Publishers are making up for paid circ losses with verified subs though. The post Magazine Circ Continues Downward Spiral appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alma Books has ordered a 15,000-copy reprint of Travelling to Infinity after demand soared following the film version’s triumph at the Baftas on Sunday (8th February). Travelling to Infinity is the memoir by Jane Hawking based on the inside story of her marriage to Stephen Hawking, which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A flurry of bookselling events took place this week, including the introduction of carefully culled French sections, or "corners," in seven indies around the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Borders liquidated at the end of 2011, it left many communities without a bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Don't expect Time Inc. to merge with any of its magazine rivals soon.Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp told investors Thursday that no mergers would happen until at least June 2016, which is the two-year anniversary of Time Inc. spinning off from Time Warner."The safest thing is to wait two years," he... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bertelsmann is to “step up” its investments in the education and digital media sectors in Brazil, China and India. The company will also look to expand its existing activities in the areas of TV production, books, magazines and services in the three countries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year's Winter Institute showcased the vitality of independent booksellers. “Anybody who doubts the resurgence of independent booksellers, I wish they could have been in Asheville,” said ABA CEO Oren Teicher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House and Altitude, a film production company, are teaming up to develop book and film projects simultaneously. “Instead of waiting for a final book to take into movie production, we will find scripts or treatments together and develop them at the same time,” said Barry Cunningham, m.d.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The tepid ad market is continuing to give cable networks fits as they work to sell the commercial time they didn't book in the upfront, when advertisers shop for the upcoming TV season. Sales executives have been looking for strong growth in the so-called scatter market after a sluggish upfront... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer Bridget Minamore, whose interests cover "hip-hop, climate change, feminism and football", has been chosen by the Hospital Club's new charitable foundation as part of its Emerging Creatives programme. The private members' club for the creative professions has marked its 10th anniversary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nigerian romance publisher Ankara Press has produced a free digital Valentine’s Day Story Anthology featuring several of Africa's top writers. The post Digital Love Stories for Valentine’s Day from Africa appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The TV miniseries adaptation of Lawrence Hill’s award-winning novel is proving a major sales boost for the title, originally released in 2007. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
I’m used to my name being mangled and botched in every conceivable way, but seeing it wrong on my latest book was too muchIt’s the moment every writer lives for: a box arrives at your door containing copies of the new edition of your book. Beaming with satisfaction, I tear off the binding tape.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
'The Chronicles of Shannara' will be based on the book series by fantasy writer Terry Brooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actress Sheridan Smith will voice a new audiobook of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as part of the global Puffin Classics re-launch. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland will be one of twenty Puffin Classics being reissued by Penguin Children’s Books, in a new series design by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Young detectives "replace vampires" in young adult fiction according to this year's Children's Book Prize shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book is an effort to 'tell the story of a life of a governor' through 'the use of [Bush's] emails.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
As a new teenage mum, Victoria Scheule would read her son The Gruffalo. Now a teacher and mother of 7-year-old Carter, she represented her old school for teenage mothers yesterday at an event starring the book's author. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mike Abbott is leaving Penguin Random House as a result of the publisher's international sales team restructure. Abbott has been in the Random House UK international team for 11 years, working first as group sales and marketing director for Europe, and later as group sales and marketing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries in Cardiff have seen a reprieve from the city council, but major cuts to the Library of Birmingham are to go ahead. The ruling Labour group in Cardiff has confirmed that the seven libraries in the city that faced having their funding withdrawn will continue to be run and operated by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]