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As part of our expansion into ‘wide’ distribution, all our titles are now available in e-pub format via the Kobo book stores internationally.

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This week sees the soft launch of our first technical book – The VirtualBox Networking Primer: Connecting and Configuring Virtual Machines.

Available now in paperback and Kindle ebook format on Amazon.

The many shams, scams and Wikipedia scrapers employed by certain online ‘publishers’ are now in their tenth year. Consider the book blurb containing the following:

“Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.” …

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Factors influencing E-book purchases are revealed in Nielsen Books & Consumers: a monthly survey of around 3,000 book buyers aged 13-84 that are nationally representative of the UK population.

Although lockdown has started to ease and book shops are reopening, many readers have switched to digital formats. The latest survey results indicate the influences driving book selection for e-books and audio books. …

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Winning at Épée: Techniques for the Shorter Fencer is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions.

After rising print sales in June, the monthly figures from NPD showed July US print sales up 15% – but the headline number doesn’t mean a bonanza for everyone. …

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“Survey shows 60% expect the impact of the pandemic may put them out of business, prompting calls for concerted help.

More than half of the UK’s small publishers fear they could be out of business by the autumn as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to research by the Bookseller, which warns of a ‘whole tranche of writers that either will not write, or will be unable to see their work published’”. …

Majority of small publishers fear closure in wake of coronavirusRead More »

“…this crisis should be an opportunity for book publishing, a period of high demand from readers stuck at home. Ebooks and digital audiobooks are selling better than usual, alongside the print books Amazon and a few others manage to deliver. So what does the overall picture look like for publishing at a moment when readers need the industry the most? And just as important, what might it look like on the other side of the pandemic?” …

How the coronavirus will change book publishing, now and foreverRead More »