http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Books"  in "Europe" Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:29:34 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 50763 | HMV Makes Move Into Music Festivals http://en.redtram.com/go/236305186/top100/ 236305186 HMV has made a move in to music festivals with its joint venture partner Mama Group as the entertainment retailer seeks to further diversify its offer in the face of dwindling music sales. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:53:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236305186/top100/ 50763 | Macmillan US To Sell Enhanced E-books http://en.redtram.com/go/236305177/top100/ 236305177 Macmillan, one of the nation's largest publishers, said it will issue books it expects to be best sellers in an enhanced electronic-book format, starting in the first quarter of 2010. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:53:15 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236305177/top100/ 50763 | One-third Of Us Book Buyers Cutting Purchases http://en.redtram.com/go/236288376/top100/ 236288376 The economic downturn has caused Americans to reduce the number of books they are buying and to buy less expensive books when they make a purchase, according to data released Tuesday from Bowker's PubTrack Consumer service. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:53:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236288376/top100/ 50763 | PW's African-american Cover Image: Black Beauty Or Big Mistake? http://en.redtram.com/go/236288368/top100/ 236288368 We don't get the 'Afro Picks!' cover. It's not hip, cute, or appealing," said one tweet. Another tweet: "It seems like a big mistake," while another read, "what exactly is the rationale behind the Afro-picks cover?" "This is a ridiculous Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:53:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236288368/top100/ 50763 | Stephen Covey's Digital Rights Deal With Amazon Startle New York Publishers http://en.redtram.com/go/236288361/top100/ 236288361 The scramble for survival in the New York publishing world provoked by the rise of the ebook has become so ruthless it makes the Wild West look like a Swiss finishing school. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:52:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236288361/top100/ 50763 | Shortcovers Rechristened Kobo http://en.redtram.com/go/236288350/top100/ 236288350 It's official: Shortcovers, the Indigo-owned e-book service launched less than a year ago, has a new name. At midnight last night, the company was rechristened Kobo (an anagram of "book"), and along with a redesigned website and mobile app, introduced Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:52:43 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236288350/top100/ 50763 | Ebooks For Dummies http://en.redtram.com/go/236288341/top100/ 236288341 Book publishers are increasingly embracing digital books, and not just on Amazon's Kindle. Today, John Wiley and Sons, Barnes and Noble imprint Sterling Publishing, Chronicle Books, and the University of Chicago Press announced they will join a total of 150 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:52:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236288341/top100/ 50763 | Cheques To Be Bounced Into History http://en.redtram.com/go/236288332/top100/ 236288332 Do you pay the milkman by cheque? Slip a surprise cheque in a Christmas card to a grandson or granddaughter? Or maybe you simply don't trust direct debits when dealing with gas and electricity companies? Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:52:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236288332/top100/ 50763 | USA Authors Guild Calls Dohle Letter 'Regrettable And Unhelpful' http://en.redtram.com/go/236288323/top100/ 236288323 Random House chairman Markus Dohle may have sent this letter to agents in the spirit of collaboration, but that isn't how the Authors Guild is seeing it. In a message sent to its members this morning, the Guild said it Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:52:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236288323/top100/ 50763 | Borders To Shut Shops Next Week Unless Buyer Is Found http://en.redtram.com/go/236288317/top100/ 236288317 Borders UK is to shut all its stores on December 22 unless a buyer for the business is found. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:52:02 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236288317/top100/ 50763 | Christmas Shoppers Leaving It Late And Spending Less http://en.redtram.com/go/236288308/top100/ 236288308 One in three Britons are leaving their Christmas shopping much later than they intended, and planning to spend less this festive season than in 2008, according to the latest wave of GfK NOP's annual Christmas Spending survey. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:51:50 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236288308/top100/