Led by strong gains in print formats, sales of adult trade books rose 10.9% in October over October 2013, while sales of children/young adult sales increased 16.5%, according to figures released in AAP’s monthly StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The identities of the finalists for the Costa Short Story Award 2014 have been announced, with writers from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland making the shortlist. The shortlist was chosen by a panel of judges including writers Patrick Gale and Victoria Hislop; Richard Beard,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Aerbooks' new Aer.io Retail Network, "enables any person or company to create, customize, and curate a fully mobile/social storefront." The post Aer.io Lets You Curate Your Own Online Bookstore appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A panel at Digital Book World last week offered several insights on how ebook platforms are analyzing user data and what they have discovered. The post Ebook Platforms Know What, When and How You Read appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The second pick in the online group, which the Facebook CEO unveiled at the start of the new year, is Steven Pinker's 'The Better Angels of Our Nature.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Corinne Gotch has joined The Reading Agency as programme co-ordinator for publishing partners. In her new role Gotch will manage the charity’s partnerships with children’s publishers and work with them to deliver reading activities in libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Francesca Simon, Malorie Blackman (pictured), Charlie Higson and Frank Cottrell Boyce are among the judges of this year’s 500 Words children’s short story writing competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two words: talent grab.You may not recognize the Toronto-based design firm Teehan+Lax, but you probably know some of the hit products it's behind, like the social publishing platform Medium and the reading app Readability. Now, the firm is closing, as Facebook—in a play for total publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The artist starts each image by finding an intriguing character, composition, or costume element. The post Trippy Kaleidoscopic Collages Made From Your Favorite Comic Book Heroes appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline imprint Tinder Press has partnered with The Reading Agency to hold an open submissions period for unagented manuscripts. Unagented authors will be able to send their manuscripts direct to the imprint for two weeks in March, with the event being held to celebrate two years of Tinder Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
What does the future of Library and Information Science look like? What do patrons expect from libraries? This infographic from USC has some answers. The post Infographic: Future of Library and Information Science Jobs appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Artist is appealing against temporary injunction obtained by his ex-wife, who says book will be distressing for his son to readAn attempt to prevent a performing artist from publishing his memoir on the grounds that its contents would be distressing for his son to read has opened up “a new,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Karyn Marcus is returning to Simon & Schuster as a senior editor, starting February 2. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
YA author James Dawson is writing a guide to mental health for young people with clinical psychologist Olivia Hewitt. Mind Your Head, which will be published by Hot Key Books in 2016, will give tips on managing emotional wellbeing and finding support for mental health issues. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A crowdfunding appeal to publish a book by the late Paul Sidey, Hutchinson’s former editorial director, has been set up on Unbound. Sidey, who died in September 2014, worked at Hutchinson for 31 years before retiring in early 2012. His authors included Ruth Rendell and the late Richard... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW’s Je Suis Charlie campaign to support free expression has raised $40,000 in contributions that will be donated to five organizations that support free speech. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Context is everything when it comes to analyzing data, says Hilary Mason. Are you selling a million copies of a book, or one copy of a million books? The post A Data Scientist Explains Some Approaches to “Big Data” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Has the editor of The Bookseller compared the fall of print sales of adult fiction since 2009 by more than £150m with the massively declined budgets of public libraries over the same five-year period (The writing’s on the wall for adult fiction in print, 14 January). This is also conditioned by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Turkey’s citizens may once again find themselves without access to Twitter: According to the New York Times, that nation’s government has threatened to block access to the microblogging service within the country unless Twitter blocked an account belonging to a newspaper that published details... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ex-mayor of Doncaster Martin Winter claims ‘bumbling oddball’ Miliband knew about 2008 economic crash before it happenedMail on Sunday executives are standing behind the newspaper’s extensive serialisation of the memoirs of an ex-mayor of Doncaster, which claimed to give “a worrying glimpse of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]