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Borders files for bankruptcy, impacts publishers

Thu, 02/17/2011 - 16:47 by Anter Prakash Singh

The publishing industry has been shaken badly after the retail chain store, Borders, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday.

Julian Assange rakes in $1.3mn from autobiography

Mon, 12/27/2010 - 16:23 by Jaspreet Virk

Here's a ray of hope for Julian Assange. The beleaguered WikiLeaks' founder has signed a $1.5 million book deal to fight his legal battle.

Sony to re-enter Japanese e-reader market

Fri, 11/26/2010 - 11:48 by Anter Prakash Singh

Sony is all set to re-enter the Japanese market with its e-readers after it moved away from the electronic book market, citing lack of content in Japanese. The company will be offering two models initially and hope they do well this festival season.

Google to enter e-book market with Google Editions service

Wed, 05/05/2010 - 10:24 by Priyanka

Google Inc. ((NSDQ: GOOG) at an event sponsored by the Book Industry Study Group in New York on Tuesday announced that it soon will be entering the booming digital books market by launching its very own digital book store service—Google Editions.

Google working to assuage DOJ's concerns over book deal

Tue, 11/10/2009 - 12:08 by Jaspreet Virk

New York, November 10 -- Granting requests made by Google and groups representing authors and publishers, the New York District Court Judge Denny Chin has postponed hearing on Google book deal.

Court postpones Google book deal hearing

Fri, 09/25/2009 - 15:20 by Jaspreet Virk

New York, September 25 -- Granting requests made by the Authors Guild and Association of American Publishers (AAP), the New York District Court Judge Denny Chin ordered postponement of Oct. 7 fairness hearing on Google’s book scanning project.

Vanity Fair bows out in Germany

Thu, 02/19/2009 - 09:14 by Shruti Sharma

Munich, Germany -- Conde Nast, publishers of Vanity Fair, said it would stop producing the magazine in Germany due to the downturn in the global economy.

Circulation has also fallen sharply, from about 500,000 an issue to 200,000 an issue, Deutsche Welle reported Wednesday.

Conde Nast Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Newhouse said, "We did everything we could."

"We bought in talented people, invested in content and advertising and committed a significant amount of time, money and energy. But in the end we failed," Newhouse said in the Deutsche Welle article.

The last German edition of the magazine will be released Feb. 19.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.