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- Lessons from the Book Business
- Books matter, but they don't make much of a business. Never have, really. But its problems provide useful insights for any business struggling to find its way in the new digital world, as we see in Have We Reached the End of Book Publishing As We Know It? an entertaining...
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Amazon, the Kindle, and the Future of All Books
- New York City This massive city is home to many things, one of which, of course, is the domestic book publishing industry. Any time you spend a few days here, then, it's inevitable that, by design or chance, the current state of book publishing...
- Blog posts 2009-04-25
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- New Pari-Mutuel Bill Could Help Revive Nevada's Race Book Industry.
- By Rod Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--A bill that was passed in the final hour of the regular legislative session could help revitalize the state's slumping race book industry, industry experts said Monday. Tony...
- Research articles 2003-06-10
- Nevada Governor Signs Bill to Aid Race Book Industry.
- By Rod Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Gov. Kenny Guinn signed into law legislation that could help revitalize the state's slumping race book industry. Tony Cabot, a partner in law firm Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, hailed...
- Research articles 2003-06-14
- Authors win Google book concession
- Book publishers and authors in most countries outside the US won a significant concession late on Friday as Google and American book industry representatives agreed to make changes to their landmark digital books settlement. The amendments, disclosed in a legal filing in New York close to midnight on Friday, were...
- News items 2009-11-14
- Authors win Google digital book concession
- Book publishers and authors in most countries outside the US won a significant concession late on Friday as Google and American book industry representatives agreed to make changes to their landmark digital books settlement. The amendments, disclosed in a legal filing in New York close to midnight on Friday, were...
- News items 2009-11-14
- The Book Business Blues
- You may have read that the economy is taking a chunk out of brick-and-mortar book sellers such as Borders, which earlier this month named a new CEO to try a turnaround. But the worst may still be ahead, warns former Random House CEO Peter Olson, who now teaches at...
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- How Will Apple - Amazon Partnership Change the e-Book Industry?
- Julia Boorstin submits: The struggling publishing industry may get the jump-start it needs from a new technology application. Starting yesterday, Amazon AMZN has allowed Apple AAPL iPhone and iPod Touch owners to download electronic books on their gadgets. Big news for the publishing industry, since it allows the 14-million...
- External links 2009-03-05
- Authors win digital book concession from Google
- Book publishers and authors in most countries outside the US have won a significant concession as Google and American book industry representatives agreed to make changes to their landmark digital books settlement.The amendments, disclosed in a legal filing in New York close to midnight on Friday, were made after...
- External links 2009-11-15
- EX-CHIEF OF AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION WATCHDOG TARGETS BOOK SECTOR.
- SYDNEY, Aug 12 Asia Pulse - Allan Fels, the outspoken ex-chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC, has taken aim at the local book industry during the launch of his book, `Allan Fels: A Portrait of Power'. SYDNEY, Aug 12 Asia Pulse...
- Research articles 2003-08-12
- Books in a brave new world: marketers in the book industry tread new territories with the launch of Harry Potter. (News Analysis).
- Book marketers saw their world turned upside down last month by the launch of the fifth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The biggest event in book marketing to date saw publishers and book stores pulling out all the stop ...
- Research articles 2003-07-01
- E-book advocates point to a content evolution
- Steve Haber, president of Sony's digital reading division, stood in the New York Public Library last week with a picture of a stone tablet, a book and the electronic book reader he was there to unveil.The evolution from pages to pixels was as profound as that from CDs to...
- External links 2009-08-30
- Nist Co-Sponsors Third Annual Electronic Book Conference
- In September 2000, NIST and the National Information Standards Organization co-sponsored the Electronic Book 2000 Conference in Washington, DC. Attended by more than 850 representatives of all segments of the emerging e-book industry, the comprehensive conference and trade show included an overview of new e-book technologies and a forum for...
- Research articles 2000-11-01
- Bowker and Ingram Form Agreement on Book in Hand and Syndetic Solutions
- NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. -- R. R. Bowker LLC announced today that it has joined forces with Ingram Book Group to provide the most robust and accurate bibliographic content in the book industry. Bowker is a leading provider of bibliographic information and publishes the comprehensive book database, Books In Print. Ingram...
- Research articles 2005-05-25
- Book industry's gloomy plot twist; lack of hits brings job cuts, sell-offs.(Industry Overview)
- The latest novel to hit the top of the best-seller list is called Horned Nest. It might as well be a metaphor for New York's book business. After five years of robust growth, the city's publishers are in disarray, cutting sales staffs, shutting divisiThe latest novel...
- Research articles 1997-01-27
- New York is Book Country Festival Returns; The Festival for Book Lovers will Run September 25th - 29th; Sponsored by the Book Industry in Association With the New York Times
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 7, 2002 After a year off, New York is Book Country returns to New York City to celebrate the joys of reading with the 24th annual New York Is Book Country NYIBC festival, September 25 - 29, 2002, co-sponsored by The New York...
- Research articles 2002-08-07
- Penguin Group And Random House Expand Mobile Book Plans
- Penguin Group USA and Random House are both cementing plans to bring more of their books to the iPhone and other mobile devices, the AP reports. The two publishers announced new mobile initiatives today as the book industry sets its sights on increasing digital sales in a worsening economy....
- External links 2008-12-09
- The Media Industry's Year of Eclipse
- Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper chain, laid off thousands of employees, the Tribune Company sought bankruptcy protection, The New York Times put its headquarters building and other assets up for sale, in Detroit the papers cut back home delivery to three days a week. From Seattle to Miami, newspaper after...
- Blog posts 2008-12-26
- Lavona Russell named President of Ingram Book Company
- LA VERGNE, Tenn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 15, 1996--Lavona Russell, a veteran book industry executive, today was named President of Ingram Book Company, the leading wholesaler of trade books and textbooks in America.
- Research articles 1996-10-15
- INTERNET, OPRAH ENLIVEN SLUGGISH BOOK INDUSTRY.
- Philip Pfeffer, 53, was hired Nov. 12 as CEO of the Ann Arbor-based Borders Group Inc. (NYSE: BGP). Pfeffer has spent 20 years as an executive in the book retailing and publishing business. Before joining Borders, he was president and COO of Random H Philip Pfeffer,...
- Research articles 1999-01-18
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