A company which believes it is Australia’s first digital-only trade publisher launched last week with a roster of titles from five Australian authors. Really Blue Books publisher Sarah Bailey sees an opening in the market for a publisher with a digital-only focus prepared to promote new, creative talent. ”We are particularly keen to benefit and nurture our home-grown [...]

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Technology researcher Forrester released a survey of US publishing executives yesterday which uncovered an interesting disconnect: 82% were optimistic about the digital transition of books, but only 28% thought their own company would be stronger as a result. The explanation? “Publishers have started to do the hard work of making the digital transition and they’re [...]

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Australian bookselling icon Dymocks last week launched a self-publishing service called D Publishing. While the service looks fine, its publishing contract is dreadful. Even if you’re not in Australia, you should look at it to see just how bad a publishing contract can be in the wrong hands. The issue was exposed by The Australian [...]

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Are publishers making windfall profits from ebooks? The recent round of financial results coming from major book publishers suggests they are but they are staying tight-lipped. A recent case was Random House which posted a solid result in the face of tough trading conditions. Its parent company Bertelsman was clearly pleased with its book division [...]

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When the mightiest online retailer in the world, Amazon, has to bow to Apple’s demands and cut ties to its ebookstore in the Kindle app, we know we’re facing a big problem. Retailers have lost an important battle to stop Apple turning its hardware dominance into control over content sales. It’s now time for publishers to [...]

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