Category: Publishing News
Quote Unquote: “The strongest digital sales performance in years” – HarperCollins. “Robust growth in digital formats” – Hachette
HarperCollins and Hachette digital safety nets kick in. HarperCollins sees 39% of H2 revenue from...
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Pearson and Scholastic results – trade up and digital up but overall Covid-19 impact is hurting
At TNPS the focus is on international publishing, but we occasionally offer perspectives on the US...
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Video game becomes part of Poland’s official school reading list as the definition of books and reading blurs
For the purists among us who think that a book isn’t a book unless it was written by hand with a...
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Industry News Round-Up 26 March 2020
A round-up of key industry news in these challenging times. Apologies if the linked reports for...
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PRK UK's new centralised rights; B&N Education's poor quarter; Hachette UK's Changing the Story Day; PRH UK's Xmas Gift site
A quick glance at some top publishing stories from the industry trade journals. PRH UK unveils...
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The new Harry Potter subscription service will set you back $75 to get the ebooks you probably own already, but the extras make it a great deal for Potter fans
Earlier this month, buried in the deluge of news from Frankfurt, a new Harry Potter digital...
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PublisHer launches new website
One of the most exciting developments in global publishing this year has been the emergence of...
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US bookstore sales decline 10% in August, but do the numbers reflect a drift to digital, not fewer books sold?
Preliminary figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate sales of printed books from...
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StreetLib adds podcasts to its armoury. Partners with Voxnest's N.Y. podcasting platform Spreaker
StreetLib is the publisher behind The New Publishing Standard. While TNPS is not a...
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RH Business Relaunch; VAT on Russian ebooks; Amazon’s Kindle for Kids; Brexit fears; Random House Graphic; Ebooks and Libraries; Nobel Prize Controversy
Industry News Round-Up is a selection of some of the most interesting stories emerging from the...
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US-based self-publishing aggregator PublishDrive changes payment model for authors
Originating from Hungary, now based in the US, PublishDrive is the youngest of the new breed of...
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Iran’s Association of Islamic Revolution Publishers’ Seyyed Ali Andarzgu Literary Awards seeks to keep history in line with state policy
The Seyyed Ali Andarzgu Literary Awards were launched this week by Iran’s Association of Islamic...
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