Goldsboro Books has launched a £15,000 new website which puts it "up there” at the forefront of online bookselling. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books in the US “resumed their growth” in 2014, with net revenue up 4.7% year-on-year to $1.58bn, according to data from the Association of American Publishers (AAP). The AAP’s StatShot showed that overall aggregated net revenues for publishers were up 4.9% in 2014 to $15.7bn, compared to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new standalone novel from Margaret Atwood will be published by Bloomsbury in September. The Heart Goes Last, Atwood's first standalone novel since the Man Booker Prize-winning The Blind Assassin in 2010, will be published on 24th September, the day that will also see Virago publish the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Smith’s Bookshop chain has triumphed at the Academic, Professional & Specialist Awards, scooping all four titles it was eligible for. Meanwhile Oxford University Press has won Publisher of the Year yet again. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vox Media -- the digital publisher behind sites like The Verge, SB Nation and Vox.com -- has opened a department in Los Angeles aimed at making more digital video and, possibly, traditional TV.As Vox Creative Director Chad Mumm told The Hollywood Reporter about the new Vox... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
When it comes to catering to Millennials, Total BooX believes that eliminating the the friction in the traditional ebook purchasing process is key. The post Total BooX: Ebooks for the Way the 21st-Century Reader Reads appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Book People is undergoing a company-wide restructure, with its Coventry site slated for possible closure. The mail order and e-commerce company has been undergoing an "intensive period of analysis" since venture capital company Endless LLP invested £10-20m in the business, and co-founder... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Award-winning British fantasy author Terry Pratchett, creator of more than 70 books, including the long-running Discworld series, died on March 12 at his home following complications from a chest infection. He was 66. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Reader’s Guild has signed a long-term licensing agreement to market and publish Reader’s Digest's Condensed Book series as Reader’s Digest Classic Editions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown will publish a sequel to Gregory David Roberts' Shantaram this October, 10 years after the release of the original. The Mountain Shadow will get a global publication on 13th October, with Little, Brown publishing across the UK and Commonwealth, and Pan Macmillan releasing it in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children’s Books and Bloomsbury Children’s both have two books shortlisted for this year’s Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) Book of the Year awards [see full list below]. Bloomsbury’s Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan and When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan are on the shortlist, as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The recipients of this year's National Book Critics Circle Awards, which recognized titles published in 2014, were announced at a ceremony at the New School on March 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Finding inspiration in Mad Libs is one of many ways to climb out of a prayer rut. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jean Vanier, who pioneered inclusive communities for the disabled who were previously isolated and institutionalized, has won the $1.7 million Templeton Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A crop of new and weighty books about and by Pope Francis mark the second anniversary of his election to lead the Catholic Church. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Totally Entwined Group has signed a three-book fiction deal with “The Only Way is Essex” star Jess Wright for its Celebritease imprint. Claire Siemaszkiewicz, founder and c.e.o. of Totally Entwined Group, said: “We are delighted to be working with the gorgeous Jess Wright on her first... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Profits at Lagardere Publishing, parent company of Hachette Book Group, fell to 197 million euros in 2014 from 223 million euros in 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Revenue in the publishing division of Salem Media Group more than doubled in 2014, to $26.8 million, thanks, in large part, to the 2014 acquisition of Eagle Publishing, parent company of Regnery Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pluto Press is partnering with Haven Distribution to supply free books to prisoners in the UK. Haven is a charity that has been sending books to prisoners since 1996 and is aims to help with their self-education and resettlement. It seeks to encourage self-worth and raise self-esteem in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
2014 acquisitions Profiles International and Crossknowledge helped John Wiley & Sons to a third quarter revenue rise of 5% on a constant currency basis (2% including the impact of foreign exchange), at $465m. However, the company said organic revenue – excluding the impact of the buys - was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]