The inaugural Folio Prize lecture by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie had to be cancelled after the author fell ill. The lecture was due to take place at The British Library on Friday (20th March) as part of the Folio Prize Fiction Festival weekend of events. But Ngozi was unable to travel to London... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine and Glenn Close will star in the film adaptation of M R Carey’s novel The Girl With All the Gifts (Orbit) called “She Who Brings Gifts” for Altitude Film Entertainment. The film will be the debut of director Colm McCarthy, who has previously directed on TV shows... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Proposed plan for morning, lunchtime and afternoon editions is part of wider initiative called Project DThe Times is developing a new edition-based digital publishing model that would see its website refreshed at set times throughout the day, rather than updating as news breaks. The proposed new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has been in discussions with nearly a half a dozen media organizations about hosting their content on the social media site, according to The New York Times.Placing content inside Facebook will allow people to access it faster, sources familiar with the plan told the Times. When people... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Opening up a video division has become new-media companies' way of announcing their arrival. In the past couple of years, BuzzFeed and Vox Media have seriously stepped up their video games, launching in-house production studios with names like BuzzFeed Motion Pictures and Vox Entertainment.Now... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip Kerr’s young adult novel The Winter Horses (Walker Books) is being developed into an animated feature film by Komixx Entertainment. Entertainment media owner and production company Komixx Entertainment Inc, the US arm of Komixx Media Group, optioned the worldwide rights to The Winter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Watch highlights from the opening panel session at the Changing Media Summit 2015 Speaking at the Guardian Changing Media Summit 2015, a panel of leaders from Hearst Magazines, the Financial Times, Guardian News & Media, Johnston Press and FremantleMedia, describe how their businesses are... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Europa Editions has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to 'The Life of the Elves,' the new novel by Muriel Barbery, author of the international bestseller, 'The Elegance of the Hedgehog.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury and the National Literacy Trust have shortlisted six writers for a competition to find unpublished children’s authors. Bloomsbury received 400 entries to this year’s New Children’s Author Prize, launched last year, which asks aspiring authors to pay £30 to enter in order to raise... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
With Friday's theatrical release of 'Serena,' the acclaimed writer will have had two films based on his work appear since the beginning of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Noted author Ellen Conford, largely known for her humorous and realistic YA fiction and middle grade novels, including the Jenny Archer series, died Friday, March 20, of a heart ailment – on her 73rd birthday – at her home in Great Neck, N.Y. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nothing attracts news organizations like Facebook. And nothing makes them more nervous. With 1.4 billion users, the social media site has become a vital source of traffic for publishers looking to reach an increasingly fragmented ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new government should be stronger on copyright, more supportive of the arts and place more emphasis on libraries, trade figures have told The Bookseller. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gollancz is to publish two novels and two e-novellas by Tom Lloyd. Commissioning editor Marcus Gipps acquired world rights to Stranger of Tempest, Princess of Blood, and the two e-novellas from Simon Kavanagh of the Mic Cheetham Agency. Lloyd is the author of the Twilight Reign series, as well... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan is to publish the sequel to the late Nelson Mandela’s autobiography Long Walk to Freedom (Abacus). An incomplete draft of the new book, which does not yet have a title and which was started by Mandela before his death last year, is in the archives of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Akhil Sharma has won the 2015 Folio Prize for Fiction for his novel Family Life (Faber & Faber). The prize, now in its second year, was awarded at a ceremony at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London this evening (23rd March). The Folio Prize aims to recognise and celebrate the best... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Denmark-based Egmont Group said it achieved its “best year ever” in 2014, as pre-tax profit for the year totalled €127m (£92.5m), a 36% increase from 2013. All divisions recorded improvements in their underlying operations and overall revenues for 2014 grew 10% to €1.6bn (£1.2bn). Ebitda... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Full business model in place after 3 months in public beta. The post TV Guide Magazine Goes Live With TVInsider.com appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In his opening speech, Elsevier chairman Y. S. Chi emphasized the need to regard industry changes as opportunities instead of threats or diversions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sam Eades is to join Orion as senior commissioning editor and associate publicist. Eades, who joined Pan Macmillan as head of publicity (crime and genre) from Headline last year, will start in her new role on 10th June. She will join the Orion Fiction team, where she will report to Orion... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]