• Mon, 08/12/2008 - 07:11

    HarperCollins is to launch its "classic book selection" for Nintendo's DS games console on 26th January, with the cartridge retailing at £19.99. Nintendo revealed last week that its hand-held console would shortly be able to read books, with the launch of the classic books mix.

    According to the publisher's blog,...

  • Thu, 13/11/2008 - 16:14

    Today we are not digital, we merely distribute and potentially sell digital content. For many publishers, digitisation is performed after the physical book has been produced.

    Moving the digital issue into the editorial and production process is about increasing the publishing output options beyond print and profiting from improved...

  • Mon, 08/09/2008 - 10:55

    Sales of the "Golden Compass" film tie-in books and growth of its school book club business helped Scholastic UK to a 15% rise in sales in the year to 31st May 2008. Turnover rose from £32.3m in 2007 to £37.1m this year with operating profits of £0.39m, up from a loss of £0.36m the previous year.

    The...

  • Mon, 01/09/2008 - 06:11

    It can take decades for technology to go mainstream, notes the Times, now another technology that has been around for 20 years may finally go mainstream — the e-book.

    Waterstone’s is to launch the Sony Reader, this week. It is not the first to market. Borders is selling the iLiad but its £399 price tag is hardly mass...

  • Thu, 21/08/2008 - 10:50

    Borders UK is to begin selling e-books from its website this autumn, following the launch of the iRex iLiad e-book reader in its shops in May. The news came as Borders increased the number of stores selling the iLiad from six to 12, and W H Smith began selling the device off its website.

    Julie Howkins, head of e-commerce at Borders, said...

  • Fri, 25/07/2008 - 05:13

    Waterstone's high street sales push for the Sony Reader is misconceived, writes John Sutherland in the Guardian. "The most influential early adopters will, probably, be institutional (did you buy the first desktop you used?) The manufacturers should donate 20 sets to every public library and plc in the country - then let the public...

  • Wed, 23/07/2008 - 11:51

    Waterstone's is to take pre-orders for the Sony Reader from tomorrow (Thursday, 24th July), and will begin selling the device in 205 stores from early September, priced at £199, when it expects "tens of thousands" of e-books to be on offer.

    ...

  • Wed, 02/07/2008 - 12:00

    Butler and Tanner's management buyout team has called on UK publishers to show their support for the British printing industry after the last-ditch rescue of the printer this week. The Felix Dennis backed buyout could see the printer re-open as early as next week.

    "If publishers are serious about wanting a colour printing...

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