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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Faber has signed three books from Paul Kingsnorth, completing a trilogy begun with his Man Booker Prize longlisted novel, The Wake. Lee Brackstone acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to two novels and a non-fiction book from Jessica Woollard at the Marsh Agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Throughout the months-long dispute between Amazon and Hachette over ebook sales terms, Douglas Preston was one of the most outspoken authors on the matter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie bookshops are gearing up to welcome shoppers with events and promotions tomorrow (6th December) to mark Small Business Saturday. The initiative is in its second year in the UK. It is supported by American Express (Amex), which will give its customers £5 back when they spend more than £10... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books has secured window displays in independent bookshops this Christmas, including London’s Dulwich Bookshop and Tales on Moon Lane. The shops, which are in the UK and Ireland, will be based around Walker’s Christmas books, such as Jingle Bells illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat, as well... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has written an open letter to the Imperial War Museum, expressing concern over the threat to its unique library. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 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 ]
France’s Anne Marie Métailié, winner of the Guadalajara Book Fair’s (FIL) publishing merit award, describes working in publishing as an imperfect love story. The post Anne Marie Métailié: “Publishing Requires Bulletproof Stubbornness” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robb Report, a magazine and lifestyle brand dedicated to the ultra wealthy, has been sold to Rockbridge Growth Equity, a Detroit-based private equity firm. Terms weren't disclosed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Though not as familiar to American readers as, say, Winnie the Pooh, Paddington Bear may soon receive renewed attention in the U.S., thanks to the January 16 release of the movie 'Paddington.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pat Hackett, editor of 'The Andy Warhol Diaries' (Twelve, 9781455561452), will appear on Bravo’s 'Watch What Happens: Live' on Thursday, December 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has launched an interactive app based on Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's The Meaning of Liff. The Meaning of Liff app, which is available from the Apple app store, is based around the 1983 book, which takes British place names and assigns them with phenomenon which English does not have a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The latest statistics show an increase in U.S. consumer borrowing. While more spending can indicate increased confidence in the economy, new books from Christian publishers address the risks of too much debt, which can cause both emotional and spiritual stress. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers have welcomed the news that business rates will be reviewed and a 25% tax will be imposed on multinationals' profits from UK economic activity. In the Autumn Statement yesterday (3rd December) the Chancellor George Osborne revealed that multinational companies like Amazon, Google,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two Roads has acquired the new novel by Sara Gruen, whose Water for Elephants (Two Roads) is one of the titles chosen for World Book Night 2015. Publisher Lisa Highton bought UK rights to At the Water’s Edge from Sarah Lutyens at Lutyens and Rubinstein. At the Water’s Edge is a “gripping and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers are usually tasked with selling books but, in a twist this holiday season, they’ve been invited to write the ending to one. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon c.e.o. Jeff Bezos has admitted to making “billions of dollars of failures” at the company, and has said it does not matter. Speaking at Business Insider’s Ignition conference, Bezos also addressed the dispute the online retailer had with Hachette Book Group in the US, which has now been... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rowling's 2008 speech will be adapted as a book titled 'Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]