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Publishers tighten belts amid gloom (International Herald Tribune)
5 Jan 2009 at 9:56am
After a relentless string of layoffs and pay-freeze announcements, book publishers are clamping down on some of the business’ most glittery and cozy traditions.
Puttin? Off the Ritz: The New Austerity in Publishing (New York Times)
4 Jan 2009 at 10:03pm
Amid a relentless string of layoffs and pay-freeze announcements, book publishers are clamping down on some of the business?s most glittery and cozy traditions.
Publishers: The New Austerity (Arts Journal)
5 Jan 2009 at 7:28am
“Amid a relentless string of layoffs and pay-freeze announcements, book publishers are clamping down on some of the business’s most glittery and cozy traditions. Austerity measures are rippling throughout the industry as it confronts the worst retailing landscape in memory.”
DEQ: You don?t have to get new phone book (Albany Democrat-Herald)
5 Jan 2009 at 8:42am
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality wants to remind people they can opt out of getting a new phone book by contacting the book publishers.
Small presses are taking a big hit (The News & Observer)
4 Jan 2009 at 9:43pm
It’s increasingly difficult for book publishers to make a profit. In order to get a book carried in a bookstore, a publisher must have a distributor, who takes as much as 45 percent of the cover price as a fee. The bookstore can take 35 percent.
Hicks $100,000+ book ‘in pipeline’ (Adelaide Now)
3 Jan 2009 at 5:49am
DAVID Hicks can command a six-figure advance from book publishers when he writes his story.
Hicks book could reap $300,000 windfall (News Interactive)
3 Jan 2009 at 7:31am
DAVID Hicks could command a six-figure advance from book publishers when he writes his story.
Scribner to publish first lady Laura Bush’s memoir (AP via Yahoo! News)
5 Jan 2009 at 11:00am
First lady Laura Bush, among the most reserved and enigmatic public figures of recent times, will, at last, tell her story.
What Can The Book Business Learn From iTunes? (Fast Company Magazine)
6 Jan 2009 at 5:18am
This week the media is a-squabble over the death rattles coming from the book publishing industry. Yes, it’s in dire condition. But a new business model might bring readers back. Call it the Free Lunch model. An article in The Wall Street Journal …
A Book Deal for the First Lady (Washington Post)
5 Jan 2009 at 11:09am
(Alex Wong/Getty Images) It’s official: First lady Laura Bush will pen a memoir. Publishing house Scribner secured the coveted contract and said today the book should hit shelves in 2010. Bush’s press secretary, Sally McDonough, declined to tell the Associated Press how much Bush is being paid fo…
