The Hachette Livre UK Publishing Group have finally ended their dispute with Amazon UK after nearly one year. Back last year on June 6th, 2008 this site reported the following: Hachette Livre, the second largest publisher in the world, is in dispute with Amazon UK regarding contractual terms. Amazon UK have sanctioned some of Hachette’s…
Google Set To Go Head To Head With Amazon in Ebook Stakes
One of the more interesting items to come out of BookExpo America last week is news that Google is currently in negotiations with some book publishers with a view to setting up a program on line which will allow publishers to sell digital ebooks through Google. If Google do strike some deals then it will…
Baker & Taylor Set For POD Distribution by September 2009
Baker & Taylor Inc, the US book distributor has joined forces with R.R.Donnelley, a print solutions provider to establish and run a print-on-demand digital book production center at Baker & Taylor’s distribution plant in Illinois. This looks to be the last commercial deal to be put in place before the POD distribution plant opens in…
Bill Warrington Wins Amazon Breakthrough Novel 2009
The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award has been won by Bill Warrington for his novel, Last Chance. “Long estranged from his children and now faced with Alzheimer’s, Bill Warrington decides that kidnapping April—his belligerent and beguiling 15-year-old granddaughter—is the only way to mend his family (if not his mind). So begins the journey of, James King’s…
Lulu – Acting The Teapot with Amazon’s Marketplace?
This email was sent to many Lulu authors today and seems to be creating a little bit of a stir at the moment for all the wrong reasons. ***************************** “Dear Lulu Author, Congratulations, your book has been selected for listing on Amazon.com’s Marketplace! As a result, your book will now be easily found on the…
Atom’s Spoof Kindle 9XXXD Promotional Trailer
Atom is an internet funny video site. They have taken a pop at Amazon and their efforts to promote the Kindle DX with its larger size by looking into the future of the spoof Kindle 9XXXD! Take a look for yourselves. Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | More Video Clips Atom Films The Independent Publishing…
Amazon As Publisher
Self-publishing through Amazon has just stepped up another notch with news that teenage author,Cayla Kluver, from Wisconsin, USA, has sold the rights of her debut self-published book ‘Legacy’. The book will become the first to fully launch AmazonEncore, a new publishing program set to focus on self published books as well as traditional out of…
Adventures with Blurb – Part Five
At the end of April I got back a single proof copy of Thais, for the second time, as they had sent me the wrong book first time. I got the second order from Blurb within five days; corrected some problems with the cover regarding alignment and also made some changes to the interior. I…
Independent Publishers Reject ‘Early Payment’ Option From Amazon
We previously reported about Amazon’s offer to publishers in their Advantage Program to opt in on the ‘early payment option’ here, in exchange for an increased percentage cut on book discounts. Well, according to Catherine Neilan of thebookseller.com, most Independent Publishers have rejected the proposition. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/84957-publishers-reject-amazon-discount-offer.html.rss The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
Amazon Launch Kindle DX
Amazon have announced details of its Kindle DX featuring a larger 9.7 inch screen, more memory and wireless facilities. It will be available later this summer. See here. And launch photograths here from engadget.com. And review features from engadget.com The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media