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 ]
A book exploring digital life has won the top prize at the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Awards for Non-Fiction. Laurence Scott was awarded with the £10,000 prize for his book The Four Dimensional Human, to be published by William Heinemann in summer 2015, at John Murray's house in... 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 ]
The former Newsnight presenter’s first subject will be Britain over the last 50 years while the second will be about his TV careerJeremy Paxman will reportedly tell of his decades-long career at the BBC as part of a three-book deal for almost £1m. The former Newsnight presenter will not pull any... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate has signed a bestselling US true crime book, which has been adapted for the screen with Johnny Depp and Benedict Cumberbatch. Black Mass, by journalists Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, exposes an FBI corruption case centred around John "Whitey" Bulger, the head of the Boston Irish mob,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Choc Lit has acquired a contemporary romance novel, recommended to the publisher by WH Smith Travel fiction buyer Matt Bates. Lyn Vernham, m.d. of the independent women’s fiction publisher, bought world rights to Sheryl Browne’s book, currently called For the Rest of My Life, direct from the... 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 ]
Along with Brian Murray, PW's Publishing Person of the Year, we honor these notable people who changed the publishing world in 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Riverhead picked a good year to turn 20. In January, the Penguin Random House imprint released the bestselling On Such A Full Sea, by critical darling Chang-Rae Lee. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two music publishers - BMG Rights Management LLC and Round Hill Music LP – have sued Atlanta-based Cox Communications Inc., claiming that Cox deliberately turns a blind eye to illegal downloading by its subscribers. BMG and Round Hill, each of which controls the publishing rights to a number of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
With unit sales of print books up about 2% in the first 47 weeks of 2014, year over year, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan, the industry is poised to post its first increase in print sales since 2008. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Germany and France have put pressure on the European Commission to take a closer look at how big tech companies operate in the European Union, a move which could lead to tougher competition regulation for companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook.French and German officials asked... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The dispute over ebook terms between Amazon and Hachette Book Group USA generated headlines around the world when the e-tailer stopped accepting preorders on HBG titles and delayed shipments on some print titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
New releases nabbed the top spots on bestseller lists across international markets in October. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fifteen years ago, at the start of the millennium, PW named Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Ariz., one of 11 innovative businesses destined to influence publishing in the 21st century. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
An investigation into the rape trial of an Aussie rules footballer has been awarded Britain's leading sports book prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Aboriginal writers in Canada have seen waves of success before, but some industry members believe the current wave could make a bigger impact on Canadian readers and literature than any in the past. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
By all indications, digital audiobook lending is growing in popularity among library patrons across a number of demographics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
HC to provide books for JetBlue’s Content Hub and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]