When Penguin and Random House
merge, the company will publish half the trade books in the USA. How can the
rest of the industry compete? And what will be the impact on Amazon?
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More traditional publishers will
likely merge over the next decade, further consolidating power. but as
self-publishers continue to organize, they offer a viable alternative.
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More News from PP:
At the
7x20x21 panel at BEA yesterday, speakers focused on themes of
entrepreneurism, crowdsourcing/crowdfunding, cats (or sheep), and, of course,
sexual deviation.
Reports from China say Amazon will
launch both the Kindle Paperwhite and Fire devices in China this June at
prices comparable to what they are in the USA.
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From the Archives:
Publishing is not about digital or
physical, says Erich Huang, New Business Director at Penguin Children's UK:
it’s all about brand and nontraditional creators.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
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