Books are a serious business, but the publishing industry had a little fun on April 1 to commemorate April Fools' Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A US campus retailing group has filed a lawsuit against Purdue University in Indiana, claiming that it is withholding public information about its contract with Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new branch of a growing tearooms and bookshop chain is to open in Chester this weekend. Beatons Tearooms Ltd, which is also a bookshop, was first founded by owner Patrick Duffy in 2010 in Tisbury, Wiltshire. Beaton's outlets are “very much a tearooms,” Duffy, said, “but the book stock is also... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Becoming Steve Jobs,' Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli’s biography of the late Apple CEO, rose from the #8 spot to the #2 spot on Apple’s bestseller list for the week ended March 30. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lee Child, Maj Sjöwall, James Runcie and Sophie Hannah are among the authors set to speak at this year’s CrimeFest convention. The crime fiction convention will be held at the Marriott Royal Hotel in Bristol from 14th to 17th May in association with Goldsboro Books and will see authors, agents... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Top prosecutors in several states accused an Oregon company on Tuesday of overcharging consumers for subscriptions to newspapers, magazines and other periodicals. The Orbital Publishing Group, a periodical subscription service, is facing accus ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Johanna Basford's 'Secret Garden' coloring book shot to the top of Amazon’s best-seller list this month, overtaking books by authors like Anthony Doerr, Paula Hawkins, and Harper Lee. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
I’d written a crime short story under one of my pen names for a collection to be published by Macmillan (Writers tell couple who remove ‘filth’ from books where to stick their app, 28 March). The late Lord (George) Hardinge of Penshurst was in charge of their crime fiction at the time and he... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former C-Wonder executive Katherine Bahamonde Monasebian has moved to Tourneau as chief marketing officer and new business development. In this role, Ms. Monasebian will lead efforts to further evolve the brand, digital and retail marketing strategy and e-commerce channel, as well as capitalize... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House imprint Viking is to publish Elvis Costello’s memoir this autumn. Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink will offer “unique view of his unlikely and sometimes comical rise to international success, with diversions through the previously undocumented emotional foundations... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishing Ireland has slammed the Arts Council Northern Ireland (ACNI) for “fundamentally misunderstanding” how publishers operate following with withdrawal of funding for Blackstaff Press. The Bookseller reported last week that Northern Irish indie Blackstaff Press had had its funding slashed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
After the deadly explosion in New York's East Village on March 26, Princeton Architectural Press employees have been temporarily moved from their offices at 37 East Seventh Street. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
In this gorgeous debut graphic novel, animator Robert Goodin weaves a magical all-ages tale of a lost teddy bear trying to save her new home. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The premium publisher knock against programmatic sales is that it will undermine direct sales and erode ad rates. Hearst Magazines Digital Media claims it’s done the opposite with a diversified sales strategy that makes its inventory widely available and without restrictions. “We fish in a lot... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The fourth book in the late Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series will be called The Girl in the Spider’s Web. Quercus today (31st March) revealed the title and the UK cover for the book, which has been written by Swedish author David Lagercrantz, co-author of footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicago indie publisher Iron Circus raised $65k on Kickstarter to fund the mammoth 520-page omnibus edition, coming in 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Danielle Steel has signed a 10-book contract with Pan Macmillan, moving to the publisher from Transworld, where she has been for the last 26 years. Jeremy Trevathan, publisher of Macmillan adult books, signed UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, in a deal negotiated with Cullen Stanley... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Ron Matejko A fter speaking to numerous professionals within various segments of the publishing industry, there's a clear consensus about the key trend for digital magazines in 2015 and it can be summed up in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book 'The Emperor of All Maladies' won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in the nonfiction category. The TV adaptation of the award-winning book debuts on PBS on March 31. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Specs Age 28 Claim to fame Stars as Ezra Fitz on ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars; five-time Teen Choice Awards winner Base Los Angeles Twitter @IANMHARDING What's the first information you consume in the morning? I wake up, I'll meditate, and then I'll read something. I try to wake up 45... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]