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England’s favourite secret service agent James Bond is set to be reinvigorated in 2012 when a new print run of the stories begins as part of a ten-year publishing deal. Ian

The inclusion of Alan Sepinwall's 'The Revolution Was Televised' in the New York Times book of the year list has capped a superb 12 months for self-published

It seems an increasing number of publishers are turning to the opportunities offered by digital platforms as 63 per cent intend to publish an e-book next year, recent figures have

Digital Minds is in its fifth year and it has continually reinvented itself to address a fast developing market and an increasingly sophisticated audience

NEWS FOR RELEASE, 11 April 2011: The London Book Fair 2011 opens today as a leader among international trade book fairs, with new countries exhibiting, its largest ever Market Focus Pavilion, the...

The Chinese government is supporting an accelerated publishing project focused on classics in social sciences, it has been reported. In an effort to boost the country’s focus

Novelists, poets and critics have been taking part in special events across Africa to mark an extraordinary year for the continent’s literary scene, as well as

Amazon has deepened its e-publishing potential by acquiring more than 450 children's books it plans to bring out both digitally and in print. For an undisclosed sum,

Amazon is believed to be taking a stand against 'sock puppet reviews' by preventing writers from submitting their responses to fellow authors' books on the

X-Ray for books forms part of the Kindle app from Amazon that allows readers to "see the bones of the book" by enabling them to learn more about notable

Amazon has upped its stakes in the electronic publishing industry by launching its latest file format to replace the Mobi 7. Kindle Format 8, otherwise known as KF8,

Leading online retailer Amazon is enticing self-publishing authors to its new Kindle Direct Publishing service (KDP) with promises of shares from a $6 million (£3.8

Amazon's selling tactics are more akin to those of supermarkets than high street retailers, according to a new report from Simon-Kucher and Partners.  In a

Amazon Publishing is to begin paying authors royalties within 60 days of the end of each month, rather than every 90 days as was previously the case. The

Not content with dominating online retail sales of books, e-readers and tablet devices, it seems Amazon may bring its produce to physical stores with the launch of a trial outlet in

Online retailer Amazon has unveiled fresh plans for a European publishing division in a bid to drive authors' exposure.  In a letter to literary agents,

A group of researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered that over the course of the 20th century American novelists began including more

Publishers and booksellers across the US are capitalising on the success of a popular British TV series after its second season began airing last Sunday (January 9th), it has been

The Swedish publisher of Stieg Larsson’s internationally acclaimed Millennium Trilogy has launched an iPhone app ahead of the worldwide release of David Fincher’s remake of The Girl

The world of self-publishing could be revolutionised with the launch of a new app from Apple that enables authors to simply ‘drag and drop’ to generate their works into a

One of the world’s most dominant players in digital platforms is believed to be on the verge of revolutionising the educational industry ahead of an announcement it is making in New York on

The president of independent publishing house Atlas & Co is set to edit a series of 12 biographies for online retailer Amazon from June 2013. The series will be entitled Amazon Lives,

A Sydney-based publisher has secured a seven-figure deal after turning a free online story into a New York Times bestseller. EL James’ Fifty Shades of Grey topped the charts of

People in Australia have been offered book vouchers by one store, which is hoping it can persuade them to ditch their Kindles and rely on its own