David Fickling Books (DFB) is to publish the paperback edition of the Costa shortlisted Running Girl. DFB has acquired the paperback rights to the book from Penguin Random House and publication is scheduled for June 2015. Running Girl, written by Simon Mason, was nominated for the 2014... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has acquired Moth and the Nightingale, a middle-grade children’s novel from debut author Lucinda Martin. The book, described as a “subtle and surprisingly modern interpretation of the lonely, bookish child”, tells the story of Henry, a young girl whose life changes when she meets... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Franklin is to step away from his divisional responsibilities at Penguin Random House’s Vintage, but will remain publishing director at Jonathan Cape. Meanwhile Rachel Cugnoni, publishing director of the paperback imprint, has been promoted to a new cross-divisional role as publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Led by gains in print formats, sales of adult trade books rose 10.9% in October over October 2013, according to figures released in AAP’s monthly StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended January 18, 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s personal diary, which was published Tuesday by Little, Brown, is being billed as the first book written by a Guantánamo detainee. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The self-help and graphic novels categories had the fastest growth in print book unit sales among adult segments in 2014, posting gains of 15% and 13%, respectively, compared to the previous year, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The writers reportedly visited 22 schools over the course of one week for their children's book. 'Two' centers on prankster rivals living in the town of Yawnee Valley. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Embeddable player and video storefront allows publishers to sell and rent videos from their sites. The post Vimeo, Publishers Partner on VOD Service appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Zuckerberg is not Oprah Winfrey. It may not matter to publishing folk, though. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Research shows median income for all authors is now below $5,000, though ‘hybrid’ authors who use both traditional and self-publishing are doing bestAlmost a third of published authors make less than $500 (£350) a year from their writing, according to a new survey, with around a half of writers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frog Education has won an ICT Company of the Year award at BETT 2015. The company, which won the award for firms with turnover of between £1-10m, makes education technology and recently launched FrogProgress, a tool that allows teachers to assess pupils’ progress digitally. “We are... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marcus J. Borg, author of key books on the historical Jesus and champion of progressive Christianity, has died. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Boudreaux makes Yapa first buy at Little, Brown and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sonny Mehta has paid tribute to former colleague Simon Master [pictured], who died suddenly last week, with Mehta telling The Bookseller he felt “extremely privileged to have known him”. Master died on Friday (16th January) while on holiday, at the age of 70. He was formerly deputy group... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has launched Kindle Textbook Creator in the US, allowing academics to turn their textbooks into digital editions. KDP EDU, a new segment of Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), gives educators and authors the online tools to prepare, publish and promote e-textbooks and other educational... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Six Egmont employees will lose their jobs at the end of the month following the closure of the US office, the company has confirmed. The company also said it will publish its spring 2015 list and books will continue to be available via Random House, but it did not say what would happen to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
ePubDirect has developed a proprietary digital ebook platform especially for its local primary school, St. Columba’s, in Cork, Ireland. The post ePubDirect Offers Irish School Own Ebook Platform appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Carole Tonkinson’s new non-fiction imprint at Pan Macmillan is to be called Bluebird, with the tagline “books for life”. Tonkinson joined Pan Macmillan from HarperCollins in autumn 2014, and has already signed a number of books for her inspirational lifestyle imprint, which specialises in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Less than one month into the new year, stores continue to open, including a third Vermont location for Phoenix Books and an eighth store for Gottwals Books and the Walls of Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]