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RDR Drops Rowling Appeal

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
Just weeks after submitting an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals, RDR Books has withdrawn its challenge to Judge Robert P. Patterson's September ruling in J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment's copyright infringement suit against the publisher. Judge Patterson's


Sony Sells 300,000 Digital Readers

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
Sony announced that it has sold 300,000 Sony Readers since the digital e-reader went on sale in 2006. Galley Cat reports the Bookseller has the 'scoop': "So far three million books have been downloaded from its online library, which is

Bain Close To Clinching $1bn 'Variety' Deal

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
Reed Elsevier, the FTSE-100 media giant, is close to selling the publisher of New Scientist and Variety to US buyout group Bain Capital for $1bn (£680m), after its main rival pulled out.

More Than A Handful: Big Books

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
Four hundred quid? For a book of photos? Who are the thousand people who can afford a luxury like that? But the price of coffee-table books has gone a little mad since the days when a Thames & Hudson book


Gardners Supplies Sainsbury's

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
Gardners is supplying Sainsbury's, one of the supermarkets left without supplies of books when EUK, part of Woolworths, went into administration. Book supply from EUK to other customers resumed last week.

December Blues

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
What's going on? What's happening? What does it all mean? These are the questions everybody in BookLand is asking and nobody seems able to answer.

Writers Risk Backlash With Apology For Armenian Genocide

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
Academics and writers in Turkey have risked a fierce official backlash by issuing a public apology for the alleged genocide suffered by Armenians at the hands of Ottoman forces during the first world war.

Schools Told Reading Is Top Priority

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
A drive to improve reading standards which includes encouraging parents to read to children will be outlined today in the most far-reaching review of primary schooling in 20 years.

Joint Venture Takes Control Of Netgalley

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
A joint venture has been formed between Firebrand Technologies and Rosetta Solutions to take over NetGalley, the year-old company that aims let publishers manage and distribute galleys through an online service.

Penguin Launches Penguin 2.0, iPhone App; Stanza Deal With Random House

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
A hint of optimism follows one of publishing's bleakest weeks in the form of digital announcements from two of the big trade houses: Penguin Books and Random House.

Creative Head Goes At Entertainment Rights

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
The chief creative brain at Postman Pat and Rupert Bear group Entertainment Rights has followed the boss out of the door as the group clears out a third of its staff before Christmas in return for a bigger overdraft from

Le Clézio Uses Nobel Lecture To Attack Information Poverty

09.12.2008 06:02    book2book.co.uk
The 2008 Nobel laureate JMG le Clézio looked to the wider world in his Nobel lecture last night, warning of the dangers of information poverty and calling for publishers to increase their efforts to put books in the hands of

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