Bookselling
| BOOM! is now distributed by Simon & Schuster | |||
| News > Publishers | July 14, 2009 | ||
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Four-year-old BOOM! Studios is now distributed by publishing powerhouse Simon & Schuster, moving their graphic novels into a much wider sphere...
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| Tor.com opens "publisher-agnostic" online bookstore | |||
| News > Bookselling | June 18, 2009 | ||
 Tor.com has opened its own online bookstore, offering speculative fiction titles from nearly all the major publishers and a lot of the small presses...
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| Simon & Schuster's Klingon Language Suite availble as iPhone apps | |||
| News > Bookselling | May 15, 2009 | ||
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Simon & Schuster is offering three Klingon language books as iPhone apps, as well as a combination "Klingon Language Suite", with "quick qlick" switching...
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| IDW hires Jeff Webber to "app"ify the company | |||
| News > Publishing Personnel | May 5, 2009 | ||
 IDW Comics hired Jeff Webber to its newly created position of Director of E-Publishing. In this post, Webber will be exploring ways to follow up their success with the iPhone app sales of Star Trek: Countdown...
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| Dark Horse's new iPhone app available to read older Terminator comics | |||
| News > Bookselling | May 4, 2009 | ||
  Dark Horse Comics has developed its iPhone app to read Dark Horse comics. The first title released for the new platform is a four-volume Terminator series from 1998, tying in to...
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| Barnes & Noble opens MP3 store; offers free stories | |
| News > Bookselling | April 27, 2009 |
| Barnes & Noble has entered the MP3 market in a big way, with 10,000 titles on its virtual shelves, including more than 300 sf/f titles. For a limited time, they're offering nine stories for free and 50% off... | |
| HarperCollins UK selling electronic Tolkien, offering chance to win limited print editions | |||
| News > Contests | April 20, 2009 | ||
 HarperCollins UK now holds the worldwide electronic rights to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, and has set up an online store to offer his titles. At the same time, they're giving away limited print editions of his two newest books along with an eReader...
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| Asylum Press now selling direct to retailers | |||
| News > Bookselling | April 3, 2009 | ||
 In response to increasing minimums demanded by Diamond Comics, Asylum Press is offering direct distribution to retailers, starting with Fearless Dawn #1...
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| Twilight at midnight at Forbidden Planet | |||
| News > Bookselling | April 3, 2009 | ||
 London's Forbidden Planet is having a midnight release party Sunday for the arrival of the DVD version of Twilight, with prizes and bonuses for the first few customers...
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| Simba Information offers in-depth data on the graphic novel market | |||
| News > Bookselling | March 18, 2009 | ||
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Market research firm Simba Information has discovered the graphic novel/manga/comic book market, and offers an in-depth analysis of the field...
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| Anderson News still kicking; Source Interlink may be winning | |||
| News > Bookselling | March 12, 2009 | ||
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Still more on the suits and countersuits by and against magazine distributors Anderson News and Source Interlink...
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| Barnes & Noble buys Fictionwise | |||
| News > Bookselling | March 5, 2009 | ||
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Signaling a big move into the eBook market, major retailer Barnes & Noble bought eBook retailer Fictionwise.com for more than $15 million...
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| Anderson News may be forced into bankruptcy by publishers | |||
| News > Bookselling | March 3, 2009 | ||
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Four major publishers have filed court papers to force magazine distributor Anderson News into bankruptcy...
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| Anderson News is closing; Source Interlink sues to stay alive | |||
| News > Bookselling | February 18, 2009 | ||
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Magazine distributors Anderson News and Source Interlink are still reeling from publisher reaction to their proposed surcharge of seven cents per copy. Anderson appears to be going out of business, having laid off workers, while Source is suing publishers...
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| Magazine distribution woes as major distributor goes under | |||
| News > Bookselling | February 9, 2009 | ||
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Major magazine distributor Anderson News, as well as Source Interlink, tried to squeeze magazine publishers with a new surcharge, the publishers wouldn't bite, and now Anderson has suspended operations...
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| Robin's Bookstore closing, but Philadelphia Fantastic Reading Series will continue at that location | |||
| News > Bookselling | December 2, 2008 | ||
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Philadelphia's oldest independent bookstore, Robin's Bookstore, has fallen victim to the poor economy, but as a host of poetry and literature, it will continue, maintaining the Philadelpahia Fantastic Reading Series's home...
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| SFWA's Contracts Committee comments on Amazon's Kindle contract | |||
| News > Publishers | April 9, 2008 | ||
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SFWA's Contracts Committee looked into the boilerplate contract Amazon recently posted for authors wishing to make their books available through the booksellers Kindle system. Their annotation raises many questions and concerns...
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| Amazon's Science Fiction Sale | |||
| News > Bookselling | April 3, 2008 | ||
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Amazon.com's April sales include hundreds of DVDs, books, toys, and television downloads...
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| Best-selling books of 2007 | |||
| News > Books | March 27, 2008 | ||
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Publishers Weekly's annual wrap-up of best-selling books has been distilled by Andrew Wheeler. The top genre books of the year were...
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| Borders may be up for sale | |||
| News > Bookselling | March 21, 2008 | ||
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Borders Group has secured financing from its largest shareholder, Pershing Square Capital Management, and has also retained J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch to investigate other alternatives...
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| E-Reads and WebScriptions join forces; three titles available now | |||
| News > Publishers | March 10, 2008 | ||
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E-Reads electronic book titles will now be available through WebScriptions. The first three, available now, are...
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| VIZ Media signs Madman Entertainment to distribute in Australia and New Zealand | |||
| News > Bookselling | February 25, 2008 | ||
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VIZ Media has signed Australia's Madman Entertainment to distribute many of their titles in Australia and New Zealand, starting with...
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| Rogue Wolf buys comics distributor Cold Cut | |||
| News > Bookselling | February 13, 2008 | ||
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13-year-old small- and mid-size comics distributor Cold Cut Distribution has been sold to two-year-old publisher Rogue Wolf Entertainment...
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| Amazon.com buying audiobook retailer Audible.com | |||
| News > Bookselling | January 31, 2008 | ||
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Amazon.com is buying Audible.com for about $300 million ($11.50 per share). Audible is...
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| Small Beer Press's pre- and post-Christmas sale | |||
| News > Bookselling | November 29, 2007 | ||
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Small Beer Press is selling many books, chapbooks, magazines, and book-like objects at steep discounts through the end of the year...
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