TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Random House http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 31 Oct 2014 01:16:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.4 Review: Designers & Dragons Vol. 1: The ‘70s http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/review-designers-dragons-vol-1-the-70s/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/review-designers-dragons-vol-1-the-70s/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2014 09:23:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=117022 I’ve finished reading through the first volume of the RPG history from that Kickstarter I mentioned the other day, and I have to say that I’m very impressed. In fact, I plan on nominating it for the “Best Related Work” Hugo when the 2014 Hugo nominations come around. It’s just that good. As I explained […]

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Penguin Random House UK launches online recommendation, retail platform http://www.teleread.com/random-house/penguin-random-house-uk-launches-online-recommendation-retail-platform/ http://www.teleread.com/random-house/penguin-random-house-uk-launches-online-recommendation-retail-platform/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:25:13 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=111460 Penguin Random House UK introduced a new platform for readers in what looks like an attempt to shift the retail marketplace. My Independent Bookstore launched on Monday for private beta testing and is available by invite-only right now. The platform will allow users to display 12 books in a virtual bookshop. They can share, review […]

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Humble Bundle about to launch third e-book bundle http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/humble-bundle-about-to-launch-third-e-book-bundle/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/humble-bundle-about-to-launch-third-e-book-bundle/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:10:18 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=109891 The launch of the new Humble Bundle is still just under two hours away (until then, you have one last chance to snag some terrific Android games, nine of them for under $4—Zombie Gunship is some crazy fun!) but Publishers Weekly has just revealed what the new one is going to be. It’s going to […]

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Court finds in favor of HarperCollins over ‘Julie of the Wolves’ backlist e-book rights http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/court-finds-in-favor-of-harpercollins-over-julie-of-the-wolves-backlist-e-book-rights/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/court-finds-in-favor-of-harpercollins-over-julie-of-the-wolves-backlist-e-book-rights/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:47:54 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=109881 We covered the HarperCollins vs. Open Road case a few months ago, over e-book editions of the late Jean C. George’s novel Julie of the Wolves. George signed a contract with Open Road to publish the e-book editions, arguing that there was no way her original 1971 contract with HC could cover e-books because they […]

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David Gaughran comments on Random House Writers’ Academy http://www.teleread.com/random-house/david-gaughran-comments-on-random-house-writers-academy/ http://www.teleread.com/random-house/david-gaughran-comments-on-random-house-writers-academy/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:48:48 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=105628 I contacted self-publishing savant David Gaughran for his opinion on the recent developments at Random House Writers’ Academy, and its current “Creative Writing for Beginners” course, which aims to equip aspiring writers with the basic tools to begin realizing their vision – for £499 ($821). This was his response, and is published here with his agreement: […]

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Penguin Random House CEO letter thumps tub for the troops http://www.teleread.com/random-house/penguin-random-house-ceo-letter-thumps-tub-for-the-troops/ http://www.teleread.com/random-house/penguin-random-house-ceo-letter-thumps-tub-for-the-troops/#comments Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:34:14 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=95684 In a letter from Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, made available by Britain’s The Bookseller, sent to staff in conjunction with co-parent Bertelsmann‘s record first-half 2013 results, the head of the newly merged publishing behemoth hymns the cultural and social contribution that his new group makes. “We are united by a greater purpose: […]

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Penguin Random House email turns on the schmaltz for agents http://www.teleread.com/random-house/penguin-random-house-turns-on-the-schmaltz-for-its-agents/ http://www.teleread.com/random-house/penguin-random-house-turns-on-the-schmaltz-for-its-agents/#comments Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:47:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=88741 A kindly correspondent shared with me an email signed by Markus Dohle, CEO of the newly-merged Penguin Random House, that has been circulated to the new mega-publisher’s agents—in the same spirit as Bertelsmann’s welcoming website banner pictured above. Here is the full text for your edification: To Our Literary Agents, Today, I am proud to […]

