The PW Morning Report: Friday, June 12, 2009
By Craig Morgan Teicher -- Publishers Weekly, 6/12/2009 6:34:00 AM
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: S&S on Scribd.com; Maybe Hachette Too; Amazon’s Seattle Bookfest? Hornby on E-books.
Simon and Schuster to Put 5,000 E-books on Scribd.com
S&S announced it will sell 5,000 of its titles through the popular document sharing site.
Hachette Also Considering Scribd
Sounds like a trend…
Amazon Considers Bankrolling Seattle Bookfest.
At BEA, Amazon execs buzzed about possibly bankrolling a new book festival in Seattle.
Nick Hornby Skeptical About E-books
Amid a growing tide of e-book news in the U.K., the High Fidelity author still thinks people want their books on paper.
