Program focuses on multiplatform strategy, while the association tries to graduate 'magazines' to 'media.' The post MPA’s AMMC Looks to Redefine the Magazine Industry appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
European executives from Mashable, Quartz, Dennis, RTE and Sanoma share their tech priorities for the coming year. The post How European publishers set their tech priorities for the year appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was recently announced that 'To Kill a Mockingbird' writer Harper Lee, who famously only released her classic novel, will publish a second book this summer. 'If you read the book ... only Harper Lee could have written this novel,' said Jonathan Burnham, senior vice president and publisher of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
In all, 10,637attended, the lowest attendance since 2012, when 9,929 gathered in Dallas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author is on tour following the release of his 18th book, 'Shark Skin Suite,' the latest in his comic series featuring the fictional Florida serial killer Serge Storms. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
An unlikely trio—a literary agent, a singer/songwriter, and an investment banker—are bringing the first general independent bookstore in over a decade to this New Jersey city. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookseller Stella Williams tells PW about working at the New York City's famed Strand Book Store, and the plans to grow the store's children's department. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jon Howells will join Riot Communications PR agency in the role of campaigns director from next week. Howells, former Waterstones PR and brand communication manager, will begin his new role at Riot on Monday (9th February). Riot m.d Anwen Hooson described Howells, who has worked on several... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael O’Mara Books will publish a new book by biographer Andrew Morton titled 17 Carnations: The Windsors, The Nazis and the Cover-up. Michael O’Mara acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from the book’s American publisher, Grand Central Publishing. O’Mara said: “It’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hot Key Books has acquired a new standalone fiction title from Carnegie Medal winning author Jennifer Donnelly in a six-figure pre-empt deal. Junior editor at Hot Key Books, Naomi Colthurst, struck a deal for UK and Commonwealth rights to These Shallow Graves through Cecilia de la Campa,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A newspaper story on Marion Brown’s plight fuels a grassroots campaignA speech last week by the BBC’s head of news, James Harding, was badly received by newspaper publishers, as I reported, because he thinks the corporation needs to fill a reporting vacuum created by a dwindling industry.This... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon customers in the US can now convert their print titles into Kindle books with a software package called Kindle Convert. Currently available in the US for computers running Windows 7 and 8, the software helps users to scan in pages of their print books, converting the image into usable... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Harper Lee rejects claims she is being pressured into releasing a "lost" novel, saying she is "happy as hell". Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nominations for this year’s Publishers Publicity Circle (PPC) awards include Sandra Taylor for The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Picador), Emma Knight for There’s Something I’ve Been Dying to Tell You by Lynda Bellingham (Hodder & Stoughton), and Ruth Waldram for the award-winning H is for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The prince shown printing presses and an edition of the Guardian from 1987 during visit to St Bride FoundationWith Catherine Mayer’s biography about him being serialised in the Times, probably the last thing Prince Charles wants to do is learn about publishing, particularly newspapers. But he... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has acquired a book about sensitive children for six figures in a “fiercely contested auction”. Carole Tonkinson bought The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Thrive and Others Struggle to Survive by Dr Tom Boyce for her Bluebird imprint in a "competitive 12-way bid" from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has created a director of global digital and online sales role based in the US to apply a global approach to sales and marketing across its businesses worldwide. Colin Shields, who headed up the publishers’ digital sales, has been promoted to the newly created position of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
TV networks are gearing up for their flashy upfront presentations, which represent the kick-off to negotiations with advertisers over fall prime-time programming.While some like Discovery are skipping the glitz altogether, others like Turner Broadcasting are combining their network presentations... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
We should resist the easy cynicism that has greeted the sudden emergence of Go Set a WatchmanFew 88-year-old one-hit wonders could expect more than a shrug if they announced they were producing their second piece of work in 55 years. But news that Harper Lee is publishing what is essentially a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Driven by its acquisition of Harlequin, revenue rose 20% at HarperCollins in the second quarter ended December 31, 2014 over the comparable period in fiscal 2014, hitting $469 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]