Reynold Levy, former head of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, has been elected to the board of the National Book Foundation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
On May 12, Facebook launched its much discussed publishing product designed to let media companies post their articles directly to its iOS app. Called "Facebook Instant Articles," the new format loads stories on mobile phones up t ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
About a year ago, I stopped referring to Bon Appétit as a magazine and started calling it a brand. Six months later I even dropped the air quotes. Not that it was easy. If you attended journalism school or worked for your college daily, you were reared on the separation of church and state.... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Media organisations including Guardian, ESPN, New York Times, Conde Nast and Hearst will produce content specifically designed for new service Apple revamped its news service on Monday, making a play to take on Facebook as the two tech giants court readers and publishers to be the top platform... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Larry Kramer, publisher and president of USA Today since 2012, is leaving the newspaper and joining the board of directors of the new Gannett, the company announced today.Mr. Kramer's departure comes as Gannett, owner of 82 daily newspapers including USA Today as well as 46 local TV stations,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kitty Empire talks to Stephen Witt about his eagerly awaited book charting the rise of the MP3 file, the online pirates who exploited it and the record industry that ignored its cultural impact until it was far too lateExtract: Going for a song: the hidden history of music piracy How Music Got... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Palgrave Macmillan imprint based in the UK will continue unchanged, the company announced today (5th June), despite the Palgrave imprint in the US is being closed. Earlier this week St Martin’s Press in the US announced it would be retiring the Palgrave imprint, a boutique imprint that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patrick McGuiness has won the main English-language prize at Wales Book of the Year 2015 awards, run by Literature Wales, for Other People’s Countries (Jonathan Cape). Other People’s Countries is set in the town of Bouillon, where the author’s mother came from, and is a “brilliant, lyrical... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the latest episode of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast the panel discusses why Black Mirror is better than most other sci-fi TV. The post Black Mirror Is Almost as Smart as a Good Sci-Fi Book appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
There's no question that Amazon is hurting independent bookstores. It's hard to compete with the convenience of quick shipping. If you live in the UK, though, a Chrome extension uses the online retailer's listings to give you a local option during th... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Corvus has signed two new romantic comedies and a backlist title by author Rosie Blake. Editor Louise Cullen signed world English language rights to two new novels in a deal with Clare Wallace at Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The long-time executive director of one of the country's largest regional trade associations will retire prior to the Fall Discovery Show in mid-October. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperVoyager has signed a second novel by Sabaa Tahir, a sequel to her book An Ember in the Ashes. Editorial director Natasha Bardon signed UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, in the as-yet-unnamed novel in a deal with Penguin Random House US, which will be published in 2016. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Entrepreneur Will Cookson has developed an app which sends people to independent bookshops when they browse on the Amazon website. Cookson, who describes himself as an entrepreneur and creative director, has invented Bookindy, an extension for the Google Chrome browser which, when downloaded,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zaffre, an imprint of Bonnier Fiction Publishing, has acquired a new crime series by David Jackson. The series is set in Liverpool and features policeman DS Nathan Cody.The first book in the series is entitled A Tapping at my Door. Zaffre acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights from Oli Munson... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
New app helps consumers find their favorite magazines at retail. The post Single-Copy Locator App, MagFinder, Launches in a Shrinking Newsstand Market appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egmont has announced the first six titles in its new classics range, including Just So Stories and Alice in Wonderland. The series, which is replacing the ‘heritage’ series, will launch in August with The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham, Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, Peter Pan by J... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sphere has bought two novels by actress and television presenter Denise Welch. In her first deal for the list, deputy publisher for Sphere fiction Maddie West acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in two books from Gordon Wise at Curtis Brown. Welch has starred in programmes including... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indonesia has a 93% literacy rate, but only a nascent book culture and few translations, all of which are slowing preparations for the Frankfurt Book Fair. The post Is Indonesia a “Land Without Readers?” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arcadia Books has bought a thriller set in the world of Formula 1 racing, originally published by The Hanbury Agency’s White Glove programme Moreton Street Books. Driven by Toby Vintcent was the only work of fiction on the shortlist of the New Writer Award at the Cross British Sports Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]