David Foenkinos’s "Charlotte," the story of a German painter who died at Auschwitz at the age of 26, rose six spots to hit #1 on France’s fiction list in November. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 2012, Cali Dawson and Gordon Ross, a pair of expats living in Bangkok, made plans to start a new publishing company in Thailand. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin has acquired the publishing rights to "Hey Duggee", a new pre-school children’s TV programme created by Studio AKA for Cbeebies and BBC Worldwide. The TV showis set at a children's playgroup called the Squirrel Club and is run by a big friendly dog called Duggee, who teaches children... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan in the US has reached a new multi-year deal with Amazon, including an agency deal on ebooks. But in a carefully worded blog and letter to authors, Macmillan chief executive John Sargent hit out at the failure to address “one of the big problems in the digital marketplace”, namely that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book subscription service Oyster is adding 1000 books from Bloomsbury to its inventory of titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scarletta to become Mighty Media Press and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the three-week shopping season that began Thanksgiving week, Jeff Kinney's newest installment in the Wimpy Kid series has sold more than 535,000 print copies at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of adult trade books fell 11.8% in September compared to September 2013, according to AAP’s monthly StatShot program. Sales dropped in all three adult print segments, while ebook sales rose 0.5%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Watch out for SoakSoak, a new malware threat that has compromised more than 100,000 Wordpress websites and led to more than 11,000 domains' being blacklisted by Google. Wordpress is a hugely popular and widely used Web publishing platform, so it’s important to understand how the SoakSoak malware... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
2015 will be a “year of implementation” for Penguin Random House, with the work ahead allowing PRH to “fully realise the potential of our new company”, c.e.o. Markus Dohle has told employees. In a letter to PRH staff worldwide, Dohle said that it was “incredible what our company has been able... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Peter James’ Want You Dead (Pan Macmillan) has been named eBooks by Sainsbury’s eBook of the Year 2014. The award, which aims to let readers decide their stand-out “screen turner” of the year, is in its second year. Want You Dead was chosen from a longlist of more than 150 titles from a range... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book subscription service Oyster has signed up Bloomsbury as its latest publisher. The US service will now offer more than 1,000 titles published by Bloomsbury in the US, including Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and Sarah J Maas'... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three Percent and Open Letter Books publisher Chad Post talks with Caitlyn Christensen at Sampsonia Way about the contemporary literary scene, publishing and translation. The post Open Letter Book’s Chad Post on the State of Translation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Constable is to publish the first biography of Thin Lizzy’s lead singer Phil Lynott written with the approval of his estate. Publishing director Andreas Campomar bought world rights to Cowboy Song from Matthew Hamilton at Aitken Alexander Associates. Lynott was the lead singer and principal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Led by a 14% increase in its children’s book publishing and distribution business, revenue at Scholastic rose 7% in the second quarter ended November 30, 2014 compared to the same period last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writing for the Times of India, Ishita Mishra describes the declining literary landscape in Agra as fewer people visit libraries and bookstores in the city. The post In Agra, Literature and Reading is “Dying a Slow Death” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Less than four weeks after Advent appointed the investment bank Macquarie to find a buyer for its German bookselling operation Thalia, the US investor has reportedly taken the chain off the market because none of the interested parties was prepared to pay the asking price. According to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired a novelty picture book from Matt Edmondson, presenter of the BBC Radio 1 Weekend Breakfast Show. The Greatest Magician in the World is described by MCB as “an enchanting quest” to find said greatest magician in the world and will be published in autumn... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Molly Manning, author of 'When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II' (HMH, 9780544535022 ) will appear on WNYC’s the 'Leonard Lopate Show' on Friday, December 19. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jessica’s Schiefauer’s Swedish YA novel Pojkarna (The Boys) is attracting strong foreign rights interest for its daring story about gender transformation. The post Daring Swedish YA Tale Attracts Strong Foreign Rights Deals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]