With Poland's OpenBooks.com readers can download and read self-published books for free and decide to pay for them only if they want. The post OpenBooks: A Self-Publishing Bookstore Where You Read First, Pay Later appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A memorial service for former Random House group deputy chairman Simon Master will take place on Friday 17th April. The service will take place at at St Luke’s Church, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NH at 11 a.m. and will be followed at 12.15p.m. by a reception in the Culford Room, Cadogan Hall, 5... 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 ]
Cutting out the middlemen of the literary world can lead to the discovery of acclaimed authors such as Andrea BennettPublishers are playing literary agents at their own game, seeking out new talent for themselves and cutting out the industry’s powerful middlemen.Executives within HarperCollins,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books by Sophie McKenzie, David Walliams and Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers were today (21st February) announced as winners at the Red House Children’s Book Award 2015. Walliams’ Demon Dentist (HarperCollins Children’s Books) won the Books for Young Feaders category, while Split Second by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
EBSCO Information Services has bought YBP Library Services. Ahead of a public announcement, EBSCO - headquartered in Ipswich, Massachussetts - revealed the buy to customers, saying: "This acquisition ensures YBP's continuing role as the primary book supplier to academic libraries in the years... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The London Book Fair (LBF) is extending its Publishing for Digital Minds conference, with the first social media conference to focus on trends in global publishing. The virtual conference, named “Around the World in 8 Hours”, will take place throughout the day from 9 a.m. on 18th March across... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
'ABLES' is appearing on Barnes & Noble and Amazon bestseller lists already but isn't being published until May. It follows teenager Phillip, who attends a school for those with special powers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Atlantic's new m.d. Will Atkinson has said the publisher needs to "return to its heartland" as it looks to turn performance around after three consecutive years of losses. Atkinson moved from Faber to take on the leadership role in October, following a turbulent period for Atlantic which saw it... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Joseph has signed a novel about the war in Afghanistan from former soldier and debut author Barney Campbell. Publishing director Roland White bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Rain in a deal with Annabel Merullo at PFD. Rain follows a young officer at the heart of the conflict in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Myriad has signed a second novel from author and filmmaker Tom Connolly. World English rights in Men Like Air were signed from Jenny Hewson at Rogers, Coleridge & White. The book is described as a "comic and intricate story of two English brothers", who both travel to New York after the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Francesca Simon is to bring the Horrid Henry series to a close, 21 years after the mischievous Henry first appeared in print. Horrid Henry’s Cannibal Curse (Orion Children’s Books, 16th July, £4.99) will be the last title in the series. It will be illustrated by Tony Ross and comprises four... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bertelsmann is expanding its growth into education by investing in Alliant International University in the US. Alliant specialises in psychology, has more than 3,700 students and operates 10 campuses in California, Mexico City, Tokyo and Hong Kong. The investment will be made by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s laureate Malorie Blackman and most of the YA Book Prize shortlisted writers are taking part an online event for teenagers, organised by World Book Day (WBD). For WBD TeenFest, which will take place on the 4th and 5th March between 6 and 8pm, WBD will host interviews with YA authors... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
An increasingly ”sympathetic” Waterstones, a more agreeable Amazon, direct-to-consumer sales and the mining of niche markets have given independent publishers a boost ahead of the sector’s annual gathering at the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) Conference, held on 4th–6th March. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has acquired the first titles for its new sports list. Non-fiction Publisher Robin Harvie acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Daniel Friebe’s The Best There Never Was from David Luxton Associates. Friebe’s book will be the “definitive” biography of Jan Ullrich, who alongside... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Blake Publishing has acquired the autobiography of 2014 Eurovision Song Contest winner Conchita Wurst. Managing director Rosie Virgo acquired world English rights to Being Conchita from Guenter G Rodewald in Barcelona. She said: “We have extremely high hopes for this title. Conchita is a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The owner and staff have come up with a potential solution to keep the San Francisco indie alive, after it announced that the city's new minimum wage laws threatened to shut it down. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shoemaker named president at PGW and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]