Gannett announced that it's shutting down its weekend magazine, USA Weekend, effective Dec. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite an abbreviated selling season of only 27 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas (2012 had a 32-day season, the longest possible), most booksellers contacted by PW were buoyed by good sales so far this year and anticipate a strong finish to 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Founded in 2011 by Jill and Ron Tomich, Denver-based Slicebooks is a digital publishing platform that gives publishers the ability to “slice” their titles into smaller chunks and sell them by chapter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over 5,600 hotels, libraries, cafés and cruise lines are now sponsoring PressReader HotSpots in their locations, offering guests 3,500 newspapers and magazines. To find the nearest PressReader HotSpot, please visit pressreader.com ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 1996, the Association of American Publishers awarded Jones a lifetime achievement award for his work in the higher education publishing field. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Steven Dupin, author of 'The Trans Am Diaries: A Hillbilly's Road Trip from Stand Up Comedy to Cancer...and Back Again' (Headline Books, 9780938467908), will appear on 'WGN Midday News' in Chicago on Friday, December 5. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a popular post last month on Motherlode, the New York Times's parenting blog, Luisa Colón made a surprising admission: she doesn’t like to take her kids to the library anymore. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booker winner Ben Okri has won the Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award for The Age of Magic (Head of Zeus). Okri did not attend the ceremony held last night (3rd December) at the In & Out Club in London, but Laura Palmer, editorial director of Head of Zeus, accepted the prize on his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
How a publisher's visit to Auschwitz led to a book of stories about how the descendants of Holocaust survivors have dealt with their devastating legacy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Western booksellers might want to take a page from a Taiwan-based chain's nightclub-like approach to book retailing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The discovery of talent via YouTube, a resurgence at Waterstones, the long-running Amazon/Hachette terms dispute and the thinning out of independent publisher numbers were among the significant developments in 2014, according to prominent figures in the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
When publisher Stuart Matlins visited Auschwitz, he silently screamed to God, “How could you let this happen?” That crisis of faith led to a book of stories about how the descendants of Holocaust survivors have dealt with a devastating legacy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Will Boast: "If fiction is the art of invention, memoir is the art of selection and arrangement." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The New Republic magazine, which reached its 100th anniversary last month, is reducing its frequency to 10 issues a year from 20, moving its headquarters to New York from Washington, D.C., and replacing its editor. Gabriel Snyder will assume the role of editor of chief, succeeding Frank Foer.Mr.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author CJ Daugherty discusses the release Night School the Web Series based on her bestselling YA novels — the first of its kind in the UK. The post Author C.J. Daugherty on Adapting Book-to-Web Series appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has revealed the look for the relaunch of its Thorsons mind, body and spirit list, 85 years after its creation. Thorsons will lead the relaunch with the reissue of eight classic titles in new livery (each priced at £12.99). The titles include iconic relationship book Men are From... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
This weekend bookstores around the country, and a few abroad, will be taking part in the fifth annual Take Your Child To a Bookstore Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book sales in the US jumped 23% week on week in the seven days ending 30th November as 15.8 million print books registered through Nielsen BookScan. It follows two consecutive weeks of volume growth above 5%. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Laura Venning joining The Reading Agency in the newly created role of impact research manager. Venning will lead on developing a framework to help the charity assess the impact of reading for pleasure and reading for information, in a post funded by the Peter Sowerby Foundation. Venning comes... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Print unit sales rose 5% in the week ended November 30, 2014 compared to Thanksgiving week in 2013 at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]