Press Release
London, Wednesday 25th April 2012
Tor UK, Pan Macmillan’s science fiction and fantasy imprint, announces today that it will make its ebooks DRM-free over the next three months.
“We know that this is what many Tor authors passionately want. We also understand that readers in this community feel strongly about this,” says Jeremy Trevathan, Pan Macmillan’s [...]
Tor UK ebook titles to go DRM-free
Posted on 25 April, 2012
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Momentum launches
Posted on 15 February, 2012
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Pan Macmillan Australia has today launched a new digital-only imprint, Momentum. (Read the press release.)
The launch list looks fantastic and many congratulations to the team, especially Joel Naoum who is leading Momentum and is very close to our hearts as he helped us setup and launch our own Bello digital imprint when he was in [...]
Pan Macmillan launches first phase of new website
Posted on 17 January, 2012
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Pan Macmillan has launched today its new website – www.panmacmillan.com – designed for consumers, trade and the media.
The new site at www.panmacmillan.com delivers a web infrastructure on which to build and develop a growing range of direct-to-consumer platforms to support Pan Macmillan’s established and evolving brands, including picador.com and mykindabook.com.
The website was designed [...]
Pan Macmillan launches new ebook bundles and second round of digital-only Short Reads featuring Peter James and Emma Donoghue
Posted on 22 December, 2011
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Pan Macmillan today published its first ebook bundles (collections of 2 or 3 titles in a single ebook) and a second collection of ebook Short Reads for 2011’s digital Christmas.
The ebook bundles will sell from between £13.99 and £15.99 and include books by bestselling writers Ken Follett, Jon Ronson, Sue Grafton and Andrew Marr.
Ken Follett’s [...]
Gerald Durrell and Vita Sackville-West for a new generation Bello, Pan Macmillan’s new digital imprint, launches today
Posted on 16 December, 2011
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Today, Friday 16 December, Pan Macmillan publishes the first twenty titles from its new digital imprint Bello, reviving 20th century classics for a 21st century audience. All launch books are drawn from the prestigious backlist of the Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency.
Featured in the launch e-book list are 10 titles by one of [...]
Dear Zoo for iPad
Posted on 7 December, 2011
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Dear Zoo for iPad is now available on the App Store. Open the crates from the zoo and find a TALL giraffe, a very FIERCE lion, an extremely NAUGHTY monkey – and much more. Call out the animal names and noises and discover the touch-activated animations. Fun for the whole family, the Dear Zoo App [...]
Pan Macmillan partners with Curtis Brown to launch new digital imprint – Macmillan Bello
Posted on 12 October, 2011
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Pan Macmillan announced today a partnership between its new digital imprint, Macmillan Bello, and Curtis Brown, one of Europe’s largest and most prestigious literary agencies.
Macmillan Bello was previously known as Macmillan Compass, the working title for the imprint when its forthcoming launch was first announced in June this year. Pan Macmillan’s Managing [...]
London Unfurled for iPad
Posted on 7 October, 2011
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London Unfurled for iPad is an interactive digital edition that allows you to fully explore Matteo Pericoli’s intimate drawings of the north and south banks of the Thames.
With London Unfurled for iPad you can scroll the entire drawing seamlessly, flipping from north to south, jumping from place to place, finding famous landmarks, zooming in [...]
Pan Macmillan reports exponential ebook growth
Posted on 1 June, 2011
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Pan Macmillan reported today that its ebook sales accounted for over 8% of all its trade sales in the first quarter of 2011, with a rise to as much as 10% predicted by the end of this year.
At the same time the publisher’s sales of print books have shown double digit sales growth in [...]
There’s a new blog in town…
Posted on 2 March, 2010
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The Macmillan blog has arrived, and CEO John Sargent has posted on the agency model, availability and price:
After the events of the past several weeks, I have been in touch with many of you. It has become clear to me that there is far too little accurate information available in this time of unprecedented change. [...]
