http://en.redtram.com/ book2book.co.uk Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:19:49 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/ 50763 | BBC Worldwide Will Be An 'Empty Vessel' If It Is Sold, Says Director General http://en.redtram.com/go/236258834/top100/ 236258834 The BBC director general, Mark Thompson, has shot a warning across the government's bows over its decision to list BBC Worldwide in its portfolio of assets for sale, warning that any sale could lead to Worldwide becoming "an empty vessel". Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:06:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236258834/top100/ 50763 | Short Stories Aim To Woo The Ipod Generation http://en.redtram.com/go/236258823/top100/ 236258823 A website dedicated to the joys of the literary form has gone "live", applying Apple's world-dominating music model to the written word. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:06:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236258823/top100/ 50763 | Top Author Shifts E-book Rights To Amazon.com http://en.redtram.com/go/236258813/top100/ 236258813 Ever since electronic books emerged as a major growth market, New York's largest publishing houses have worried that big-name authors might sign deals directly with e-book retailers or other new ventures, bypassing traditional publishers entirely. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:06:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236258813/top100/ 50763 | Amazon Kindle App Hits UK iPhone http://en.redtram.com/go/236258803/top100/ 236258803 Amazon has launched its iPhone Kindle app in the UK. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:06:19 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236258803/top100/ 50763 | Shortcovers Adds Internet Archive Titles http://en.redtram.com/go/236258794/top100/ 236258794 Indigo's e-book service, Shortcovers, has added 1.8 million titles from the Internet Archive available free of charge through the Shortcovers store. Internet Archive's library includes public domain classics, academic works, reference materials, and other fiction and nonfiction titles. There are Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:06:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236258794/top100/ 50763 | Richard Joseph And Borders http://en.redtram.com/go/236258787/top100/ 236258787 Tucked away in a story about Paperchase and Borders is the suggestion that former Books etc owner Richard Joseph is understood to be in talks to buy nine stores from Borders' administrator MCR. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:05:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236258787/top100/ 50763 | October US Bookstore Sales Slip http://en.redtram.com/go/236258777/top100/ 236258777 After a big bounce in September, bookstore sales slipped in October, falling 0.9%, to $1.03 billion, according to preliminary estimates released this morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:05:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236258777/top100/ 50763 | The Times WHSmith Paperback Of The Year http://en.redtram.com/go/236258766/top100/ 236258766 Bookshop shelves are groaning with paperbacks, but how do you choose the best? A new award is the answer, says one of its judges Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:05:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236258766/top100/ 50763 | It's The Last Chapter For Books Venture Borders http://en.redtram.com/go/236258758/top100/ 236258758 A decade ago, Borders was launched amid much fanfare as a fresh alternative for lovers of literature, a place where they could also pick up a coffee and a CD. Yesterday there was an equally eclectic but much sadder sale Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:05:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236258758/top100/