In her native country, Sara Blaedel is a household name. But, she's not yet well-known in the U.S. With the help of a few famous literary friends, Blaedel is out to change that. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The argument that publishing company tax information in the public domain will be "misleading" - and therefore the plan should be dumped altogether - does not stack up. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
From Homer to Balzac to Darwin to Dickens, these Penguin 80th birthday booklets are where publishing meets public serviceIt was quite overwhelming, to open the box containing all 80 of these booklets – one for each year in the life of Penguin Books. Each is around 60 pages long; each is an... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Koenig, author of 'Modern Jewish Cooking' offers her thoughts on the perfect Passover Seder, and what it means to give traditional Jewish food a cool new twist. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's a tough time to be an old-school business publisher, with upstarts like Quartz and even Yahoo Finance muscling in. To combat this, WSJ has launched a new consumer-focused ad campaign featuring will.i.am and Tory Burch that shows how these busy people make time to read the Journal. This,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Helena Coggan is only 15, and yet her debut novel has all the assurance of a writer in mid-stride. If young writers can overcome the stare of the blank page – and take care with characterisation – they can stand as an inspiration to allHelena Coggan’s debut, The Catalyst, is an accomplished... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has made its Prime Now one-hour delivery service available in Manhattan, and the service includes books. How will it impact B&N and other bookstores? The post Will Amazon Prime Now Hurt Manhattan Bookstores? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 9-day New Delhi World Book Fair drew more than 1,100 exhibitors and a million visitors to buy books at what has become one of Asia's key book fairs. The post New Delhi World Book Fair Reaches One Million Consumers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gawker Media, which is battling heavily financed digital publishers like BuzzFeed and Vox for audiences and ad dollars, is working with brand-strategy agency Redscout, according to two people... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tom Chalmers, managing director of IPR License, talks about some of the strongest markets for selling works in translation right now. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dellarte Press, the self-publishing imprint Harlequin US launched with the now Penguin Random House-owned Author Solutions, has been shut down. Harlequin told The Bookseller that Dellarte Press was “not an active imprint”, while Andrew Phillips, c.e.o. of Author Solutions said that Author... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The annual award recognizing bookstores that encourage children's interest in books has announced this year's finalists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The sequel opens where 'Divergent' left off, with Tris and Four on the run following the uprising in Chicago. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Transworld is repackaging Kate Atkinson’s backlist to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication of Behind the Scenes at the Museum, as well as the release of her latest novel, A God in Ruins (May, £20). All of Atkinson’s backlist, including the Jackson Brodie series, will be repackaged... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Academic is to stop signing new book projects in politics, international relations and sociology. The publisher has written to its authors in the field, saying: "We're very proud of the work we've published in these areas since 2008 but have decided to focus our publishing energies... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frank Schembari loves books — printed books. He loves how they smell. He loves scribbling in the margins, underlining interesting sentences, folding a page corner to mark his place. Schembari is not a retiree who sips tea at Politics ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon had an outsized presence at this year's campus retail educational conference in Atlanta. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Grupo Planeta, the world’s largest Spanish-language publisher, unveiled a new president this week, with the announcement that José Creuheras Margenat will succeed José Manuel Lara Bosch, who passed away in January. Barcelona-based Planeta is family-owned: José Manuel Lara Bosch took over the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brands will still operate as two distinct entities. The post People Magazine and Entertainment Weekly Begin Merging Staffs appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s publishers and agents have said that the maturation of many book markets globally, in addition to the economic downturn, has meant that the number of deals made with international publishers is slowing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]