Here’s a preview of anniversaries that several children’s book publishers are commemorating at 2015’s BEA. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tech news blog Re/code has been acquired by online publishing company Vox Media, just 18 months after spinning off from its former parent, The Wall Street Journal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
What could be a more positive sign of a healthy book industry than the launch of a new publishing venture? Crooked Lane Books, a new crime fiction imprint, debuts at BEA with its fall titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tired of convention food? There are plenty of places for a quick (and good) bite within walking distance of Javits. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Frankfurt Book Fair has made what it calls "a significant investment" in IPR License, a rights and licensing trading platform set up by Legend Press founder Tom Chalmers. As part of the deal, Frankfurt will take a minority shareholding in IPR License, with the two companies working together... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW is hosting this year’s BEA Librarians Lounge, and it has a lot in store for our librarian peeps. Librarians who are looking for a place to actually lounge (and/or grab a snack or fuel up on coffee) will be able to do so in the exclusive area in booth R420. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Snapchat has been a lot more ad friendly of late. It still lacks some features brands love—giving users an easy way to follow their accounts and like their content, for instance—but it finally implemented the ability to share. Sharing is limited to the Discover section, where 12 digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
In celebration of its 35th anniversary, Cleis Press will offer a wide assortment of lively events and promotions during BEA. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers have welcomed the news that Amazon is to start booking sales made to customers in the UK through its UK branch instead of through Luxembourg, though some say they remain "cautious" about the development. The online retailer brought its new arrangements, which means it will be taxed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yesterday afternoon at the Center for Fiction in midtown, NBCC board member Walton Muyumba led a conversation about racial and gender representation in book reviewing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Discovery Communications’ publishing program is set to expand with an array of new titles from Time Inc. Books, Parragon, and other licensees. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although the big two of comics publishing, Marvel and DC Comics, have opted to sit out BEA this year, there will still be plenty of comics publishers dotting the Javits Center floor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has started booking sales made to customers in the UK through the UK branch, instead of diverting sales through Luxembourg. The company’s new arrangements came into force on 1st May. Previously retail sales have been recorded in Luxembourg, where Amazon has its European headquarters,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
At this year’s BEA, Bloomsbury (3156) will be launching a new imprint, marking the fifth anniversary of Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, and hosting signings for two authors: one already a familiar name to booksellers around the world and the other, a new presence on the international scene. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite uncertainty about how big a draw an afternoon opening would be, a line had already formed more than an hour before the one o'clock opening of the show floor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Subscription ebook services have been a buzzworthy topic in recent years, but are they a good deal for authors and publishers? That was the topic of a standing room only panel, moderated by Smashwords founder Mark Coker who noted the promise of subscription models as well as the “legitimate... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and booksellers are expecting this year’s summer reading to be driven by key hardback releases, contrasting sharply to the focus in recent years on paperback and backlist. Nearly all retailers contacted by The Bookseller heavily tipped two of the most hyped books of the year to top... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
With so many galleys flooding the BEA show floor, it’s hard to know which ones to choose. Here are 10 of our favorites, with excerpts from PW reviews. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc. Books arrives at BEA with good news: the publisher has entered an exclusive three-year deal with Animal Planet, the cable TV channel, to produce nonfiction books for children. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Franzen, arguably the most anticipated author at Book Expo, will be featured at the show’s opening session today to talk about "Purity" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Sept. 1), his long-awaited novel and his first in five years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]