Summersdale's recently-launched health imprint Vie will publish a memoir by British psychiatrist Linda Gask this September. The Other Side of Silence: A Psychiatrist's Memoir of Depression chronicles Gask's own experiences of depression. Despite spending her career helping other people's mental... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlequin in the US is creating a new audio imprint, working in conjunction with HarperAudio. The new imprint, Harlequin Audio, will produce audio versions of Harlequin's print titles, with the aim of releasing 200 titles in its first year, with the first titles published on 30th June... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has begun fining publishers for late deliveries of books to its warehouses. Meanwhile, some payments to publishers have been delayed by what the company referred to as a “technical error”. The e-commerce giant has written to suppliers warning that if they do not hit delivery targets,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan is to publish the autobiography of former Formula One driver Mark Webber this autumn. Webber, who retired from Formula One at the end of the 2013 season, and now races in the LMP1 sportscar category of the FIA World Endurance Championship for Porsche. The driver was “at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers are contributing to the fall in their incomes by penning free pieces for large companies in the hope that it will raise their profile and lead to book sales, Roxana Robinson, president of The Authors Guild, has told The Bookseller. She also said that Amazon was devaluing books and writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lifestyle media company Mode Media raised $30 million in Series G funding on Thursday to invest in its technology platform. Hubert Burda Media led the round, according to TechCrunch. The company has raised $186 million in equity funding to date. CEO Samir Arora co-founded the Brisbane-based... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
After running Black Classic Press for nearly 40 years, founder W. Paul Coates said he is proud of his work as an independent publisher. But he said his work running BCD Digital Printing, a short-run printing operation, may be more significant: “I don’t know of any other full-time... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has made two appointments to its team in Ireland, with Mary Byrne promoted and Ann-Marie Dolan joining the sales team. Byrne, formerly HarperCollins Children's publicity director, will now become PR director, Ireland, taking responsibility for for the publicity strategy for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended May 17, 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vicky Beeching sells a memoir, Running Press lands a coloring book/journal, Harper signs Swedish series about a senior citizen crime spree, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
German self-published author Annie Stone advises writers to focus on fan engagement and being a nice, approachable person, than straight forward marketing. The post Author Annie Stone on Marketing: Just Be a Nice Person appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Expands from content marketing roots with paid subs and BPA-audited, 550,000 rate base. The post The Red Bulletin Evolving into Traditional Magazine appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
San Francisco's mayor challenges large companies to increase their local purchasing by at least 5% and creates SF Biz Connect to help them connect with small area businesses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
There has been "phenomenal interest" from media and retailers in James Rhodes’ Instrumental (Canongate), after the Supreme Court overturned an injunction preventing the release of the book, Canongate c.e.o. Jamie Byng has told The Bookseller. In Instrumental Rhodes tells of the sexual abuse he... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
As an integral part of China’s prestigious Tsinghua University, Tsinghua University Press has grown to be one of the country’s leading academic and higher education publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital reading technology has been widely embraced by the Chinese reading public. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jussi Adler-Olsen’s The Boundless, the sixth volume in the Danish author’s Department Q crime thriller series, held on to its top spot on Germany’s fiction list last month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week: a brain surgeon's memoir, Robert McCammon's latest, and a page-turning mystery set in the Arctic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House imprint Hogarth is focuses on publishing high quality literary fiction told in voices from around the world, says editor Alexis Washam. The post The Global Perspective at PRH’s Hogarth Imprint appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Portfolio has acquired a book by Lean In employee Jessica Bennett. Editor Zoe Bohm acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Feminist Fight Club in a pre-empt from Rachel Clements at Abner Stein on behalf of the Ross Yoon Agency for publication in May 2016. North American rights were acquired by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]