Bardowl, the audiobook streaming service that launched to the public in 2012, is to close this week. In an email to subscribers the service noted: “It is with great disappointment that I have to tell you that we are closing Bardowl. From next Wednesday your subscription will not renew, and at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agent Jonny Geller, authors Malorie Blackman, Hilary Mantel and Kate Mosse, and trade figures Nicola Solomon, Richard Mollet, Gail Rebuck, Charlie Redmayne and Tom Weldon are among the figures on the 2015 Debrett’s 500. The annual list brings together the 500 most influential and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Next month, the bookstore and publisher will begin testing a pilot romance program in which a bestselling author promoted four titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
We spoke with Ziv Lewis, foreign rights/acquisitions manager of Kinneret Zmora in Israel, about the difficulties of dealing with his country's new Fixed Price Law, the joy of reading 'Hebrish' and the "game-changing" novel his house is releasing this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
At its heart, Twitter seems to be suffering from some sort of existential crisis, struggling to work out if it's a social network, a messaging service or a publishing platform. Today sees the company launch two features that, if we're honest, only re... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The government has published details on a “new, more challenging” GSCE in computer science, and content for more “rigorous and demanding” GCSEs in music, art and design and physical education. Content has also been published for A levels in dance, music and PE as part of a “commitment to raise... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The rights marketplace has certainly seen 2015 begin with a bang and nowhere more so than through the glut of audiobook licensing deals being completed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook isn't sharing native-video revenue with publishers yet. But when it does, Vox Media plans to be ready, with content that’s designed to live only on social platforms. The post Why Vox Media makes content just for social media appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A quintet of editors from Argentina and Mexico discuss the boom and future of independent publishing in Latin America. The post How Alliances Bolster Latin American Indie Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Schoolchildren’s increased interest in books attributed to school campaigns and better targeting by publishersDespite a myriad of new media competing for their attention, Danish children are bucking the trend and reading more books today than they did 14 years ago.A survey of 1,999... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
New books from Christian publishers offer hope, advice, and a bit of tough love for singles looking for romance. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Veteran author Warren Adler offers a reality check for would-be authors who believe fame and fortune is just a book away. The post So You Want to Be a Famous Self-Published Author? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Carmen Callil’s publishing company has set about proving that there are many excellent but neglected women writers well worth publishing and reprintingMore women than men buy books; more women read books and more women write books, especially novels, and they always have. Yet women writers are... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
In five short years mobile readership has grown from below 20 percent of the U.K. total digital publishing audience to nearly 50 percent for many publishers today, as several of them reported to Digiday last year. As ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 27th annual Publishing University will be held April 10-11, 2015 at the Sheraton Austin Hotel in Austin, Tex. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although the blizzard bearing down on the Northeast was not as intense as meteorologists had predicted, the Big Five are taking the tack of many companies: shutting down offices and encouraging employees to work from home. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has launched a new literary fiction imprint called Scout Press, debuting it with the first novel by literary agent Bill Clegg. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the weekend a court in Turkey told Facebook to block several pages that had been deemed to insult the Prophet Mohammad. A court order was delivered to the social network with the threat that if Facebook failed to comply, the site would be completely blocked in Turkey. Turkey's banging of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
There’s something about ink, paper and the printing press that has always bothered tyrants and those afraid of ideas.Was there a single old hand in the world of magazines who didn’t read the stories about the demand for copies of the post-massacre edition of Charlie Hebdo, raise their eyebrows... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Editor John Micklethwait departs on a high. But print circulation may never be so high - nor fortunes quite so serene – againYou used to judge successful editors by a simple test. How many copies did they sell on day one, and how many on their last day in the chair? Plus, of course, parallel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]