the argument that big publishing houses can price e-books at the current level (Agency Agreement) in place. “The European commission has launched morning raids on…
Publishing Day | Irish Writers’ Centre – March 12th
Publishing Day March 12th The day will start at 10.00am with registration and run until 4.30pm. Tickets are €60 (€50 for Members) and can be booked by paying online or calling the Centre. Ph: 01-8721302 In This Issue From Inspiration to Publication Emer Martin Stephen Boylan Helen Gleed-O’Connor Yvonne Kinsella Deirdre O’Neill From Inspiration to…
Easons staff pass no confidence vote | The Bookseller
Easons staff pass no confidence vote The Bookseller “The board of Easons has said it backs Conor Whelan, who has been managing director of Easons since September 2009, after senior staff working in Dublin cast a vote of no confidence in him. Irish union organisation Siptu said around 60 Dublin employees who hold the management…
Network or Be Damned – POD, Self-Publishing & Independent Publishing
Around this time last year, I began to streamline the content on POD, Self-Publishing & Independent Publishing – moving much of the daily news content over to my own Facebook profile page – while still keeping the more substantial content here (articles and reviews). What started out as a somewhat risky move has actually proved to…
Leaner, Meaner and Faster iPad 2 Unveiled by Apple
Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, today unveiled the second generation iPad 2 at a press launch in San Francisco. The new iPad 2 tablet is a completely new model rather than just a revamp or improvement on last year’s device. The iPad 2 will ship in the US from March 11th, and worldwide in 26 countries…
Self-Publishing Index – March 2011
The SELF-PUBLISHING INDEX for author solutions services is something we have been working on for most of 2010 and June 2010 marked the first month of flotation. Here is the latest index, March 2011. (Click image to enlarge) The most asked question we get at POD, Self-Publishing & Independent Publishing is often along the lines of; ‘What self-publishing…
Random House Switches to Agency Model For E-book Sales | PW
The news from Publishers Weekly this evening: Random House Switches to Agency Model For E-book Sales: Random House, Inc., the last of the big six houses still using the wholesale model for e-book sales, announced plans to adopt the agency model effective March 1. A Random House spokesperson said that now the house will set…