Last Friday, Google unveiled “Talk To Books,” a new tool which uses semantic search – search based on meaning, rather than mere keywords, and powered by the same Google conversational AI used to implement
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Barnes and Noble is imploding from within
Barnes and Noble fired 1,800 people last week. They let go hundreds of cashiers, receiving managers, the people who order and stock magazines, the folks who lead storytime and read books to
‘The ebook is a stupid product: no creativity, no enhancement,’ says Hachette Group CEO
An interview with Arnaud Nourry about the future of digital publishing, why he took on Amazon as an opponent and the market potential in India. With over 17,000 new titles each year
Hearst UK launches inaugural Big Book Festival
Hearst UK has announced the launch of its Big Book Festival, a new awards, accreditation and live events experience, aiming to discover the best new fiction and non-fiction titles in UK publishing.
Faber & Faber sees immediate Amazon sales spike after book chapter sampling
Book publisher Faber & Faber saw an almost instant sales boost on Amazon from a chapter sampling campaign at a recent concert at London’s Alexandra Palace, suggesting members of the audience were
Is the ebook a dead format?
Nowadays, the ebook has a reputation for technological conservatism – so it is easy to forget that there was significant anticipation for the Kindle’s arrival ten years ago. In a 2009 editorial, The Bookseller
Another year; another big issue to discuss
For the third consecutive year BookMachine and Unite the Union will be joining up to offer forward-thinking publishing people the opportunity to discuss, debate and prepare for change. The aim of the
Flyers may soon have their books and magazines screened
TO THE many invasions of privacy that have become commonplace in air travel—the pat-downs, the hand swabs, the shoe removal, the endless rummaging through luggage by security agents—one more may soon need
Amazon Charts, Amazon’s new best seller list, now tracks what people actually read
Amazon has introduced a weekly best seller list that ranks books by what readers are actually reading — not just what they’ve bought. The new list, called Amazon Charts, also has a most-sold
Opinion: How independent book publishing has made the industry more democratic
Three years ago, I was a lawyer and a new mother, teetering on the precipice of a major career change. Like so many budding authors, the dream to write was buried beneath
Ebook sales continue to fall as younger generations drive appetite for print
Nielsen survey finds UK ebook sales declined by 4% in 2016, the second consecutive year digital has shrunk. Readers committed to physical books can give a sigh of relief, as new figures
Education publisher Pearson reports biggest loss in its history
Pre-tax losses soar to £2.6bn as group – planning to sell its Penguin Random House stake – is hit by slump in US textbook sales. Pearson has reported a pre-tax loss of
The future of bookstores may rest on ‘guerilla retailing’
When you look into the rear view mirror of book retailing what do you see? A path littered with failed national chains, including Borders, Hastings, and B. Dalton, along with the rising