A UK publisher has raised some concerns about Lightning Source‘s e-proofing system. The publisher, located in the West of England, voiced its concern about the wording used in an email correspondence. Today, PrintWeek ran a news piece after it had access to the contents of the email. From PrintWeek: In an email, seen by PrintWeek, sent by…
Self-Publishing Book Expo Highlights Part One | Bookmakingblog
Bookmakingblog has the first of its highlights of last weekends Self-Publishing Book Expo, held in New York. “The saddest faces this year, as in past year, were on authors who paid to exhibit so they could tout and sell their books. These folks get little ‘traffic’ in the exhibit hall compared to service providers. I admire their…
Anyone Fancy a Random Penguin? It’s A Done Deal! | Penguin Random House (Updated)
Bertelsmann and Pearson have confirmed talks are underway to combine their respective publishing divisions, Random House and Penguin. Some weeks ago on TIPM’s Facebook page I posted that we would soon see some major changes in the publishing industry. The discussions to merge the two largest publishers in the industry is further signs that we are entering a serious…
News Corp Also Interested in Deal on Penguin
Rupert Murdoch – World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Since Friday, it has emerged that News Corp, parent company of HarperCollins, may also be considering a move for Penguin following confirmation that Pearson and Bertelsmann were at the early stages of talks about a merger between Penguin and Random House. The…
Ridan Publishing – The Rise and Fall of a Small Press
Signing up with a small press publisher can be risky for an author. However, if that small press has a proper distributor in place, the close working relationship between publisher and author can bear fruit. It is likely the author will deal with a small group of publishing professionals who know their business and the…
CreateSpace, Smashwords and Author Solutions Dominate Self-Publishing Market | Bowker
Bowker Press Release: [Editor’s Note: Bowker annually release figures and reports like the one referred to in the press release below, however it should be noted that Bowker only rely on titles with an ISBN, and given that Amazon KDP lists over 200k self-published titles and Smashwords lists 60k titles for 2011 (against Bowker’s claimed…
The Future of Publishing – DK Publishing UK
Dorling Kindersley (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It’s always worth giving DK Publishing‘s The Future of Publishing a reprise, now and again… Related articles Self-Publishing Summit planned for November Faber restructures ‘for future growth’ Disgruntled Self-Published Authors Launch Blog Indie Publishing Workshop at HNS London | Video by Richard Denning Amazon ‘charging publishers 20% for e-book VAT’…
Apple Surprise Mini Gathering with iPad 4 Launch
The release of the iPad mini may have captured the attention of many today, but Apple’s real surprise at the press event was the debut of the iPad 4th generation. It’s just six months since the last model hit the streets, and it will have left many pulling their hair out now the latest model…
PubliBook (Ireland) – Reviewed
PubliBook Irelandis an Irish independent publisher providing no-fee contracts and services to authors and corporate clients. Based in Kells, County Meath, the company has recently entered the growing publishing service market in Ireland. The company was established by Bill Sweeney—who has a background in production and educational management and local government—and Gilbert Dawed, a creative…
Disgruntled Self-Published Authors Launch Blog (Updated)
In the past few days my attention has been drawn to a new tumblr blog set up on October 16th. The blog is called Indepenpress (The Truth About A ‘Self’ Publishing Company) and describes itself as follows: “We are a group of Authors who have been stung by Indepenpress. Together we have a voice. We want…