A book about a penguin who flies to the tropics with the aid of a kite is named the winner of the 2015 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
When a fan questioned Rowling's statement that she envisioned 'Harry Potter' character Dumbledore as gay, the author replied that 'gay people just look like ... people.' 'Amazing answer,' the fan replied. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The cover for Harper Lee’s forthcoming novel is “striking”, and will stand out on shelves, booksellers have said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The crowdfunding site has launched Spotlight, customizable presentation pages that can be used for marketing, educational or commercial purposes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Denmark-based software company, Integration X has made its way to North America, opening a new office in Nashua, N.H. Integration X provides solutions for newspapers, magazines, and digital publishers that automate work processes and add value to ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller reports that the median advance for traditionally published UK authors is less than 6,600 pounds, based on the early results of a new survey The post Survey Says Median Author Advance in UK under £6,600 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Elena Ramirez, editorial director of Seix Barral and director of international fiction for Planeta, Spain’s largest publisher, observes that the Spanish book industry has adjusted to a new normal after the country’s financial crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
To get a snapshot of the market in France, PW spoke with Maggie Doyle, foreign acquisitions director at Editions Robert Laffont. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy is writing a children’s series about a boy and his bike with author Joanna Nadin. The Flying Fergus series is about eight-year-old Fergus, who desperately wants a bike for his ninth birthday. The bike he wants is too expensive so he inherits his Dad’s old rusty... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The tale of a misplaced penguin scoops the overall prize for new and emerging authors, with Sally Green taking the teen category and Robin Stevens winning the younger fiction awardSee Rob Biddulph’s step-by-step guide to How to draw… a windy dayAn adventure story about Penguin Blue and his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shropshire County Council is looking at handing all but six of its 22 libraries to community groups, as it seeks to make savings of £1.3m to its library service. The local authority has revealed that it wants volunteer groups to step forwards at 16 libraries, while only six of the largest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The two most dynamic topics in news publishing today have to be social media and mobile publishing (comprising mobile Web and mobile-apps). They’re dynamic for different reasons and in different ways. Mobile usage is on a brilliant ascent, ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
As book sales continue to decline in Italy, publishers are extremely careful in building their lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers offered a measured response to news that the Lifeway Christian Stores chain will no longer carry "heaven tourism" books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, Jon Ronson's fascinating exploration of shaming, Pulitzer-winner Tracy K. Smith's wonderful memoir, and how to clone a mammoth. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Scholastic UK today announced a deal to develop children’s content with animation studio Brown Bag Films. The partnership is a “first-look” deal, meaning Scholastic will have the first chance to develop Brown Bag content into books, and will share upcoming titles with the studio for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 700 newspaper executives gathered in Atlanta Feb. 22 to 25 for the annual Key Executives Mega-Conference, sponsored by the Inland Press Association, Local Media Association and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Program coordinat ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones is to appoint Hobbycraft's Ed Armitage to head up its e-commerce operation. Armitage, currently head of multichannel at craft and gift retailer Hobbycraft, will take up his position as Waterstones E-Commerce Director from May. Armitage replaces Colm McCrory, former head of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
After nearly four years of work, Eagle Harbor Book Company, in Bainbridge Island, Wash., is getting ready go live with Handseller, an app that will give independent booksellers a way to make personalized book recommendations to customers with their iPhones and iPads. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Martyn Goff, who served as administrator of the Booker Prize Foundation for more than three decades and “helped shape the prize into the literary force it is today”, has died. Goff died yesterday (25th March) aged 91 after a long period of ill health, said the Booker Prize Foundation. He... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]