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Following the death of legendary Random House editor Jason Epstein, who cofounded On Demand Books with Dane Neller in 2003, Neller said that he believes there is still a place for ODBs signature creation, which the company has called “an ATM for books.”

To insure the greatest return you must first understand the business side of independent publishing and how authors get paid.

Sharjah of the United Arab Emirates is the guest of honor country at book fairs in Bologna, Guadalajara, and London in 2022. Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, chairman of the Sharjah Book Authority, discusses what this means for Sharjahs cultural ambitions.

After a decade of research into weight loss, Microsoft employee Jonathan Bailor published his findings. His book caught the eye of a literary agent.

Sharjah Book Authority and Ingram Content Group announce a joint venture, Lightning Source Sharjah, a print-on-demand installation at Sharjah Publishing City.

Singaporean Daniel Cheng's The Rainbow Upopo is centred on the Ainu, the indigenous people of Hokkaido. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

Looking back at ‘The Family Business’ By Jim Milliot, with Judith Rosen | May 14, 2021 To mark the first 50 years of Ingram Content Group—and the company’s first $2 billion year, in 2020—John Ingram, chairman of the board of ICG and Ingram Industries Inc., will talk with PW senior v-p, editorial director Jim Milliot and reporter and former Ingram spokesperson Keel Hunt, author of The Family Business: How Ingram Transformed the World of Books, published in Apr...

We know authors and agents, publishers and printers, libraries and bookstores—but there’s one company responsible for bringing just about every book you’ve ever read into your life, and you may not even know it exists. In The Family Business, author and journalist Keel Hunt charts the history and contributions of Ingram Content Group, a little-known, family-owned business based in Tennessee that has shaped the publishing world for 50 years. We asked Hunt a few questions about Ingram, its...

Share this article Share this article ResearchAndMarkets.coms offering. This report provides strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the global book publishers market as it emerges from the COVID-19 shut down. The global book publishers market is expected to grow from $87.92 billion in 2020 to $92.68 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4%. The growth is mainly due to the companies rearranging their operations and r...

DriveThruRPG adds Brexit warning to checkout January 7, 2021 by Andrew GirdwoodLeave a Comment�� Sales from links may earn us money The UK left the EU Single Market at the end of 2020 due to Brexit the year before. As a result, there are now new rules and more paperwork for businesses to deal with when sending goods from Britain to Europe. DriveThruRPG has been affected and will now warn customers who are ordering print-on-demand books to EU countries. The message reads; NOTE: Brexit may c...