Publishing group Pearson is reportedly in advanced discussions with Germany’s largest newspaper publisher Axel Springer to offload its iconic newspaper, the Financial Times. The Financial Times Group includes a 50% stake in The Economist magazine and several other titles. In recent years Pearson has been concentrating on consolidating its brand as an educational publisher and over the past few…
Troubador Publishing Acquires The Book Guild Ltd
This week Troubador Publishing Ltd (UK) has completed the acquisition of Brighton-based self-publishing service provider The Book Guild Ltd. TIPM understands that discussions between Troubador and The Book Guild had been on-going for several months and a final deal was agreed recently for an undisclosed sum. Troubador will continue to run The Book Guild Ltd as an independent company. Troubador already…
Publishing for Digital Minds Conference | London Book Fair 2015 [Video]
The London Book Fair 2015 (LBF) begins tomorrow (Tuesday 14th April) at the Olympia London and will last three days. It is one of the annual highlights for the publishing industry along with Frankfurt and Book Expo America. Although the event does not officially start until tomorrow, its pre-event Publishing for Digital Minds Conference took place today. Digital Minds, now in its…
Writing and Reading for Pleasure: Pennies Look After Themselves | Douglas Burcham
Douglas continues his writing and reading for pleasure posts by comparing writing with the financial analogy of pennies and pounds. REF – 1750, Chesterfield, letter 5 Feb. (1932) IV. 1500: Old Mr. Lowndes, the famous Secretary of the Treasury, used to say – Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of…
Man Booker International Prize 2015: Final Ten Authors Announced
Ten writers are on the judges’ list of finalists under serious consideration for the sixth Man Booker International Prize, the £60,000 award which recognises one writer for his or her achievement in fiction. The authors come from ten countries with six new nationalities included on the list for the first time. They are from…
Writing and Reading for Pleasure: Looking for Gold | Douglas Burcham
Douglas continues his writing and reading for pleasure posts by looking for reading gold. “I’m going to Waterstones to look for gold,” I announce to my wife. “You would do better to go to a jeweller for something for me, or pan the rivers of Yukon or South Africa and if the latter I…
Dutch Court Orders e-Book Reseller to Close
The Amsterdam Court of Appeal has ruled that Dutch e-book reseller Tom Kabinet must shut down its website until it can prove that all the books it offers for sale are legally obtained. Third party sellers can upload e-book files to Tom Kabinet, however the company’s verification process was called into question soon after it launched in June 2014 when the Dutch…
Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 | CONTEC Conference | Publishing Perspectives
A recap of yesterday’s CONTEC conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 via Publishing Perspectives YouTube channel. The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
ALLi Launch Open Up to Indies Campaign
The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) has chosen Book Expo America week to launch a campaign to encourage the book trade, literary festivals and book award organisations to ‘open up’ to the self-publishing community. In a week where several book trade CEO’s spoke openly at BEA about the challenges and threats facing the industry (and happily pointed…
Dorchester Publishing’s Fate To Be Decided This Month
Dorchester Publishing‘s fate as a going concern could be decided by the end of this month. The trade publisher tried to relaunch itself as an ebook publisher at the end of 2010, but has continued to struggle to carve a path in the market. Speaking to PW this week, Marketing & Publicity Co-ordinator, Hannah Wolfson,…