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Product placements
Two stories. The first, being a Lost fan (the last episode was called ‘Fire and Water’), of a book which is being published as well as written into the series as ‘found’ in the suitcase after the crash. See if that works. The second, product placement in the Curious George animation.. Both from the Book […]
Published: February 9, 2006. Read more →
Ft.com on google’s hot water
Not got time to read this yet…
Further insights on the TW acquisition
It’s all kicking off! Well, kind of.
Whilst we have (yawn) Waterstones trying to buy Ottakers and getting investigated by the monopolies and mergers people; and HMV - parent to Waterstones - itself laughing off acquisition measures from Permira, it’s all go on the other side of the fence as well, with publishers squaring up […]
Slate on ‘Das Book’ - why European publishers are buying US publishers
This article in today’s Slate magazine basically sums up the problem of large, publicly listed media companies owning book publishing divisions:
ales of books aren’t growing much in the United States. According to Simba Information, consumer book sales in the U.S. were $6.46 billion in 2005, up minutely from $6.44 billion in 2004. “Stagnant to low […]
GOB on Clive on Wottakers
It gets silly sometimes with blogs, but this is a note to me to remember that this is an interesting take on the Wottakers deal - and in some ways re-iterates my thoughts that increased consolidation will, over time, lead to a backlash of diversification, however painful it is getting there.
Amazon worldwide sold 1.6 million […]
Published: February 8, 2006. Read more →
Quote: luck
“Life is a game of luck. I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” Thomas Jefferson
Henry Ford Quote
“I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite ability to not know what can’t be done.” Henry Ford
Quote: problem solving
“For every problem, there exists a simple and elegant solution which is absolutely wrong.” — J. Wagoner, U.C.B. Mathematics
Tom Gauld & De-Construct
Two events coming up in the next few weeks.
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The first is an exhibition at Analogue Books of new work by Tom Gauld and Simone Lia who collectively publish as Cabanon Press. I love Tom’s work and want it all. His ‘Hero faces 26 alphabetised monsters’ and ‘three very small comics’ are simply brilliant. (I […]
Hachette buys Time Warner
So, Hachette has bought Time Warner’s book divisions for half a billion, which were up for sale mainly because books were “non-core” to their business.
This deal makes Hachette the largest trade publisher in the UK, ahead of Bertelsmann, and pushes other companies down the ranking. It is also the third largest in the world, […]
Published: February 7, 2006. Read more →