(The Network Journal) — Watermark Books & Cafe on a midweek morning was bustling with book browsers and coffee sippers. It’s been a surprisingly good year for the Wichita bookstore, as it has been for many independent bookstores across the nation. Watermark owner Sarah Bagby estimates her book sales have risen 20 percent in the […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Buying a new book isn’t as easy as it used to be. Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Bertelsmann AG’s Random House Inc., last month put Jay-Z’s memoir and lyric guide, “Decoded,” on sale as a $35 hardcover. It also made a digital edition available at the same price, although Amazon.com Inc. […]
Not to be left behind black publishers are quickly adopting print alternatives.
Popularity of digital titles is forcing publishers to rethink the industry.
(Reuters) — E-textbooks may be the way of the future for college campuses, but some scrappy companies are banking on the here and now by offering a solution to bring low-cost textbooks to students, and in some ways they’re taking a page out of movie rental company Netflix Inc’s playbook. New college textbooks are a $4.5 […]
(New York Times) — E-books of the latest generation are so brand new that publishers can’t agree on what to call them. In the spring Hachette Book Group called its version, by David Baldacci, an “enriched” book. Penguin Group released an “amplified” version of a novel by Ken Follett last week. And on Thursday Simon & […]
(Black Enterprise) — It’s no secret that in the past year, the e-reader market has witnessed a flood of products. What started out as single-device envy for Amazon’s Kindle has now stoked the fires of the tech industry, spurring conversation and sales, tech vendors hope. With the release of Apple’s iPad (www.apple.com; $499 and up), […]
(Black Web 2.0) — We all know in the next couple of years, printed media (ads, newspapers, magazines, books) will disappear right? Well, that may be a little too soon, but why not take advantage of the digital age now, and start creating content specifically designed to reach out to that ever increasing populous opting […]
(Flavor Wire) — Stop us if you’ve heard this “news” before: Publishing is dead. We know, we know. You’ve read variations on this theme in the mainstream media for decades. But now, Garrison Keillor is saying it! Which means the New York Times is listening. In his op ed, timed to coincide with annual publishing […]