Iain Millar, Michael Bhaskar and Nick Barreto are to launch a new digital publishing venture, with the intention of publishing a range of “engaging” fiction and non-fiction titles as ebooks, apps and on the web. Canelo will launch officially in the spring, and expects to publish between 100 and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scandals, shake-ups, sticky scholars, and best books—here are the top ten religion stories of 2014 from publishersweekly.com. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has launched a new series of online courses starring S&S authors, who will "expand on and complement" their published work in video tutorials. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
For most magazine companies, 2014 was a difficult year. Backs against the wall, publishers looked beyond print for growth -- to digital media, live events, consumer products and TV deals.Vice magazine is way ahead of them.The free magazine founded in 1994 as Voice of Montreal has grown into one... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Read and Eat, a bookstore that will specialize in books about food and cuisine, will open in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood in April. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nathaniel Marunas has been named publisher of the U.S. division of British publisher Quercus, and David Shelley has been named as the successor to Ursula Mackenzie at Little, Brown U.K., with MacKenzie set to retire. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egmont has acquired Mel Foster and the Demon Butler, a middle grade adventure story set in Victorian London, by Julia Golding. Fiction publisher Stella Paskins acquired the world English rights from Caroline Walsh at David Higham Associates. The book, which is about an orphan who takes on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller Industry Awards will this year celebrate the ‘book’ of the year alongside the publishers, editors, and retailers who bring the titles to market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guardian Faber has signed a book on the BBC, by the Guardian's chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins. The book, based on Higgins' essay series, will explore the history, past and future of the uniquely British institution. Guardian Faber editorial director Laura Hassan signed the book in a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Self-publishing will continue to grow, subscription services will move into the mainstream, and the general election will dominate in 2015, publishing industry insiders have predicted. Figures from trade and educational publishing, as well as from bookselling, agenting and writing, have shared... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has a first novel from writer and filmmaker Hannah Rothschild, author of biography The Baroness (Virago). The Improbability of Love will be published by Bloomsbury on 21st May this year. Editor-in-chief Alexandra Pringle signed UK and Commonwealth rights in the deal with Sarah... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Maze, the digital-first imprint of HarperCollins' Avon, has signed a nine-book deal with saga author Nancy Carson. Editor Katy Loftus signed world all language rights in a deal with Phil Patterson at Marjacq Scripts, and will begin publishing the series this year, with a new title coming every... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Elsevier is launching a new open access journal which will accept articles across all disciplines. The as-yet-unnamed journal, which is due to begin this year, is designed to have a "streamlined, simple and intuitive article submission and publication process,", with authors able to track... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you need recommendations for your one-person book club, because you'd rather not join an actual one (even if it was founded by a social media mogul), hit up Bing. Microsoft's search engine now displays a carousel of book titles and cover pages (wh... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author James Patterson is donating £50,000 to a new prize that will fund school libraries. The World Book Day Award, launched today (9th January), offers schools in the UK and Ireland the chance to win money to buy books from local bookshops to stock their libraries. Six lump sums are on up for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE), the Circle de la Librairie and the Bureau International de l'Edition Française (BIEF), which promotes French publishing abroad, replaced their traditional New Year cocktail reception yesterday evening (8th January) with a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last week, little-known erotica author Lacey Noonan set the football world aflame with the publication of her scintillating ebook A Gronking to Remember: Book One in the Rob Gronkowski Erotica Series. On Thursday, Amazon extinguished the fire when it removed the book from its online store; the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our monthly selection from BlueInk Review, a service which reviews self-published books, uncovers a superb memoir of a WWII concentration camp in Indonesia. The post January 2015: Top Reviews of Self-Published Books from BlueInk Review appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The first quarter of 2015 sees the publication of several début novels, including books by new voices James Rice, Anna Smaill and Sara Taylor. Kate Howard, editorial director at Hodder, acquired Rice’s Alice and the Fly (15th January, £14.99), on exclusive submission from Karolina Sutton and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A greater percentage of independent booksellers reported that they enjoyed Christmas sales increases in 2014, compared to the previous two years, according to a survey by The Bookseller. In a separate survey by the Booksellers Association of 80 bookshops, 55% reported sales were up—compared... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]