With Smadar Herzfeld’s ‘Trail of Miracles’ out in Aloma Halter’s translation from the Hebrew, we hear from author, translator and editorial director.
Amazon Charts’ Debut: Bestseller and Best-Read Listings Based on Consumer Data
The retailer feeds its Amazon Charts with consumer data on what’s being read and listened to (in digital) and what’s being sold on a weekly basis.
Authors Guild Joins Warnings on Amazon’s Buy-Button Policy
Author and publisher groups are protesting a change in Amazon’s third-party sales policy. The retailer says it’s in line with ‘the rest of Amazon.’
European Commission Makes Amazon Antitrust Commitments Official
The European Commission calls Amazon’s antitrust commitments ‘a timely, effective and comprehensive solution to the competition concerns’ raised.
Industry Notes: New £20,000 ‘Kindle Storyteller’ Award; BookCon Announces Panels
The new Amazon UK Kindle Storyteller Award is open to writers everywhere, as BookCon in New York announces Margaret Atwood, Dan Brown for June 3 and 4.
Amazon Publishing at London Book Fair: Literary Fiction, Suspense, Memoir
Amazon Publishing, the largest publisher of translations, will be at the London Book Fair with a rights list of suspense, memoir and literary titles.
Patricia Cornwell Tracks the Ripper: Powered by ‘Kindle in Motion’
‘I needed somebody who could publish a work of this magnitude,’ says Cornwell of her new nonfiction work from Amazon Publishing. Her UK tour starts today.
German Publishers Association Cheers EC Commitments from Amazon: ‘Another Victory for Publishers’
Perhaps nowhere is there such a jubilant response to the European Commission’s pressure on Amazon than in Germany. The Börsenverein hails the week’s events.
An English Translation of a Japanese TV Series Based on a Swedish Book
A 36-year-old kids’ fantasy novel comes to UK and US screens this month. ‘Ronya, the Robber’s Daughter’ is by Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking.
Rakuten Kobo Becoming Tolino’s Tech Partner in Germany
Taking over from Deutsche Telekom as the Tolino alliance’s e-reading tech partner in Germany, Canada’s Rakuten Kobo enlarges its European footprint.