4 posts and columns on book publishers

Apple Pitching Tablet to Publishing Industry; Spring Launch Expected

in News on December 9, 2009 at 7:34 am PT

Apple will ramp up production on its long-rumored tablet in February with an eye toward a spring launch. That’s the word from Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner, who says his checks into Apple’s supply chain indicate that “the manufacturing cogs for the [device] are creaking into action.”
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S—mydadsays Lands a TV Deal

in News on November 11, 2009 at 12:30 am PT

How many tweets does it take to create a sit-com? CBS is about to find out. The network has picked up a comedy developed by Justin Halpern, the creator of the breakout Twitter account S—mydadsays, and his writing partner Patrick Schumacker.