eBooks by Sainsbury’s is launching a new national promotion offering customers £3 off all ebooks when they buy a paperback chart title in-store. All of the titles in the Paperback Chart in Sainsbury's stores will have a sticker with a unique code that gives customers £3 to spend on ebooks at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
My friend Sarah Foot, who has died aged 75 after a short illness, was a Cornish writer, social worker and much-loved member of the celebrated Foot clan. She was the daughter of the diplomat and politician Hugh Foot (later Lord Caradon), niece of the former Labour leader Michael Foot and sister... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Google and Facebook control an increasing amount of ad spend, publishers realize that the only way they can stay competitive is to join forces. Enter the programmatic co-op, which Europe's publishers see as a way to combine both their audiences and data. It's all about scale. Buyers,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adjusted operating profit at the Quarto Group increased 10% in 2014, rising to $15.4 million from $14.0 million in 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lhooq Books opens, while Sparta Books marks its 50th anniversary. And Independent Bookstore Day (May 2) moves forward with a new interactive map. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magazine publisher Meredith succeeds focusing on family, home, health information for women Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten is to buy OverDrive, which provides an ebook library lending platform, for $410m (£275m) in cash. The move will help Rakuten to expand into "new market segments". OverDrive is a distribution platform which supplies ebooks, audiobooks, music and streaming... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Lahr has won the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography for his biography of playwright Tennessee Williams. Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh (Bloomsbury Circus) was named the winner in a ceremony held at the Garrick Club in London today (19th March). Lahr, who received... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blink Publishing has acquired the autobiography of musician Professor Green. The book, Lucky, will be accompanied by “a ground-breaking app full of additional content and exclusive videos”, said the publisher. Acquisitions director Clare Tillyer bought world rights, excluding America, to Lucky... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
To mark the opening of the 'Insurgent' film, HarperCollins and Twitter are partnering to offer fans of Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy a discounted hardcover of the 'Insurgent' movie tie-in edition via Twitter links. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brightly is a new online resource from Penguin Random House to help parents find books that will encourage their children to become lifelong readers. The post PRH’s Brightly to Help Parents Raise Lifelong Readers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pushkin Press’ associate publisher and c.o.o. Stephanie Seegmuller is to leave the company after three years. Seegmuller, who joined Pushkin from Penguin in April 2012, said it was time to “find fresh challenges”. During her time at Pushkin, Seegmuller has been involved in the launch of new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The French, German, Italian and Polish culture ministers today released a joint statement calling for the European Commission to propose immediately legislation to allow VAT on ebooks to be levied at the same reduced rate as print books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
North American manga publishers continue to recover from the double whammy of recession and a market correction in the late 2000s, citing strong sales in print and digital and looking to the future with a cautious optimism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK is leading the nominations in the shortlists for the London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2015, followed by the US and China. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The New York Times reports that educational publisher Pearson has been “monitoring student media” to find possible "leaks" of the company's tests. The post Controversy: Pearson Publishing Monitoring Students’ Twitter Posts appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Amazon Publishing France had hired its first employee, Clément Monjou, who will start by publishing a pair of translations under the Crossing imprint. The post Amazon Publishing France: How Will the French Respond? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlequin UK has signed two books from HELLO! Editor Rosie Nixon. Commissioning editor Anna Baggaley bought UK and Commonwealth rights in two titles from Jenny Savill at Andrew Nurnberg Associates. The first novel, The Stylist, follows fashion newcomer Amber Green as she becomes an assistant... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Louise O’Neill was yesterday (19th March) announced as the winner of the inaugural YA Book Prize. The Irish author was given the £2,000 award at a ceremony at Foyles’ flagship bookshop in Charing Cross, London, for her debut novel Only Ever Yours (Quercus), a dystopian, feminist satire on how... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended March 15, 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]