Growing up in a small factory town in upstate New York, Kathy Belden had little interest in books until she moved to a new high school during her senior year and found herself in Mrs. Jerry’s English class. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the Christmas rush got underway, the US book market surged again last week with print volumes increasing by 26% week on week. Overall, just over 20m book sales registered through Nielsen BookScan in the seven days ending 7th December. Jeff Kinney's The Long Haul (Amulet), enjoys another... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN and the Howard League for Penal Reform today (11th December) delivered hundreds of books to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to send on to prisoners. Authors Francesca Simon and Miranda France joined representatives of the charities, who wore Christmas-themed clothing and offered mince... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books lost a little bit of sales ground in the third quarter of 2014, according to data from the latest survey of book-buying behavior from Nielsen Books & Consumers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the past decade, Chelsea Green Publishing Company in White River Junction, Vt., has appeared frequently on PW’s list of fast-growing small presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown imprint Sphere will publish a series of digital short stories tying in to each episode of ITV drama series "Broadchurch". Each ebook, written by crime writer Erin Kelly in collaboration with "Broadchurch" creator Chris Chibnall, will be released at midnight following the broadcast... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Children’s Books has confirmed it will publish Rainbow Rowell’s new title in the UK next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
William Heinemann has acquired a “significant” collection of erotic letters from a young woman to her lover dating from the 1920s. Selina Walker, publisher at Century and Arrow, bought UK and Commonwealth (excluding Australia New Zealand) rights to the collection, edited by Jean Yves Berthault... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s author who helped Zoe Sugg with Girl Online says attacks on her are unfair, and insists ‘I did not invite any of this attention upon myself’More about Zoe Sugg and the Girl Online rowSiobhan Curham, the children’s author who unexpectedly found herself in the spotlight this week after... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rights groups back challenge, claiming injunction on British performing artist’s book is serious risk to freedom of expressionA British performing artist who has been prevented from publishing his memoir as a result of legal action brought by his ex-wife is to ask the supreme court to overturn... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Clare Reihill is leaving her role as editorial director of Fourth Estate after more than 10 years with the publisher. Reihill leaves to work full time at the T S Eliot estate, where she has served as a trustee for for several years. After starting at Fourth Estate in 2003, Reihill has worked... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Melville House will publish the Senate Intelligence Committee's 'Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program,' otherwise known as the 'torture report,' in paperback format by Dec. 30. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookShout, a platform for selling and promoting print and digital titles, has been chosen to deliver content--and offer book retailing--to attendees at Austin’s SXSW festivals in 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the course of the last console generation, Ubisoft has gone from "the French publisher behind the Tom Clancy games" to the world's leading creator of lucrative open-world sandbox franchises (by quantity, if not quality). This success hinges on a s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Another week, another digital media company with a big funding round.Woven Digital has raised $18 million in the company's second funding round since its 2010 launch. Woven intends to use the funding money to add more people to its ad sales and editorial teams, grow its video business into... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell slightly in October, dropping 0.5%, to $728 million, compared to October 2013, according to statistics released Thursday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Here are five of the big publishing trends of 2014, and what we learned. The post What we learned about publishing in 2014 appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Crime novels The Cuckoo’s Calling and The Silkworm, written under the author’s pseudonym, to form the basis of new dramaThe BBC will adapt the crime novels written by JK Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, its second collaboration with the Harry Potter author.The Cuckoo’s Calling, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Politics and a 15% drop in sales in 2014 has prompted Eksmo to sell its stake in Ukraine's Logos-Trans, which operates 50 Book Supermarket stores across the country. The post As Ukraine Sales Dip, Russia’s Eksmo Sells Bookstore Stake appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomberg L.P. has spent the last year pouring money and resources into its media arm -- which still labors in the shadow of the terminal business that made Michael Bloomberg a billionaire -- to better attract audiences and advertisers. Now the most visible results of its work are about to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]