Jon Stewart’s decision to step down from the Daily Show later this year hit few people harder than book publicists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer Ali Smith has said the decrease in contact with the arts in state schools, revealed in the Warwick Commission's report yesterday (18th February), is "deeply distressing" and the sign of an education system "going backwards". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Franciscan Media has laid off 27 employees, none of them in editorial, and the publisher says book sales are up and title output will increase. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yahoo continues going after magazine editors and more... The post People on the Move appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
France is once again putting pressure on Amazon, this time through ebook subscription. Ironically, France's homegrown subscription services may suffer more. The post Bad News for Kindle Unlimited in France? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman is launching an online YA festival for teenagers to mark World Book Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-02-20 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 ]
Reading science fiction, chick lit and fantasy novels by people of colour for a year brought home to me just how white my reading world wasIn 2014, I managed to read 25 novels. All of them were written by people of colour. That was the result of a small challenge I set myself: not to read books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Norton executive editor Robert Weil reflects on his career in response to winning this year's Friedrich Ulfers Prize for the promotion of German literature. The post Norton’s Robert Weil on His Career Promoting German Literature appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
For some booksellers attending Winter Institute, the fist pumps began before their planes even touched down in Asheville, N.C. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A look at the top shared stories on Facebook can be a depressing exercise, unless you're a big fan of quizzes and listicles. But it's not all bad for traditional publishers. As Facebook has tweaked its algorithm and publishers get more savvy about social, news outlets are also showing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
In January, I was invited by the Getty Foundation to participate as a library commentator at a meeting of representatives from its Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative (OSCI). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Organized by PEN American Center and the National Coalition Against Censorship, the panel discussion “After Charlie: What’s Next for Art, Satire and Censorship,” illustrated some of the problems inherent in offering a civilized response to an utterly uncivilized act. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
We know what at least some community news publishers think about Gordon Borrell’s recent statement that the “good content that needs to be developed is basically advertising or consumer related.” But did the CEO o ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Elena Poniatowska, winner of the Cervantes Prize 2014, and critic and essayist Enrique Krauze will be headlining Mexico’s Market Focus Cultural Programme for this year’s London Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Big Green Bookshop is set to hold events at The Old Café – in the former Foyles Charing Cross Road – in an “exciting new partnership.” The Old Café in Foyles’ former home was always a popular venue with literary folk and is still operating after the bookseller moved its flagship store down... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The deadline has been extended for independent bookshops to apply for one of the industry’s most coveted prizes – Independent Bookseller of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards. Indies now have until 5p.m. on Monday 23rd February to submit their entries here to be considered for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the eve of the biggest event of the Sprint Cup Series, Nascar is beginning an effort to get kids more interested in science and math through auto racing.Timed to coincide with Sunday's 57th Daytona 500, the Nascar Acceleration Nation program will look to steer primary schoolers into a greater... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones’ flagship Piccadilly store is expanding its children’s section after a sales increase of 20%. London regional manager Luke Taylor said the company decided to re-think the space after “the recent explosion in children's sales”, driven by reference, games and educational related... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]