New deals for NOOK, Kobo and Kindle, some combination thereof
You know how before you got to see The Avengers you had to sit through all the Iron Mans and Captain Americas and Scandinavian God…
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Design considerations when Publishing to a Global Market [VIEWPOINT]
A couple of months I wrote an article for the Futurebook blog in recognition of the site’s world-wide reach, and I thought it was time…
Chicken Soup for the Soul now wants to do that to your stomach
The Guardian points to a particularly nausea-inducing case of cross-platform synergy – more than usual, even, where the words ‘cross-platform synergy’ are concerned – courtesy…
Book Burning Back in Fashion with 50 Shades Libricide
There aren’t many people I know who have come away from reading 50 Shades of Grey feeling they have experienced a well-written, deeply thoughtful piece of…
Amazon taking this whole Indian Summer idea a tad literally
Evidently determined to prove that Barnes and Noble isn’t the only digital bookseller that can expand to new territories this week, why should it be?,…
6 questions for Camilla Prince, host of BookMachine Oxford on 6th Sept [INTERVIEW]
@Miss_PrinceyC (AKA Camilla Prince) graduated in 2010 after studying English and Classical Studies at the University of Reading. She now works in the digital team…
Barnes & Noble bringing NOOK to the UK
Following Microsoft’s investment of $300 million earlier this year, leading American book retailer Barnes & Noble has revealed plans to expand outside of North America…
5 Questions for Andy Brown, Founder of The Underground Book Club [Interview]
What I am about to tell you may both both shock and amaze, but I swear it is 100% true. There is a magazine featuring…
BookMachine Weekly BookWrap: publishing stories from around the web
First up, if you find yourself in or around Auld Reekie this evening, BookMachine Edinburgh is the place to be (from 6pm in Carters Bar), closely…
Bookaboo looking for submissions for new series
Unless you’ve had regular contact with very small people over the past three years, you may be unaware of the existence of CITV’s pro-literacy kids…
6 Questions for Russell Kerridge of Imagewrite [INTERVIEW]
This week the History of Humanity app was released; a collection of 52 full colour books including more than 7,000 illustrations in both English and…
Five questions for Sophia Blackwell [INTERVIEW]
Sophia Blackwell is an author, performance poet and cabaret performer. In her spare time, she’s also a marketer at Bloomsbury. Having released her debut collection…
Beck To Release Most Backward Book Ever
It seems the publishing and music industry parallels that we all love to hate (and apparently can’t help but point out at every possible opportunity)…
6 Questions for Nikesh Shukla [INTERVIEW]
Nikesh Shukla is the author of the Costa First Novel Award-shortlisted novel, ‘Coconut Unlimited’ (‘…a riot of cringeworthy moments made real by Shukla’s beautifully observed…
This week in Fifty Shades: sales records, music records, Bret Easton Ellis
It continues to dominate (ohoho) seemingly every news story to come out of the publishing world, so let’s get all of this week’s Fifty Shades…
