Despite another year of strong gains for the stock market, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index fell 13.6% in 2014 (relative to 2013), as only five of the 13 companies on the PWSI had an increase in their share price. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Donald Miller broke out eleven years ago with his bestselling memoir 'Blue Like Jazz.' Now he's back to write about what it means to get 'Scary Close' to another human being. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
When PW did a review at the end of 2013 on how more than 30 industry startups had performed over the last few years, we found that while several had “pivoted” and one had been sold, for the most part companies were still in business and hopeful that sustainable growth was just around the corner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reedsy is a self-publishing startup that currently offers its users access to a marketplace of skilled freelance book-production professionals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patron privacy has long been a concern for libraries and library users in the digital age. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Led by John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, the top of the 2014 print bestseller list was dominated by children’s and young adult titles that sold more than one million copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A number of publishers in the religion category offer gift books with spiritual or religious themes, and while many publish only a few gift titles per year, others are in the gift book business in a major way, with entire imprints devoted to gifts and robust product lines. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s book illustrator Penny Dann has died at the age of 50. She had been suffering from cancer. Dann, who died on Saturday 20th December, illustrated anthologies, early readers, fairytales and poetry collections, and most recently illustrated Polly Parrot Picks a Pirate (Macmillan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Find your lost pet with the help of facial recognition. Your home security system gets smarter. Search for a home cleaner and instantly book an appointment. Meet 2014's newest tech ideas in our collection of stories from The Pitch, a weekly feature in the Silicon Valley Business Journal. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple has amended its returns policy to allow iBooks to be returned within two weeks of purchase. The policy, which also refers to music on iTunes, affects Apple’s store in the UK, Germany, Italy and France, among others, and appears to have been implemented to comply with the European Union... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pirated versions of the latest novel of French author Michel Houllebecq, who is never far from controversy, have been available on several internet sites some 10 days before publication in his native country on 7th January. According to press reports, non-final proofs of Soumission... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Debut authors make up half of the latest WH Smith Richard and Judy Book Club titles, released this week. Four of the eight Spring Book Club picks are first-time novels, and include Waterstones Book of the Year The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Pan Macmillan), Miss Carter’s War by actress Sheila... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins and Connect Books have said customers should not be affected by the collapse over Christmas of delivery company City Link. Administrators were appointed at the company on Christmas Eve, with substantial jobs cuts anticipated among its 2,727 staff. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins is selling English-language atlases to schools in the Middle East which do not show Israel, it has been reported. The Catholic newspaper The Tablet said Collins Middle East Atlases show Jordan and Syria extending to the Mediterranean, and mark the position of the West Bank, but do... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Magazines, publisher of glossy titles like Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping, is planning to introduce a new print magazine in early 2016, according to David Carey, the company's president."We're in conversations now with possible joint-venture partners," said Mr. Carey in a memo to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Native advertising became a full-blown phenomenon in online publishing in 2014. Here's what we learned about it this year. The post 5 things we learned about native ads in 2014 appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Here are the reviews of adult titles that were read the most on publishersweekly.com this year—an intriguing mix of backlist titles and contemporary hits. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new buyer for Tesco’s blinkbox platform could be announced next week, it has been reported, with TalkTalk emerging as a frontrunner. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Monitor book critic recalls seven of his favorite author interviews from 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, writer Ali Smith, and historian and novelist Marina Warner are among those named in the New Year Honours 2015. Duffy is made a Dame for services to poetry, while Warner, whose Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale (Oxford University Press) was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]