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The European Commission is today (6th May) set to reveal
plans for the “digital single market”, to remove barriers to online
services across Europe.
The plans would mean that customers across the European
Union could all access the same digital services and products,
including e-books and on-demand TV services, regardless of which
country they are in. The European Commission has also said that as part
of the plans for a digital single market a “more modern copyright law
is needed so that the interests of creators harmonise with those of
consumers”.
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The inclusion of Harlequin and strong sales of Chris
Kyle’s memoir
American Sniper (William Morrow) helped HarperCollins to a
14% increase in revenues in the three months to 31st March, compared to
the year before.
But e-book revenues declined 3% year-on-year,
HarperCollins’ parent company News Corp has said, in its latest
quarterly results.
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Books by YA Prize-shortlisted authors Non Pratt and Sally
Green are on the seven-strong shortlist for this year’s Branford Boase
award.
The award is given jointly to the author and editor of the most
outstanding debut novel for children, and Pratt is shortlisted for Trouble, published
by Walker Books and edited by Annalie Grainger and Denise
Johnstone-Burt. Green is on the list for Half Bad (Penguin), which is edited
by Ben Horslen.
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The editors at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were
given a standing ovation when collecting an award at the PEN America
Gala last night (5th May), according to news reports, despite the
absence of a number of prominent authors in protest.
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International e-book markets continue to develop at
different rates, with growth in some continental digital marketplaces
appearing to have stalled despite increasing activity from global tech
companies and local players.
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Teresa Cremisi has been under the spotlight of the French
book industry since she announced in an interview with the French trade
publication Livres
Hebdo last Friday (1st May) that she would step down from
her post as chairperson of Flammarion on 2nd June.
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JS International has partnered with Botho University in
Botswana to provide students with textbooks and e-textbooks.
JS International, an arm of the JS Group which runs John
Smiths Bookshops, will establish student stores at the university's
Gaborone and Francistown campuses and a Botho University online store
which will sell e-textbooks, university merchandise and other
resources.
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Sainsbury's supermarket has made a full-year loss for the
first time in 10 years, with new boss Mike Coupe warning that the UK
marketplace was changing faster than "at any time in the past 30
years."
The retailer reported a £72m loss in the year to March, with
underlying pre-tax profits falling 14.7% to £681m, compared with £798m
the year before.
The retailer was hit by a number of one-off costs,
including a write down in the value of some of its stores, and its
share price fell 1.3% in early morning trading.
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James Patterson has extended his support of indies to
Australia and New Zealand, offering bookshops $5,000 each from a pool
of $100,000 to spend on initiatives to get children reading.
The best-selling American author has already given indies
in the US and the UK grants and he has also donated to school
libraries in both countries.
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Amazon Publishing has acquired three books by Leigh
Russell, who has previously been published by independent No Exit
Press.
Russell’s Journey
to Death and two further titles will be published by Thomas
& Mercer, Amazon Publishing’s crime imprint.
Senior editor Emilie Marneur bought world rights to the
books from Annette Crossland at A for Authors Ltd.
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BookBub, an e-book promotion company, has launched in
India.
The US-based business is a daily deal site for e-books
which allows publishers and authors to submit price promotion ideas for
titles, which Bookbub then reviews and chooses which to feature in its
daily emails.
The deals include offering books for free, or at
discounted rates.
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Debut novel Post
Mortem by former police officer Kate London, to be
published in August by Atlantic, has been optioned for a television
series.
Newly-formed Sly Fox Productions, in collaboration with
Acorn Productions, has acquired a TV option for the crime novel from
Anne-Marie Doulton of The Ampersand Agency. It is the first novel
optioned by Sly Fox.
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