The Bookseller magazine says that each of the five biggest
general trade publishers in the UK — Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Pan Macmillan and Simon & Schuster — saw their e-book sales fall in 2015.
The Bookseller magazine says that each of the five biggest
general trade publishers in the UK — Penguin Random House,... [Read more...]
Not exact matches
«The combination of Ingram's extensive distribution network, integrated services, and long - standing relationships
in the book
trade provides a unique solution for digital - first
publishers to get the most value out of their content and reach more readers worldwide,» says Mark Ouimet, Vice President and
General Manager, Ingram
Publisher Services.
«With the increasing level of interest
in Chinese language, literature, and culture
in both the United States and around the world, we believe that the time is right to offer these classic works
in electronic editions that will appeal to both the
general reader and the educational market,» said Jonathan Karp, President and
Publisher of the Simon & Schuster
trade imprint.
Schaffner Press is an independent
publisher of
general trade books
in the area of fiction, and non-fiction with a particular focus on mysteries, literary fiction, memoir, biography and autobiography.
Today virtually all
publishers, from the smallest indie press to large
general trade book
publishers — with the very interesting exception of the Hachette Book Group — sell directly to consumers
in some fashion.
Following some brief introductory remarks from Redmayne about what he sees as the priorities
in his new role (and both pleasing authors and managing digital marketing are high on the list), Michael Cader will interview him about the competitive challenges big
general trade publishers face
in a world where they have one new massive competitor and one big customer that doesn't stop growing.
The others [the major publishing houses] have a lot of capabilities, but they're
in a race against time to develop additional distribution among them to match what PRH will be able to create or, alternatively, to change what they are from a
general trade publisher to a multi-niche
publisher with * strong * community capabilities that can be leveraged for other business models.
There is no doubt that certain brand name authors far outpace their
publishers in recognition and attention stakes, but
in general, for the vast majority of authors that is not the case, and even for those authors who do surpass their
publisher, when the
publisher can do such things more effectively, more efficiently and has a competitive advantage
in doing them, the sensible thing to do is to
trade some margin and let them do it.
Nonetheless, at least seventy percent of the books sold
in the U.S. are still print, so Amazon's inability to get its titles into bookstores was a huge strike against the vision that it would be able to compete directly against
general trade publishers on big fiction and nonfiction titles.
Finally, we make the
general trade aware of our books by rights posting or announcing deals on
Publishers Marketplace and this is particularly good at bringing
in
And as I mentioned
in a previous post,
trade publishers such as Penguin Random House and HarperCollins are joining the effort to make ebooks used
in the school market accessible, which points to larger shares of their
general lists being certified accessible.
That would be quite an achievement given the struggle between the sectors witnessed
in 2012: four of six of the world's biggest
general trade publishers withdrawing large swathes of their e-book catalogues from library distribution, a fifth
publisher altered their terms for library usage — resulting
in a high profile boycott — and the sixth tripled their prices.
Some of our notable entertainment and media attorneys are: John Quinn,
General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who has also represented entertainment and media clients
in a number of high profile cases; Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean of Stanford Law School, First Amendment scholar, and nationally renowned appellate advocate, who heads the firm's appellate practice group; Bob Raskopf, an expert
in the sports, entertainment and media bars
in New York, who is perhaps best known for his work on behalf of professional sports leagues and teams, newspapers and
publishers; Claude Stern, who has represented a broad array of leading software developers, videogame manufacturers, online
publishers and other media clients
in all forms of intellectual property litigation, including copyright, patent,
trade secret, trademark, and licensing disputes; Bruce Van Dalsem, who has tried and resolved disputes for studios, producers and performing artists
in the film, television, music and finance businesses, securing a top five verdict
in California based on the misappropriation of a film library; Gary Gans, an expert litigator
in motion picture financing, production and distribution disputes, as well as copyright and idea theft cases, who has been named
in 2012 by The Hollywood Reporter as one of America's «Top Entertainment Attorneys;» Jeff McFarland, who has litigated entertainment related cases for more than 20 years, including cases involving motion picture and television series profits, video game licenses, idea theft and the «seven year rule;» and Michael Williams, who represents a satellite exhibitor and other media clients
in trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust and other commercial litigation.