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Penguin Random House publishing merger: All your books are belong to us http://www.teleread.com/random-house/penguin-random-house-publishing-merger-800lb-gorilla-or-dinosaur/ http://www.teleread.com/random-house/penguin-random-house-publishing-merger-800lb-gorilla-or-dinosaur/#comments Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:01:43 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=88574 The Big Six today officially became the Big Five, with the formal announcement that UK publishing giant Pearson PLC and German media conglomerate Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA have completed the JV merger of Penguin and Random House, to create … wait for it … Penguin Random House. The Pearson release declares that this: “will be […]

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Random House’s Hydra changes contract terms http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/random-houses-hydra-changes-contract-terms/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/random-houses-hydra-changes-contract-terms/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:34:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=81258 Many publishing insiders and authors have been discussing Random House over the past week. The company might wish it had stayed out of the news as criticisms came down over its digital imprints, especially Hydra, which handles science fiction. In case you missed the news, here’s the basic version: Contract specifications for Hydra were made […]

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Two David and Goliath stories with happy endings http://www.teleread.com/publishing/two-bad-ideas-now-less-bad/ http://www.teleread.com/publishing/two-bad-ideas-now-less-bad/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:09:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=81245 TeleRead has earlier covered two stories about some bad publishing experiments: The first was about the scammy contracts Random House was offering authors who signed with their digital-only imprint. The second was about a Canadian newspaper, the National Post, which was trying to extract ‘licensing’ payments from readers who were trying to quote from their […]

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DOJ Approves Penguin Random House Merger http://www.teleread.com/random-house/doj-approves-penguin-random-house-merger/ http://www.teleread.com/random-house/doj-approves-penguin-random-house-merger/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:37:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=78969 One hurdle down. Several more to go with the EU, Canadian Competition Bureau and various other antitrust authorities around the world still needing to weigh in on this. Penguin’s settlement with the Justice Department was a move to smooth the way for this merger, and it looks like that move worked. Note that Random House, […]

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Penguin, Random House Merger Shows E-Books Dominate http://www.teleread.com/random-house/penguin-random-house-merger-shows-e-books-dominate/ http://www.teleread.com/random-house/penguin-random-house-merger-shows-e-books-dominate/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:00:46 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=74025 So two of the largest publishers in the world are merging their book arms entirely to deal with “this exciting, fast-moving world of digital books and digital readers,” to quote Pearson CEO Marjorie Scardino. Could there be any clearer proof that e-books are where the action is, and that the print-only model is truly over? […]

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Libraries Do Not ‘Own’ Random House E-Books After All http://www.teleread.com/library/libraries-do-not-own-random-house-e-books-after-all/ http://www.teleread.com/library/libraries-do-not-own-random-house-e-books-after-all/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:20:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=73697 Last week we carried a story about a claim that Random House was going to let libraries “own” its e-books. However, it turns out that “own” may have been an optimistic oversimplification. Peter Brantley, Director of the Bookserver Project at the Internet Archive, writes at Publishers Weekly that he’s had some follow-up discussion with Skip […]

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What I got for my $18: A Kindle Case Study http://www.teleread.com/kindle/what-i-got-for-my-18-a-kindle-case-study/ http://www.teleread.com/kindle/what-i-got-for-my-18-a-kindle-case-study/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:52:09 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=72747 I try to keep my Kindle spending to $10 or less per book—partly for budgetary reasons, and partly because I find most e-books so error-filled that I resent paying so much money just to copy-edit them myself. When I wrote about the errors in JK Rowling’s new hardback-priced bestseller, I made the point that if […]

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Judge denies Apple, publisher motions to dismiss class-action price-fixing suit http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/judge-denies-apple-publisher-motions-to-dismiss-class-action-price-fixing-suit/ http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/judge-denies-apple-publisher-motions-to-dismiss-class-action-price-fixing-suit/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 03:58:29 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/judge-denies-apple-publisher-motions-to-dismiss-class-action-price-fixing-suit/ Hot on the heels of the filing I mentioned yesterday, the judge in the publisher/Apple price-fixing class action has issued a 56-page ruling (PDF). It’s important to note that this is only a preliminary ruling on Apple and the publishers’ motion to have the case thrown out. It doesn’t mean they’re necessarily guilty. As such, […]

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