WH Smith has released its Richard and Judy Summer Book Club titles, featuring David Nicholls, Nick Hornby and Joel Dicker in the mix. The eight titles feature two from publisher Orion - No Safe House by Linwood Barclay and Summertime by Vanessa Lafaye, while Nicholls’ Us (Hodder) and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
After a long and distinguished career that began in the 1930s, legendary independent publisher George Braziller recently decided to write a book of his own. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among traditional publishing companies, few have the journalistic heft of The New York Times. The 163-year-old institution has long had a strong moat around its newsroom to protect its journalistic integrity from business influences. Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Excerpted and adapted from Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, published by HarperCollins. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Of all the reactions to the viral video of a woman pummeling and verbally abusing her teenage son during the Baltimore uprisings, one stood out above the rest: an essay in the New York Times that used the video as fodder for explaining “What Black Moms Know” and why we are superior parents.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, Sally Mann's amazing memoir, original sin, and the latest from Anne Enright. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
First-quarter reports from three of the largest U.S. trade houses gave mixed messages about the state of book publishing at the start of 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The invoiced value of UK publishers’ annual sales remained absolutely flat year on year in 2014, with a top-line total of £4.3bn, precisely the same as 2013. The figure combines publishers’ revenues from both physical and digital editions and from journals’ income, and is revealed in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher of Marie Claire and NME expecting premium price for HQ near Tate Modern and planning to remain a tenant following saleThe publisher of Marie Claire and NME has put its London headquarters, the Blue Fin building near Tate Modern, up for sale with a price tag of more than £400m.Time Inc... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tom Chalmers of IPR License notes activity at the recent London Book Fair proved the literary translation market is diversifying into smaller languages. The post LBF Proves Literary Translation Market is Diversifying appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Publishers Association released statistics about the UK book publishing industry that show a stable market and increased digital and export sales. The post Latest UK Book Publishing Statistics Show Stable Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emily St John Mandel’s Station Eleven (Picador) has won the Arthur C Clarke Award. The prize for science fiction literature this year stood at £2,015. Mandel’s book is a dual narrative, with one strand following the outbreak of a flu that wipes out 99% of the world’s population, and the other... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel, Martin Amis and Dan Davies have made the 13-strong longlist for the Gordon Burn Prize 2015, which "champions a fresh, fearless approach to writing". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Italian Publishers Association has produced a song praising the 'lives of a book' for a reading promotion, with revenues going to the visually impaired. The post An Italian Ode to the Many Lives of One Book appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Publishing may have scaled back its plans to have a major New York City trade publishing presence since the departure of Larry Kirshbaum in early 2014, but the company still continues to expand its overall operation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a four-way race, Todaro garnered 2,899 votes, edging her closest competitor, University of Washington iSchool professor Joe Janes by just 22 votes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The combined print and ebook sales of U.K. publishers fell by 2% in 2014, to £3.3 billion, according to the new edition of the Publishers Association Statistics Yearbook. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie bookstore openings continue to outweigh closings with two new stores slated to open in the D.C. area, and another store in South Carolina prepping to open its doors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook study considered the political leanings of news posts by US users before determining which posts were reached via the site’s social algorithmsThe algorithms used by Facebook to filter news posts have an effect on the information seen by users – but not nearly as much as the choices made... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Membership has its price. Publishers need to offer marketers assurances that they’ll do everything in their power to offer a welcoming, authenticated, premium programmatic environment. At the heart of this is creating and refining more precise audience segments based on behavior, interests and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]