A group of investors led by Axel Springer SE, Europe's biggest newspaper publisher, has paid $25 million for a stake in Business Insider Inc. as the German media company seeks to expand its digital... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
British children’s book start-up Lost My Name is planning to expand into several new territories in 2015 after claiming it outsold Julia Donaldson’s Superworm in 2015. The company sells personalised picture books via its website www.lostmy.name. Customers create a book by entering the name... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Incoming Foyles c.e.o. Paul Currie has told The Bookseller his new role is "oozing with opportunity", with "much more work to be done." Currie, a former Hamleys c.o.o. and Molton Brown retail executive, said he is ready to grow the Foyles business to “realise the potential of its brand” and,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Times of India recently examined the problems facing Hindi pulp fiction in the era of ebooks, which may be killing off cheap pocket editions. The post HarperCollins India Tries To Save Hindi Pulp Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The sequel to late author Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy will go on sale in the UK in August. The book, which is entitled That Which Does Not Kill in Swedish, was penned by David Lagercrantz and will go on sale in at least 35 countries, said Swedish publisher Norstedts. A spokesperson for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Millbrook, N.Y., bookstore, toy store, and art gallery, which opened on New Year’s Day 1988, is the latest indie to go on the market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Glen Moreno is preparing to step down from his role as chairman of Pearson after a decade, according to Sky News. Sources told the broadcaster that Pearson's nominations committee had enlisted JCA Group, a City headhunting firm, to oversee the process of recruiting Moreno's successor. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book subscription site Oyster has partnered with Pottermore to make all 10 Harry Potter-related titles available via a subscription service. The offering, only available in the US, includes the seven Harry Potter novels by J K Rowling, and also her three Hogwarts Library Books – The Tales of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
After three weeks of declines at the start of 2015, the print book market has bounced back, with sales up 3.5% week-on-week and tills ringing in £23.2m across 2.9m book sales. In the seven days ending 24th January, sales jumped 3.5% with book buyers spending just over £794,000 more last week... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the full year, sales increased 20% to $88.99 billion at Amazon, but the company had a net loss in the year of $241 million compared with net income of $274 million in 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has acquired 'Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights,' a new novel by Salman Rushdie, set to pub in September. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The novelist Robert Harris was right to call the BBC’s lack of a books show a ‘disgrace’. There’s plenty the corporation could do to make a popular literary programme on TVWith injury, there is always a little insult. When a BBC spokesperson, responding to Robert Harris’s complaints at the Costa... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
There has been an outpouring of support in the trade for Robert Harris's public call for a dedicated BBC TV books programme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
If we're honest, there isn't enough money in monochrome erotica and Benedict Cumberbatch GIFs to sustain a billion-dollar website. That's why Tumblr is doing its very best to become more of a publishing platform that can attract the sort of writing (... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook continues to do what few digital publishers can pull off: Over each of the last five quarters, the social network has been able to boost revenue even as it sells fewer ads.The ability to raise prices has rocketed Facebook's overall revenue to $3.85 billion in the most recent quarter. In... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple has recorded a quarterly net profit of £18bn for its first fiscal quarter, said to be the biggest ever for a public company. The company’s results, for the quarter ending 27th December 2014, also showed quarterly revenue of £74.6bn, up 29% from $57.6bn in the same period the year... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the cultural debate over the film American Sniper continues to swirl, the book on which it is based held the top three spots on the print bestseller list last week, according to Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Txtr will continue to operate its ebook retailing operations while it restructures and seeks a buyer for its assets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Festival de Bande Dessinée has opened and will award a Charlie Freedom of Speech prize among other honoursThe celebrated Angoulême comic book festival opened on Thursday to laughter and tears three weeks after some of France’s best known cartoonists were gunned down in a terrorist... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital distributor Trajectory has an algorithm it claims can extract a book's 'personality' in order to offer better recommendations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]