TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » HarperCollins http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 22 May 2013 20:45:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Morning Links: HarperCollins to launch digital-only imprint http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-48/ http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-48/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 13:23:06 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=84216 Harper Collins to Launch New Digital-Only Imprint in October 2013 (The Digital Reader) 94% of Parents Think Libraries are Important for Their Children (GalleyCat) Barnes & Noble Filing Explains Why Patent System is Broken (Tech Dirt) Barnes & Noble Reduces Cost of Nook Readers in UK (Good e-Reader) Kindle Daily Deals: The Vegas Knockout by [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-48/feed/ 0 Morning Links: Book promotion strategies that actually worked http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-book-promotion-strategies-that-actually-worked/ http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-book-promotion-strategies-that-actually-worked/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:11:24 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=82553 Book Promotion Strategies That Actually Worked (GalleyCat) Amazon Refuses to Publish First Cornish-Language eBook (Tech Dirt) What Walled Gardens do to the Health of the Web (Boing Boing) HarperCollins and Hachette Disband Agency Model for UK (Good e-Reader) Kindle Daily Deals: The Flight of the Century by Thomas Kessner (and 3 others)

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/google/morning-links-frommers/feed/ 0 Pay to Browse: Why it will never work for bookstores http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/pay-to-browse-why-it-will-never-work-for-bookstores/ http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/pay-to-browse-why-it-will-never-work-for-bookstores/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:00:00 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=78903 TeleRead posted earlier about an idea that was floated by Victoria Barnsley, a HarperCollins CEO, during a recent NPR interview: the idea of charging people for the privilege of browsing in bookstores. The idea was that they’d pay to browse, and then go home and order online from the vendor of their choosing. The analogy [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/pay-to-browse-why-it-will-never-work-for-bookstores/feed/ 10 Inkling Habitat’s media-rich e-book platform is now free for all http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/inklings-media-rich-e-book-platform-is-free-for-all/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/inklings-media-rich-e-book-platform-is-free-for-all/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:26:10 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=78885 The news, released today, that the San Francisco-based Inkling has decided to give away for free its “collaborative digital publishing environment” known as Inkling Habitat was probably the e-publishing community’s most eyebrow-raising story of the week thus far. As Laura Hazard Owen wrote today for Paid Content, the company “has spent three years and $30 [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/inklings-media-rich-e-book-platform-is-free-for-all/feed/ 1 BREAKING: Macmillan Settles with DOJ on Price Fixing http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/macmillan-settles-with-doj-over-price-fixing/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/macmillan-settles-with-doj-over-price-fixing/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:30:07 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=78399 Apple is now the lone hold-out. As you may recall, three publishers—Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster—immediately settled, leaving Penguin, MacMillan and Apple to fight it out in court. Penguin settled in December, probably to protect their pending merger with Random House. And now Macmillan joins its fellows. Macmillan CEO John Sargent cited financial reasons [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/espresso-book-machine/harpercollins-christian-publishing-to-join-the-espresso-book-machine-network/feed/ 4 Morning Roundup — Stories you may have missed http://www.teleread.com/news-roundup-2/morning-roundup-stories-you-may-have-missed-25/ http://www.teleread.com/news-roundup-2/morning-roundup-stories-you-may-have-missed-25/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:53:29 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=74826 Amazon is the Devil—and I Love it (Salon) Self-Publishing Gains Ground, Acceptance (Good E-Reader) HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster Reportedly in Preliminary Merger Talks (Paid Content) Kindle Daily Deal: The Charleston Connection by Tom MacDonald {and} Promise the Night by Michaela MacColl * * *        

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/news-roundup-2/morning-roundup-stories-you-may-have-missed-25/feed/ 0 Changes in e-book pricing settlement payouts: Here’s what you need to know http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/changes-in-e-book-pricing-settlement-payouts-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/changes-in-e-book-pricing-settlement-payouts-heres-what-you-need-to-know/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:32:05 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=72309 If you’re one of the many e-book customers who’s expecting a payment or credit as a result of the 49 states’ recent $69 million settlement with HarperCollins, Hachette and Simon & Schuster, you should be aware that “the states have slightly modified the way those payments will work,” according to Paid Content reporter Laura Hazard Owen. [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/kindle/news-roundup-links-to-start-your-day-16/feed/ 0 E-Book consumers to receive refund of $0.25 – $1.32 per title in price-fixing settlement http://www.teleread.com/legal/e-book-consumers-to-receive-refund-of-0-25-1-32-per-title-in-price-fixing-settlement/ http://www.teleread.com/legal/e-book-consumers-to-receive-refund-of-0-25-1-32-per-title-in-price-fixing-settlement/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:32:50 +0000 Matthew Marchesano http://www.teleread.com/?p=69554 Over the past few days, a wealth of information has surfaced regarding the $69 million settlement three of the so-called ‘Agency Five’ publishers will be paying to 54 states and U.S. territories for the alleged price-fixing of e-books. Still, information regarding what we consider to be two of the case’s more immediately fascinating aspects—the cash refunds due to consumers, and the [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/legal/e-book-consumers-to-receive-refund-of-0-25-1-32-per-title-in-price-fixing-settlement/feed/ 8 Three Publishers Settle with 49 States http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/three-publishers-settle-with-the-doj/ http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/three-publishers-settle-with-the-doj/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:55:21 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=69466 Bloomberg Businessweek seems to have been one of the first publications to report that 54 attorneys general in (49 states and five American territories) have collectively reached a $69 million antitrust settlement with Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers LLC and Simon & Schuster Inc., “over alleged price-fixing for electronic books.” According to a press release from the [...]

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