Amazon kicked off this year’s cyber Monday by claiming that Black Friday sales of its Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets were up significantly over last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Russia, a recent tender for school textbooks was so lopsided, with Prosveshcheniye dominating, that several competitors are already announcing lay offs. The post In Russia, One Textbook Publisher Rules Them All appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to a National Retail Federation survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the average shopper spent $380.95 last weekend, down 6.4% from $407.02 in 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Postal rate hikes, paper shortages, the rise of digital publishing, and one of the deepest economic recessions in recent history are just a few of the factors that have harried magazine publishers in the past decade. Many publishers have had to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thanks to digital, news publishers thought they could build a direct relationship with their customers. Recent deals signal the opposite. Two recent deals between media and technology companies struck me as a new trend in the distributio ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW talks food and technique with a Michelin-starred chef whose new cookbook reflects his philosophy that fine dining has “little to do with the way people actually want to eat.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A New York City blogger hosted dinner parties throughout the U.S., in hopes to raise money for her self-published, debut cookbook. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
With an appeal date approaching, attorneys for Apple and the DoJ traded fire over whether Judge Denise Cote improperly weighed the evidence presented to her. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette's Octopus Publishing Group has bought Lewes-based illustrated reference publisher Ilex. Ilex will become an imprint of Octopus, with its titles distributed from the LBS warehouse at Littlehampton. Ilex founder and publisher Alastair Campbell is retiring, but there will be no other... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
After the failure of an ambitious Kickstarter campaign organized by Digital Manga Publishing to release the backlist of the late manga artist Osamu Tezuka, DMP has reconfigured its publishing program and plans to release the books over 20 years instead of Five years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Schlimm, author of 'The Ultimate Beer Lover's Happy Hour' (Sourcebooks, 9781402296321), will appear on 'Watch What Happens: Live' on Monday, December 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A possible new home has opened up for the long-time out-of-print and antiquarian cookbook store, after being forced out of its Greenwich Village location. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 26 rights deals for Milena Busquets' short debut novel have raised eyebrows — but looking at the author's passion and personal history, it makes sense The post Big Rights Deals for Barcelona Author’s Debut Novel appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Print books are more popular with three to five-year-olds than reading on devices, but children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds spend more time reading on devices than their wealthier peers, according to a new report from the National Reading Trust (NLT) and Pearson. For the report... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booktrust will next Monday (1st December) launch an online advent calendar to raise money for books for vulnerable children, featuring authors Malorie Blackman, Julia Donaldson and Chris Riddell. Each day a picture of a celebrity or author will appear behind a calendar window with a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic Children’s Books has signed a four-book deal with Johnny Smith, a screenwriter on CBBC TV shows such as "Dennis & Gnasher" and "Muddle Earth". The series, John Smith is NOT Boring, is about John Smith who has a boring name but his adventures take him from the Wild West to pirate... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anneliese Mackintosh’s Any Other Mouth (Freight Books) has won the Green Carnation Prize 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Friday Project publisher Scott Pack is leaving HarperCollins to start a new business venture. Pack, who ran the Friday Project imprint as well as online author community Authonomy, will be leaving at the end of December. The Friday Project imprint, which was acquired by HarperCollins in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bertelsmann’s chief financial officer Judith Hartmann will be leaving the company at the end of January 2015. C.e.o Thomas Rabe will take interim responsibility for the financial department until the Supervisory Board decides on Hartmann’s successor. Hartmann joined the Bertelsmann Executive... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero is attempting to beat Amazon's delivery promises by offering free same-day delivery across central London. The independent publisher will offer the service for two weeks from 1st December, with orders placed before 2p.m. on Monday to Friday delivered the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]