News: digital

CUP to launch new Open Access arm

Cambridge University Press is set to create a dedicated Open Access unit to give the publisher more “energy” and “focus” in the sector. Mandy Hill,... Read more

Nathan Hull joins subscription service Mofibo

Nathan Hull, digital director at Penguin Random House, will join Danish e-book company Mofibo in December. Hull’s appointment marks e-book subscription company Mofibo’s intention to... Read more

FBF: publishers urged to view author as customer

Publishers must re-orientate themselves to view the author as their customer, and strip away complications such as territorial rights agreements, delegates at Frankfurt Book Fair's... Read more

Amazon contests basis of EC tax inquiry

Amazon is denying that it receives preferential corporate tax treatment from Luxembourg allowing it to reduce much of its European Union (EU) tax burden, following... Read more

EC 'poised to probe Amazon tax'

The European Commission is poised to begin a formal probe into allegations that Amazon has illegally benefited from state subsidies in Luxembourg over the past... Read more

Faber relaunches website for 'luxury brand' sales

Faber has relaunched its website to offer a greater focus on selling books and a "luxury brand" experience. The new site, at www.faber.co.uk, has... Read more

Publishers step up direct to consumer offers

Publishers are continuing to explore new ways of selling directly to consumers and building relationships with readers. Penguin Random House this week launched an audience... Read more

Open Road buys backlist for UK 'literary luminaries'

US-based digital publisher Open Road has acquired a series of rights across various territories to the backlists of “some of Britain’s most beloved and exciting... Read more

EIBF calls on EC to investigate Amazon

A European bookselling lobbying group has called on the European Commission to investigate Amazon’s monopoly on the book market. Francoise Dubruille, director of the European... Read more

Librarians 'maintaining subscriptions despite OA'

Improved library budgets have mitigated an anticipated decline in journals subscriptions from the adoption of OA, according to US research and brokerage firm Bernstein Research.... Read more

Seeking a publishing utopia

Seven years ago, neuroscientist Kamila Markram and her husband Henry, both feeling frustrated by the publishing processes of the major houses, decided to set up... Read more

Publishers consult lawyers over Kindle Unlimited

Publishers have expressed outrage that their titles were included in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited subscription service against their wishes when it launched in the UK last... Read more

Volans to lead new Faber division

Faber & Faber has created a new division, Faber Press, led by Henry Volans in the role of director, with Volans charged with creating a... Read more

HarperCollins US offers authors e-commerce scheme

HarperCollins in the US is encouraging authors to sell directly through its own platform, offering higher royalties on titles sold through its own site. The... Read more

Authors to receive $1,500 advance on Amazon crowd-source platform

Amazon has released more details on its crowd-sourced publishing platform, which will be open to English-language books in genres including romance and science fiction... Read more