Books from Penguin, Macmillan, HarperCollins and Hachette UK will appear from today in the UK iBookstore for the international release of the iPad. These publishers agreed eleventh-hour deals with Apple, but as yet, there is no word on an agreement with Simon & Schuster who already have ebooks available in the US iBookstore. Up until…
iBookstore Doors Now Open to Penguin and Self-Publishers
It looks like the two month dispute over terms in the agency model agreement has been resolved between Penguin and Apple. While Random House have yet to decide whether theyt will ultimately adopt the agency model for e-books, Penguin were the only other publisher from the big six not to have reached an agreement with…
Global Giants Bring Different Strategies to Publishing World: Book Industry Conference 2010
There is some fascinating analysis by Benedict Evans of media research company Enders Analysis presented at this week’s Booksellers Association Book Industry Conference in London. Essentially, Evans argues global companies like Apple, Google and Amazon are not book publishers and the book industry must understand clearly the approaches and strategies of these companies. Evans describes…
Google Quietly Planning New World Publishing Order
Google are teaming up with Verizon Wireless to deliver a hand-held tablet computer like the Apple iPad according to the Wall Street Journal. This is hardly a surprise and has been long expected in light of Google’s imminent launch of their own e-book store in the shape of Google Editions, which will see them become a…
Apple iPad Set For May 28th Release in Nine Countries
The Apple iPad will be available in nine different countries, including the UK, from 28th May. The doors of the Apple iBookstore will also open on the same date, with customer pre-orders beginning from May 10th. The following UK price points will apply: £429 for 16GB £499 for 32GB £599 for 64GB (Wi-Fi devices) £529…
Apple Delay iPad International Release
Apple today announced that the international release of the iPad will be delayed by a full month due to unprecedented demand. International online pre-orders will be taken from May 10th when pricing for the device will also be confirmed. From the press release: “Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week,…
TOT Test-Drives New iPad For Review
There is a lot going one here apart from the fact that a two-and-a-half year old girl has been viewed nearly 275,000 times on Youtube playing with Dad’s new iPad. I’m not entirely sure why some parents choose to make their very young kids internet celebrities. Watching this little girl made me think of my…
Makinson on Penguin’s iBook Future
John Makinson is serving his eight year as CEO of the Penguin Group. He had an early career background as a journalist and the investor relations sector. He has worked for the Financial Times and Reuters. On Tuesday, Makinson gave a presentation to demonstrate the new ibooks Penguin have in development for the Apple iPad…
Apple iPad Release Still on For Late March
Over the last couple of days there have been a number of news reports reporting that there may be a delay in the proposed launch of the Apple iPad in the USA (try here, hereand here). From what I can see, almost all these news stories are directly or indirectly attributed to Canaccord Adams analyst…
Amazon Sulk & Eat Touchco While Macmillan Wait
While Amazon behave like the sulking teenager and continue to drag their feet and delay the return of buy buttons to Macmillan’s listed catalogue, the Amazon corporate and development moguls are not letting the grass grow under their feet. Following the media glare last week on Apple’s new iPad, the New York Times technology section…