The finalists for this year's Children's Choice Book Awards have been announced, in seven categories, which young readers across the country will vote for online from Tuesday, March 17through Sunday, May 3. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Aaron Ozee, a prolific 18-year-old self published poet, offers his sometimes unorthodox methodology for becoming a bestselling author. The post Teenager’s 10 Steps To Become Successfully Self-Published appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than twenty years after his death a new Dr. Seuss book, "What Pet Should I Get?" will be published this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books is marking the 15th anniversary of Anthony Horowitz’s first Alex Rider novel by releasing new editions of the entire series. The publisher has also organised a writing competition with the NLT to mark the anniversary. All 10 books in the spy series, which started with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pharrell Williams is transitioning from pop singer to children's author. Will the cross-over translate into success? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales at The Folio Society fell by almost a quarter in the year to the end of August 2014, compared to the year before, results for the 12-month period show. However the company made a small profit, after losing nearly £3m the previous year. In accounts filed on Companies House this week, The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Staffordshire has confirmed plans which will see more than half of its libraries passed to volunteers. The county council's cabinet approved plans today (18th February) that will see only 20 of the county's 43 libraries remain managed and staffed by the council, while the rest will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The London Book Fair (LBF), The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) and The Publishers Association (The PA) are launching a new Scholarly and Research forum at LBF. The Research & Scholarly Publishing Forum, called “Access All Areas: Global Trends in Research... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The award will be presented at the opening ceremony of New York City's Festival Neue Literatur 2015 on February 19. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three questions publishers should ask before embarking on a data strategy The post There’s No “Magic Pill” When it Comes to Data appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Police detective Harry Bosch is the protagonist in Michael Connelly's series, the most recent installment of which is 'The Burning Room.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Science journal Nature and the stable of 17 Nature Research Journals are all to offer the system of peer review known as "double-blind" for article submissions from March, following a trial of the system with two of the journals. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The clamor for native advertising budgets has led to many of the top news publishers rebranding and up-skilling. Here's how their solutions stack up. The post Inside 4 UK news publishers’ content studios appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
For his next reading challenge pick, Zuckerberg announced a much-lauded pro-vaccination book.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come out swinging in support of vaccination—and he wants his book club members to read all about it. Undaunted by the lukewarm reception to his first few picks,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury, Edward Elgar Publishing and Nosy Crow have three shortlistings each at the ninth annual Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) awards. The IPG Awards today (18th February) revealed its 12 category shortlists. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Thursday 5th March as part... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Noted professor, author, editor, and children's literacy advocate Bernice "Bee" Cullinan died on February 5. She was 88. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan will this autumn launch a children’s book imprint within Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB), to be run by Suzanne Carnell. Carnell is currently publishing director of picture books and pre-school of the MCB Under 6 division. Under the new imprint, which is yet to be named, she will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
They were three college students reading magazines like Cosmo, Marie Claire and Vogue. And they just knew: Something was missing. They were craving content geared specifically to college women, and as they investigated further, they realized they had found a hole in the media... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Like book authors who hate Amazon’s policies, crafters who hate Etsy find it hard to leave because of the site’s immense traffic and generally positive public reputation. Just before the Christmas rush, I finally put my money where my mouth is and shut down my shop. The post How Etsy Alienated... Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of Carver's 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,' are up 121% after being featured in the Oscar-winning film. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]