By Hannah Johnson Welcome to Book Buzz, our look at the publishing news that is circulating on the blogosphere, Twitter, Facebook and other social media. First on the radar over the last few days is, of course, the Kindle. Rumors are flying that Apple is on the offensive against Amazon and plans to launch its own. Some readers wonder whether …
German Buch News: Bertelsmann Pay Cuts, Twitter Usage Up
By Siobhan O’Leary Executives at Bertelsmann’s Gutersloh headquarters were recently hit with diminished bonuses (as much as 50% lower in some cases) and salary cuts. Now, the pay cuts are affecting other employees at Gutersloh, says Buchmarkt. They will not be seeing the 2.5% pay scale increase that was planned for this month, and employees being paid over and above the …
Hashtags and Cocktails
By Jerome Kramer, special to Publishing Perspectives If you were to judge an industry by its parties, consider this: The last time BEA was held in New York, the “hot” Friday night party was held by Google, the then-reigning king of the future of publishing. This year it was Twitter. “That’s how much things have changed in two years,”said Rebecca …