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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Unveils Two E-Textbooks for K-12; Small but Growing Market?

Jeremy Greenfield

Educational and trade publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has unveiled two new e-textbooks aimed at the promising K-12 education market. The move capitalizes on partnerships with Apple and the History channel and signals the company’s intentions to invest in its digital e-textbook business.

Knight: Agents Need to Become Marketers (Video)

Rich Fahle

As the tectonic plates of publishing continue to shift in the e-book era, one common theme is marketing. How does it look today? Who is responsible for marketing? What results can be expected? Agents need to become marketers, at least according to one agent.

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Elle Lothlorien

When You Wish Upon a Star, You Get the Pointy End: Why Authors Should ALWAYS Respond To Negative Reviews

Elle Lothlorien

By the time the manager of the New York City Grand Hyatt found me, I was hyperventilating with rage. “I just want ...

Barbara Galletly

In the Digital Era, Publication Isn’t Preservation

Barbara Galletly

Publication used to mean preservation but it no longer does. Let me explain. When a print book is published its ...

Richard Curtis

Sony on the Ropes. Will eReader Survive?

Richard Curtis

Sony has announced a ¥455 billion loss in its fiscal year, which ended last March. But not to worry: that only sounds ...

Chris Rechtsteiner

Booksellers v. Libraries? Publishers v. Amazon? These are the wrong battles to fight

Chris Rechtsteiner

Four months ago (a long while back in Internet time), I wrote a piece noting how, in our research, we’ve ...

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