Sun, 19 February 2012
This week, the 2.5 million-circulation Sun, which is a sister book publisher company of the Harper Collins Book Publishers arm, carried the front-page message, “Coming soon: The Sun every Sunday.” The Murdoch tabloid has been affected by dozens of arrests of investigative journalists, many of whom were pulled from their beds in dawn raids, as part of a UK police crackdown on corruption in the media sector. But on Friday, the 80-year-old founder and chairman of the US-based News Corp. Rupert Murdoch, announced that the suspensions of 10 arrested Sun journalists would be lifted - and that the tabloid would gain a Sunday edition. Other pundits noticed that while the New-of-the-world is replaced by the Sun on Sunday, the book publishing industry is on flame, and list and e-book marketers are having difficulties to determine how e-books fit into their business designs when it comes to selection credit. Some marketers made the decision early on not to offer e-books to your local selection, and still do not. |
