Self-Publishing platform Gatekeeper Press offers ebook and POD print publication as well as distribution via all major ebook retailers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher, now generates 20% of its ad revenue through digital sales, the company said today.The company sold $73 million worth of digital ads in the first quarter, up 1% over the quarter a year earlier, Time Inc. executives told Wall Street investors as... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Berlin-based Suhrkamp publishing house actively manages 50,000 rights contracts as part of its mission to sustain and spread Germany's literary patrimony. The post Germany’s Suhrkamp: Rights Management as a Mission appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European Commission has announced an antitrust competition inquiry into the e-commerce sector in the European Union, as part of 16 initiatives on a digital single market to be delivered by the end of next year. The inquiry “will allow the Commission to identify possible competition concerns... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The editors at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were given a standing ovation when collecting an award at the PEN America Gala last night (5th May), according to news reports, despite the absence of a number of prominent authors in protest. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation has awarded $10,000 to Reach Incorporated for its annual Innovations in Reading Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster sales fell 5% in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015, to $145 million, but operating profit rose 9% to $12 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The inclusion of Harlequin and strong sales of Chris Kyle’s memoir American Sniper (William Morrow) helped HarperCollins to a 14% increase in revenues in the three months to 31st March, compared to the year before. But ebook revenues declined 3% year-on-year, HarperCollins’ parent company News... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kim Kardashian has been taking selfies since 1984. That was the year she first immortalized her own face in an admiring close-up—round cheeks filling the frame, flash shining in her toddler eyes like a premonition. Some other baby Kardashian wails beside her, unmoved by the photo op, but Kim... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has said it hopes the European Commission’s competition inquiry into the e-commerce sector will look specifically at market dominance in ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan is the first Big Five publisher to get on the hoopla platform, but officials say talks are underway with others, and more announcements are expected soon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nicole Witt of the Mertin Literary Agency reports on rights deals from the Buenos Aires Book Fair, where literary fiction is always a highlight. The post Dealmaking at the Buenos Aires Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hatched over coffee 20 years ago, the Hub City Writers Project has grown into an indie press, a nonprofit bookstore and driving force behind the literary arts in Spartanburg, SC. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rupert Murdoch group, which publishes Sun, Times and Wall Street Journal, partly blames currency fluctuations, as book publishing division reports growthRupert Murdoch’s News Corp has seen a 52% year-on-year fall in its third-quarter profits as its newspaper advertising revenue continued to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s bitchy, fun and avoids the worst of the publishing industry’s most recent clichesWe are at what seems like a low point in the history of book titles. Good titles are hard to find, but they make all the difference. Take Timothy Caulfield’s new book Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-07 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 ]
Canadian bookstore giant Indigo hopes to expand into the US. But its stores will be like no other bookstore in the US: part bookstore, part 'cultural department store.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
A debut novel that chronicles Tunisia’s recent political history has won the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
International ebook markets continue to develop at different rates, with growth in some continental digital marketplaces appearing to have stalled despite increasing activity from global tech companies and local players. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]