PopSugar produces dozens of videos each week for its audience of millennial women, and then it tailors them for each distribution platform. The publisher posts longer videos on YouTube and on its own site, while Facebook gets more clips and flashy text graphics, because the platform autoplays... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
When disaster strikes, technology can often be put to good use. Following the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal this week, Google and Facebook are among the companies helping those in the area, as well as people looking for friends and relatives. Google's People Finder does very much what... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2015-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sphere has acquired a memoir by American actress and web entrepreneur Felicia Day, titled You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost). Sphere’s non-fiction editorial director Hannah Boursnell bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Cathryn Summerhayes on behalf of Erin Malone at WME. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emma Healey’s début novel Elizabeth is Missing (Penguin) has been voted as the best title in Richard and Judy’s Spring 2015 Book Club. Readers voted for their favourite book from the book club’s eight Spring picks on the W H Smith website. The second most-voted-for title was The Miniaturist by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
'As a Southerner, it is an honor and privilege to give voice to the Southern characters who inspired my childhood love of reading, Scout and Atticus Finch,' the 'Wild' actress said in a statement. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The goal for organization's Accio Books! campaign is to get 60,000 books donated. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lisa Bickmore has won the Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize for her poem on separation, love and grief, “Eidolon”. Her win of the €10,000 (£7,152) award for a single unpublished poem was announced at a special event at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin. The prize is sponsored by Darina... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A third "Robert Galbraith" novel featuring detective Cormoran Strike, Career of Evil, will be published by Little, Brown this autumn, it has been confirmed. No precise publication date has yet been revealed. The first in the series authored by J K Rowling, The Cuckoo's Calling, was published... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Figures from across the publishing industry are limbering up for the Virgin London Marathon this Sunday (26th April). Nick Coveney, head of digital at Blink Publishing, will be running to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society and the Albert Kennedy Trust via his fundraising page. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sheryl Sandberg, whose book "Lean In" has inspired many women in business, said on Friday that she sympathized with Ellen Pao's sexism claims against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. "I thought what was so interesting about the trial is that so many women, not just in technology, but... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebury Press has signed a gift book from the founders of the Cereal Killer Café, twins Gary and Alan Keery. The brothers opened the café, which specialises in breakfast cereal, in London's Brick Lane last year, making newspaper headlines following a Channel 4 interview which questioned the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poet Roger McGough has criticised the lack of submissions for the 2015 Children's Poetry Award, for which he is chair of the judges, saying "so few publishers are producing poetry books for children and young people." McGough was speaking as the shortlist for the £1,000 award, made by The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has struck an agreement to buy Scholastic's Educational Technology and Services business (EdTech) in a deal worth $575m. HMH said the deal, which will be done in cash subject to working capital adjustments, would put the Boston-based company in "a leading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Conran Octopus has signed a book covering Vogue magazine's relationship with jewellery, authored by Vogue jewellery editor Carol Woolton. Vogue the Jewellery will be published as a £75 hardback printed in a large, silk-bound format and packaged in a foil-blocked clamshell case. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson has said trading for the first three months of 2015 has been in line with expectations, with a "good" first-quarter performance from Penguin Random House boosted by "million-copy" sales for The Girl on the Train. Pearson's underlying sales for the quarter were down 1% to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Connect Books m.d. Justin Adams has said a more “sustainable” model is needed for the library supply chain. Adams, who has led the company since January, emphasised Connect Books’ commitment to serving the public library sector, but said the Norwich-based firm had recently conducted an internal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Choc Lit has acquired world rights for a “slow burning” contemporary romance novel by Linn B Halton, titled Sweet Occasions. The book follows cupcake shop owner, Katie, as she deals with the issues of a failing relationship and running a small business. The love story at the heart of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Conflicting messages have been issued on the Green Party's copyright policy, after an uproar among authors over its proposal to limit copyright to just 14 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chinese-American author Yiyun Li is the first female winner of the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award for her story "A Sheltered Woman". Director Richard Eyre presented Li with her winner's cheque at the Stationers’ Hall this evening (Friday 24th April). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Across the globe, mobile apps have become one of the most popular channels to access content for users. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]