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Inspired by John Green, bookstores celebrate Esther Day

Esther Day is celebrated on Aug. 3, the birthday of teenager Esther Earl, with whom 'The Fault in Our Stars' author Green became acquainted before she died in 2010. Earl suggested the holiday center on 'the kinds of love that are too often overlooked in our culture: love among friends and... Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gannett Buys Cars.com for $1.8 Billion, Splits Publishing

Gannett Co. (GCI) plans to split into two publicly traded companies by spinning off its publishing business, including USA Today, and also said it has agreed to buy full ownership of Cars.com. Gannett will separate the publishing business through a ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury's buys out publisher stakes in Anobii

Sainsbury’s has purchased the HarperCollins and Penguin Random House stakes in the Anobii e... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Children's speeds into loom band craze

Simon & Schuster says it has become the first publisher in the UK to acquire books about the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FastPencil Offers Self-publishing Services to Evernote Users

FastPencil partnered with Evernote to offer the ability to self-publish Evernote notes as print and ebooks, as well as offer distribution and sales. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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O’Reilly Takes Full Ownership of Safari Books

O’Reilly Media has acquired the remaining 50% stake in Safari Books, a subscription ebook service offering access to business and tech content, originally launched as a joint venture with the Pearson Technology Group in 2001. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc.'s Digital Ad Revenue Climbs 12% in Its First Solo Quarter

Second-quarter advertising revenue at Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher, increased 3% compared to the second quarter of 2013, the company said Tuesday in its first quarterly earnings announcement since spinning off from Time Warner in June. Growth was driven partly by a 12%... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Launches Video Series

'Behind the Book from Simon & Schuster,' a new series of videos featuring S&S editors and publishers, is now live. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac buys guide to driving from Top Gear's 'Stig'

Pan Macmillan has acquired an illustrated guide to driving by Ben Collins, formerly Stig of... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bowker: title numbers hold steady in US print market

A 1.6% decline in the number of traditionally published print titles in the US last year shows... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brodie joins The Reading Agency

Karen Brodie is joining literacy charity The Reading Agency as head of publisher partnerships.... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Web-content promoter buys West Coast firm

Taboola, the Manhattan startup that selects and promotes recommended and sponsored articles at the bottom of publisher Web pages, has bought Pasadena, Calif., based digital publishing software... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at 'Crains New York'

[ Crains New York | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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USA Today Owner Gannett Splits Off Publishing From TV

Gannett Co., the owner of USA Today, will split into two publicly traded companies, one focused on broadcasting and digital businesses and the other on publishing, it said today, following the trend that has swept the media business.Signaling its interest in digital investment, the company also... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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USA Today owner Gannett to spin off publishing arm

Media giant to create two companies, one of which will focus on broadcasting and digital content and the other on publishingGannett, the publisher of USA Today, is to take full ownership of the auto website Cars.com and spin off its publishing assets into a publicly traded company as it focuses... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Catholic Marketing Network: A Trade Show that’s Thriving

There was no missing the life-size photo of Pope Francis near one of the entrances to the 18th annual Catholic Marketing Network trade show July 29-Aug. 1. He was there in spirit, perhaps, and certainly adorned many a book cover at a show publishers said brought robust sales and many... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto wins auction for 'life design' guide

Chatto & Windus has won an eight-publisher auction for a book which will give readers “... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bradley and Fitzgerald leave CLA

The chairman and c.e.o. of the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) are both stepping down from their... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oahu Publications Promote 7 in Executive Spots

Oahu Publications Inc. has announced that Dave Kennedy, SVP/marketing, was named chief revenue officer of OPI and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Kennedy’s promotion comes weeks after Glenn Zuehls was named the publisher of San Francisco Me ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC launches Killer Reads imprint with open submission

HarperCollins is launching a new digital-first crime and thriller list, which will begin... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Salary Survey Out

This will be the last week any publisher interested in filling out PW's annual salary survey will be able to do so. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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