The Writer's Resource Directory 2012
In The News
New for 2012~
In the constantly changing world of publishing it's important to keep up to date with the latest events. This page will serve to highlight some of those headlines and give authors a better understanding of what's happening. Keeping apprised of the latest news and media reports is vital to success.
If you have a news headline or media report to contribute please use the contact page and leave the web address.
In the constantly changing world of publishing it's important to keep up to date with the latest events. This page will serve to highlight some of those headlines and give authors a better understanding of what's happening. Keeping apprised of the latest news and media reports is vital to success.
If you have a news headline or media report to contribute please use the contact page and leave the web address.
News and Media Reports
April 2012~Justice Dept. eBook Lawsuit Against Apple, Publishers Advances Towards Settlement
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/e-books-settlement-apple-justice-department_n_1392501.html
Some Big 6 Publishers Refuse to Sign New Contract
http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/10/big-six-publishers-refuse-to-sign-new-contracts-with-amazon/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
Cut In eBook Pricing is Set to Shake Rivals
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/business/media/amazon-to-cut-e-book-prices-shaking-rivals.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp
U.S. Sues Apple and Publishers Over eBook Prices
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-accuses-apple-publishers-e-145227883.html
DOJ Sues Apple Over Price Fixing Scheme
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/11/technology/apple-doj-ebooks/index.htm?hpt=hp_t1
An Independent Publisher Speaks Out
http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1526
Daring To Cut Off Amazon
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/business/media/amazons-e-book-pricing-a-constant-thorn-for-publishers.html?_r=4&partner=rss&emc=rss&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
March 2012~
The Author's Guild - Grim News
http://blog.authorsguild.org/2012/03/09/letter-from-scott-turow-grim-news/
Justice Dept. Prepares to Sue Apple on eBook pricing
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/technology/chi-justice-dept-prepares-to-sue-apple-on-ebook-pricing-20120308,0,2856101.story
Library Association asks Random House to reconsider massive eBook price Increase
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2012/library-association-asks-random-house-to-reconsider-massive-e-book-price-increase/
Libraries feel sticker as cost of ebooks rise as much as 300%
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/03/ebooks/librarians-feel-sticker-shock-as-price-for-random-house-ebooks-rise-as-much-as-300-percent/
February 2012~
Ebooks Democratize Publishing
http://www.npr.org/2012/02/19/147112456/e-books-flipping-the-page-on-publishing-standards
The Down Low on Exclusivity Clauses
http://indiereader.com/2012/02/the-down-low-on-exclusivity-clauses/
Amazon to Open Book Stores
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Amazon-to-Open-Stores-Report-138793179.html
Books A Million Won't Carry Amazon Titles
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/50495-books-a-million-won-t-carry-amazon-titles.html
The Cult of Amazon Prime
http://www.launch.is/blog/the-cult-of-amazon-prime.html
January 2012~
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Distribute Amazon Books
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/houghton-mifflin-harcourt-to-distribute-amazon-books_b45914
Barnes and Noble Will Not Stock Books Published by Amazon
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/barnes-noble-stores-will-not-stock-amazon-published-books_b46276
Barnes and Noble - Taking On Amazon In the Fight of its Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/business/barnes-noble-taking-on-amazon-in-the-fight-of-its-life.html?_r=1&hpw
NYT Imagines a World Without Barnes and Noble
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/nyt-imagines-a-world-without-barnes-noble_b46147
Amazon's Hit Man - Businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/amazons-hit-man-01252012.html
NBC Launches Book Publishing Arm, NBC Publishing
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2012/nbcuniversal-launches-book-publishing-arm-nbc-publishing/
Apple: Bids To Own Publishing Future
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2012/01/apple-ibooks-author-free-mac-app.html
Tablets, eReader Ownership Jumps to 19% in U.S.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2012/01/tablet-e-reader-ownership-in-us-jumps-to-20-over-the-holidays.html
Apple's Questionable License Agreement
Apple's Textbook Creation App
Audio: E-book Sales And Self-Publishing
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/21/143983350/e-book-sales-and-self-publishing
Video: Barnes & Noble Tumble 20%
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/#45887934
Video: Lessons to be learned from Kodak and B&N
http://www.reuters.com/article/video/idUSTRE8040XA20120105?videoId=228004377
2011 is the Best Holiday Ever for Kindle
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111229005169/en/2011-Holiday-Kindle
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57349748-501465/amazon-we-sold-millions-of-kindles-for-the-holidays/?tag=mncol;lst;6
Audio: The Ebook Menace in the Land Down Under
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/australiatalks/the-book-industry/3695964
Audio: A Self-Published Author's $2-Million Cinderella Story
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/08/144804084/a-self-published-authors-2-million-cinderella-story
E-books sales surge after holidays
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/story/2012-01-09/ebooks-sales-surge/52458672/1
The authors who are going it alone online - and winning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16469000
Forget e-books – the point of the Kindle is for essays
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielknowles/100128728/forget-e-books-the-point-of-the-kindle-is-for-essays/
Amazon One Step Closer to Brazilian E-book Launch
http://publishingperspectives.com/2012/01/amazon-one-step-closer-to-brazilian-e-book-launch/
Apple launches e-textbook tools with new iBooks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16634097
Hewlett Packard opens doors to its HP Labs UK research base
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16636609
Publishers And Booksellers See A 'Predatory' Amazon
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/23/145468105/publishers-and-booksellers-see-a-predatory-amazon