Caroline Ridding, publisher of the Avon imprint at HarperCollins, is to join Head of Zeus in August to set up a new fiction imprint. The new HoZ imprint, to be called Aria, will publish original, full-length mass-market fiction from new and established authors, predominantly in ebook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a new venture targeting girls ages 6-12, DC Comics is teaming with Random House, Mattel and Lego to release a multifaceted line of print and digital content and merchandise based on its female superheroes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
British scientists say their research confirms that emotion-charged passages in 'Harry Potter' books have significant impact on the brains of readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ken Michaels has been appointed chief executive officer of Macmillan Higher Education and Macmillan New Ventures. Currently the global chief operating officer of Macmillan Science and Education (MSE), Michaels will begin his new job upon the closing of the proposed merger between parts of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nigella Lawson will return to television this autumn with a BBC TV series to accompany her latest cookery book, Simply Nigella: Food to Nourish Body & Soul (Chatto & Windus), BBC2 controller Kim Shillinglaw announced yesterday (21st April), as part of a raft of new programming for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Esteemed critic, teacher and tastemaker helped shape the modern literary canon and wrote one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed works of criticismMH Abrams, an esteemed critic and teacher who helped shape the modern literary canon as founding editor of the Norton Anthology of English... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new report from German ebook distribution platform quantifies the anticipated growth of digital publishing across Latin America. The post Latin American Digital Markets to Rise 10-15% by 2020 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tesco has reported the worst results in its history – registering a pre-tax loss of £6.4bn in the last year. The UK supermarket, a big vendor of books, and currently being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office after it overstated its half-year profit forecast last August by £263m, sustained... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blogger Belle Gibson, whose recipe book The Whole Pantry was pulled by Michael Joseph in March, has admitted that she never had cancer, the Guardian has reported. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
With no new hits, sales of juvenile fiction print books fell 46% last week compared to the same week in 2014, while sales of juvenile nonfiction dropped 39%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Connect Books has delivered a “much improved” operational performance in the last six months, although sales were down 3% to £103.4m. The Norwich-based company, which comprises Bertrams, Dawson Books and Wordery, also saw its underlying operational profit decrease by 18.6% to £1.9m compared to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
In honor of World Book Day, the International Publishers Association has an infographic on how much children should read and why literacy is important. The post How Much Should Children Read? World Book Day Infographic appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google is testing a new advertising product seen as the last piece it needs to complete its ad tech superstructure. The search giant is building a data management platform to help target ads and connect brands with people online more effectively, according to sources familiar with the plans. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Judge Orinda Evans has denied publishers’ bid to gather new evidence in the closely-watched Georgia State University e-reserves case. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Apple Watch is now for sale and strategy leads from digital media companies the world over are bracing themselves for the question: “What’s our wearables strategy?” It’s early. It’s OK not to dive into wearable product creation yet. Things are pretty locked down on the software side anyway.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Thursday YouTube celebrated the 10th anniversary of the first video being uploaded to what would become the preeminent online video service. And Facebook crashed the party.Facebook announced on Thursday a branded-video program called Anthology that will have publishers and digital video... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Maisie Shearring, the young British illustrator who picked a $30,000 award at the Bologna Book Fair, has shared some of her work with The Bookseller. Shearring won the Fundación SM International Award for Illustration for her illustrations from her comic Susan's School Days, which were... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Farmer and writer John Lewis-Stempel has won the Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015 for Meadowland: the Private Life of an English Field (Black Swan). Worth £5,000, the annual book prize is awarded by publisher Frances Lincoln, in association with the National Trust, to highlight the best books in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two début authors have made the shortlists for this year’s Orwell Prize for political writing. Dan Davies has made the £3,000 Book Prize shortlist for his book about Jimmy Savile, In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile (Quercus). The other first-time writer on the list is Louisa Lim,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Federation of European Publishers has launched a petition to promote the importance of copyright. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]