Comics and pop culture vendor Diamond Book Distributors reports sales in 2014 were down "slightly," blaming the decline on the loss of Dark Horse Comics, which switched its distribution last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nick Higham talks to Emma Healey, whose book Elizabeth is Missing, has won the Costa first novel award. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kim Kardashian West has revealed the surprisingly posterior free cover of her selfie book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Charlie Hebdo is printing 7 million copies of its "survivor's issue," published one week after terrorists attacked the magazine's Paris office Jan. 7, killing 12 people. To print the additional copies, Charlie Hebdo, which usually puts out 60,000 copies per issue, received financial help from... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Joseph has acquired a thriller about a woman who survived an attack by a serial killer. Publishing director Maxine Hitchcock bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Black-Eyed Susans, and one other untitled thriller, by Julia Haeberlin from Rachel Kind at Random House in the US. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
CILIP Scotland will later this month launch an advocacy strategy for school libraries, pledging to campaign for libraries at national level. In the document, CILIP Scotland pledges to commission research on the impact of school libraries and librarians, provide advice and support to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lawyers for free speech groups have argued that a ban placed on a performing artist preventing him from publishing his memoir is an “unpredictable threat to freedom of expression”. The artist’s ex-wife was granted a temporary injunction after saying that the contents of the memoir would be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton's personal development imprint Yellow Kite is to host a two-day online festival to help people stay on track with their New Year’s resolutions. This is the Year, which takes place this Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd January, will help “transform your body and mind, get... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson plans to invest £33m in education initiatives in the world's emerging markets. The education publisher has revealed it will invest £33m ($50m) in the Pearson Affordable Learning Fund to provide education to low-income learners around the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Schmalzer, who served at Norton from 1974 to 2000, most recently as chief financial officer, died on January 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than half of teachers believe contemporary children read less than their generation did when they were growing up, according to new research carried out for the launch of this year’s Read for My School competition. For the study, 500 teachers in the UK were asked about the reading habits... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Books has bought a “fascinating exploration of the workings of human memory”. Senior editor Harry Scoble acquired UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada), US and exclusive European rights to The Memory Illusion by Dr Julia Shaw from Kirsty McLachlan at David Godwin Associates. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Girl on the Train,' the hot debut novel of the season, made a strong showing but couldn't dethrone 'American Sniper' from the top of the Apple iBooks bestseller list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo says the Canadian Competition Bureau is only asking for more documents from those who challenged its agreement with four multinational publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Dutch appeals court has forced the closure of online ebook reseller Tom Kabinet until the company can prove all books for sale were legally obtained. The post Dutch Court Shutters Ebook Resale Site…For Now appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
With Linda Zecher, a former Microsoft executive, at the helm of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the publisher is focused on its core competencies, notably education. The post 135-Year-Old Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Plays to Its Strengths appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the latest salvo from an increasingly confident conservative regime in Tokyo bent on revisionism, officials have requested that a US author and his publisher remove historic references to Japan's war time sex slaves from a history textbook. The publisher of Traditions & Encounters: A... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social network will ensure fewer people see posts reported as false by users, but it’s sticking to its policy of being a platform, not a publisherNo, Bill Gates isn’t giving away $5,000 if you share his Facebook photo. No, the Talking Angela app isn’t a front for online paedophiles. And no, an... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mimi Turner appointed marketing director of ‘lad culture’ website, which says ithas 17 million followers on social mediaTalk about frying pan and fire. Mimi Turner, Richard Desmond’s former communications chief at Northern & Shell, has tipped up at the publisher of controversial website The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson, already among the world's best-selling authors, plans to shake up the publishing industry with the launch of his new novel, Private Vegas, which will self-destruct within 24 hours. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]