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Finding the Right Role for Trade Paperbacks - Publishers Weekly
This agent, who spoke off the record, noted that a hardcover often gets only a few weeks on the bookstore shelves, whereas a paperback gets months in the store. Now, he said, hardcovers are being published, not heavily promoted, and houses are deciding ...
No One Had a Story Like Hers: A Q&A with Robin Gaby Fisher - Publishers Weekly
So I got access to all of that footage, and to people from her childhood, some family members who spoke off the record. I did approach her several times about talking, but she would not. She actually called the police on Angelo and I, claiming that we ...
Google eBooks One Year Later - Publishers Weekly
One bookseller speaking off the record says, “I hope that in the long run Google eBooks turns out to be a good thing. It's been very expensive for the return.” He also lamented the lack of wish lists. That could change, however, since Google has ...
Is Amazon Pushing Publishers to Brink On Terms, Co-op? - Publishers Weekly
A number of sources in the industry, all of whom spoke to PW on the condition of anonymity, said the retailer is, in certain cases, threatening to stop selling titles from companies who won't pay up. Many sources said Amazon has been asking for a ...
Publishers Want to Hear More from Borders - Publishers Weekly
That was the sense from publishers contacted by PW Wednesday, all of whom spoke off the record. At a meeting set for next Thursday, publishers will tell Borders they will not begin shipping books to the retail under normal terms, something the company ...
New Indigo Co-op Plan Upsets Publishers - Publishers Weekly
One publisher of a mid-size company, who asked to remain anonymous, said that the 4% figure wouldn't represent much change from the money the house is ...