News from Publishing Perspectives:

With Gallimard as Sole Suitor, Flammarion Questions Sale Left with no other bidders, Italy's RCS Mediagroup must decide whether Gallimard's offer of 200 million euros for Flammarion is enough to justify letting it go.  Read more »

Is Publishing Consolidation Favorable to Tech Takeover? Is it better to see publishers subsumed by fellow publishers than going to an Amazon or Apple? Or does it merely delay the inevitable or even expedited it?   Read more »

Scholastic Editor/Author David Levithan: No Rules of Engagement Everything comes down to a kid reading and using their imagination to color in the words, says Levithan, but the way we can engage them continues to change.  Read more »

D2C E-bookselling Means Being Relevant, Accessible, Honest For publishers to make the best use of D2C e-bookselling opportunities they need to have an authentic relationship with their readers, says Sweden's Publit. Read more »

Why Have US Trade Pubs Largely Balked at D2C E-bookselling? The big US trade publishers have largely opted out of selling direct-to-consumer. Why? Fear of disintermediating the booksellers seems moot at this point. Read more »