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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Pearson warns it is near ‘bottom of valley’ as US downturn takes toll
There’s no way this stat doesnt at least make you think: Mr Fallon said Pearson was selling 20m books a year when he became chief in 2013. This year, it expects to sell 2m. From FT.com today (£)
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | The Guardian on Scientific Publishing & Robert Maxwell
Absolutely smashing read from a few weeks ago on Scientific Publishing, Robert Maxwell and the implications for Science itself: And no one was more transformative and ingenious than Robert Maxwell, who turned scientific journals into a spectacular money-making machine that bankrolled his rise in British society. Maxwell would go on…
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Continue reading →: The Long Decline Of Irish Book Sales Continues. Some Light Ahead?
From The Nielsen BookScan Newsletter May 2014: Decline in Irish Consumer Market slows, as Children’s volume sales slightly increase. The Irish Consumer Market (ICM) has seen sales to 19 April of €22.8m (down 10.8% on 2013) and 2.3m units (down 6.4%). Fiction is down 14.6% with sales of €6.2m (by…
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Continue reading →: How Different Are Books Digitally?
Martyn Daniels has a good piece over on his Brave New World Blog about why books differ digitally from other forms of content. The nub of his case is (if he’ll forgive me quoting such a chunk – I’d encourage you to go read it): Whatever the route taken the…
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