Tag: RANDOMHOUSE

The New York Times states that, on Christmas Day, "hundreds of thousands of consumers are expected to unwrap new e-readers that they received as gifts, and quickly begin downloading books to read." No surprise there, really, since Christmas Day 2009 doubled as the Bataan Death March of the popular printing press -- the first time that Amazon sold more digital books for its Kindle reader than it ...

With books increasingly going digital, publishers are looking to diversify their business in order to stay viable. Random House is taking the lead by venturing into the video game market. According to Kotaku, the publishing giant has launched a division whose specific goal is to develop and write original stories for video games. The new division, dubbed IP Creation and Development Group, will ...

Anyone interested in Net entrepreneurship, tapping into current memes, or just quick and easy money has dreamed of making some big bucks by inventing a unique and creative site. While Web accomplishments may inspire book deals and instant fame, the success rarely, if at all, results in a coffee table book. But if any site's format will translate successfully into a crowd-friendly, ...

E-book sales are booming and Random House Inc. is reacting appropriately by digitizing thousands of tomes, increasing its digital library to around 15,000 titles. Matt Shatz, Random House's vice president for digital operaions, points to triple digit increases in e-book sales in 2008 as the reason for the company's ramped up digital efforts. The new e-books will be available in the coming ...