Around the Bookish World: News-Week-In-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post! And this week has certainly been eventful with major publishing and book news. From the Department of Justice in the US suing and settling with the Big 5 publishers and Apple about Agency pricing,  publishers pulling out of Amazon and J.K Rowling unveiling the details and publication dates for her first adult book.

Yesterday, my twitter feed exploded when news emerged that the Department of Justice will be suing  Macmillon, Hachette, Penguin, Simon and Schuster and HarperCollins over alleged collusion with Apple and price fixing with the Agency model. However it looks like that Hachette, Simon and Schuster and HarperCollins will settle with the DOJ  but Macmillon and Penguin along with Apple will be facing a lawsuit over alleged collusion over Agency pricing.

However this isn’t the end of the whole issue. 16 states in the US will also have their own lawsuits and it …

Around the Bookish World: News-Week-in-Review

Happy Easter and Passover to everyone who is celebrating or not but  enjoying the goodies or the time off! This week we have news of a potential settlement about the anti trust investigations with Agency pricing, as well as the usual tidbits author news and upcoming books!

Reports this week, suggests that there might be an agreement with the investigation into Anti-trust issues with Agency Pricing and the publishers and Apple. The Department of Justice has offered a cooling off period for 6 months which the publishers can arrange a proper Agency structure which entails them to add DRM, offer books and taxes and package them together and then offer to online sellers. However Penguin and Macmillon are the only two big publishers who are holding out, because they have argued that the current system is a true Agency Model.

The BookSeller is also reporting that the EU will also …

Around the Bookish World: News-In-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post and it has been pretty eventful We have news on Amazon and the Touch Kindle in Europe, RITA Finalists who have been announced, Pottermore ebooks and more books to movies tidbits.

Amazon has announced that the Kindle Touch will be available across the pond and the rest of Europe via  its sister sites in Germany, France and Spain as well as the UK. The Touch will also be available in a further 176 territories, and it is up for preorder for its release on the 27th April. Unlike the US models, there wont be an advert discounted version – but there will be a WiFi edition which is priced at £109 and the 3G which £169.

There is also further rumours that Amazon will be releasing three new tablets this year – according to this website – Amazon will be offering two 7 inch …

Around the Bookish World: News-In-Review

 Welcome to this week’s news edition! Not much has gone on this week but we have some great trailers from Game of Thrones and the upcoming adaptation of The Host which was written by Stephanie Meyers. There was also smoky going ons at St Martins Press, Book Blogger Con controversy and the usual upcoming covers to watch out for!

The big and very unlikely story coming out this week, is the news of a shipment of weed which was sent to the NY offices of St Martins, however it was incepted by the authorities after reports of a strange smell coming from the two packages. The packages  which had a street value of 70 thousand dollars, were addressed to a Karen Wright but no one of that name exists or is employed by St Martins.  When the news broke on Monday about this, I have to say that my twitter …

Around the Bookish News: Week-in-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post and oh what a week it has been – I think this issue is going to have some major comments and discussion over the news and updates I will post such as the fact that 50 Shades trilogy has been picked up by a major publisher, authors behaving badly again and again, and Paypal has decided to backdown from its stance on explicit books.

The first big news is the fact that E.L James’, Fifty Shades trilogy has been picked up by a major publisher in a seven figure deal.  Vintage books will be releasing new editions of the books in ebook formats and paperback (in a few more weeks). The Commonwealth rights have also been sold and there is now more talk of the movie deal, which seems to hint that it might be very close to coming to fruitition.  It is …

Around the Bookish News: Week-in-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post and we have a jam packed edition with major news about Agency pricing, book covers and some fantastic tidbits! So sit back and get a nice cuppa because one or two links will lead you to wanting one and enjoy!

The big news this week is that the Department of Justice in the US who has been investigating due to anti-trust issues is now threatening the Big five publishers, and Apple for collusion according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. It does not help that there was reports that Apple had approached Publishers previously and suggested that Agency pricing should be used to counteract Amazon’s dominance in the ebook market but it seems this may have given impetus for an investigation and it looks like that Agency Pricing is going to end especially since its going to be pretty costly with lawsuits …

Around the Bookish News: Week-in-Review

 Welcome to this week’s news post! It hjas been a bit of a quiet week but we  have more Harry Potter news,  upcoming news on books and some fun tidbits!

The digital transition of Harry Potter continues with the recent announcement that Overdrive who has partnered with Rowling and Pottermore will be offering the series in ebooks and audiobooks to schools and libraries.  Overdrive will be delivering worldwide rights including ebooks in French, German and Italian and will be available via most ereading devices. There is no concrete date where the books will be available for lending but it is rumoured via this article that April the 30th is the date.

Looks like the popularity of the Fifty Shades trilogy is never-ending. A whole slew of mainstream press articles have been reporting on the phenomena of Fifty Shades which book clubs around the US have picked up and raving about the …

Around The Bookish World: News Week-In-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post and it is pretty packed with major announcements from JK Rowling, exclusive info on The Shining sequel from Stephen King and major wtfery from Amazon.

I will open up this week’s edition from the big news from J.K Rowling which basically set my twitter stream alight with pure utter giddyness. Little Brown and Company will be publishing J.K Rowling’s first adult book in English language countries – and Hachette will be publishing outside the UK and US. There is no real details about the title or what kind of book this will be although rumours are floating around it may be a crime novel set in Edinburgh. Rowling states that – “The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me, and with that new territory it seemed a logical progression to have a new publisher.”Further news about the book and title …

Around The Bookish World: News Week-In-Review

  Welcome to this week’s news post! It is slightly quieter this week, but we have some interesting tidbits about pirate sites being shut down, interview links and books to look out for!

I think this is pretty disappointing but not really surprised by this move, and caused a stir at the TOC (Tools of Change Conference) – Penguin has removed all of its books from Overdrive and is following other publishers who have either removed their books or have placed borrowing restrictions with the amount of times a book can be lent out. However Random House is the only big 6 publisher who has recently said they will allow unlimited lending but has raised the wholesale price for ebook lending to suppliers.

In one of the biggest  pirated site crackdowns I’ve seen yet, happened this week. Major publishers as well as indie ones have joined forces and managed to …

Around The Bookish World: News Week-In-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post! We have some breaking news about Apple’s announcement on the new ipad, new books being announced as well as books to watch out for!

Apple will be hosting a press conference to announce the new Ipad in the first week of March.  It is rumoured that it will be much faster and will have a better screen compared to its predescessors but I can’t not help feel meh on this because the leaked details aren’t that exciting. It is also assumed that after the announcement that the Ipad will be available for preorder although no release date is scheduled so far.

The UK arm of Harlequin, Mills and Boons are going to launch an e-short imprint – Mira will also follow suit and will offer e-shorts which will range around 10 thousand words in advance of full books by authors such as Victoria Fox …