Multinational publishers know that regional book editions increase their options for selling titles, especially in the education segment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tesco’s book buying manager Paul Duffy is set to leave the supermarket in a few weeks’ time. The Bookseller can report that Duffy, Tesco’s head of buying for newspapers, magazines and books, will soon join the Daily Mail as the company’s head of retail sales and trade marketing. A spokesperson... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the content marketing and native advertising scene getting increasingly crowded with tech players such as Outbrain, Sharethrough and Nativo, just to name a few, OneSpot thinks it's found an edge on those competitors. The Austin, Texas-based marketing vendor, which has big clients such... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A parliamentary debate on libraries descended into "personal attacks" between libraries minister Ed Vaizey and shadow communities and local government minister Lyn Brown. Speaking at a Westminster Hall debate on public libraries yesterday (19th December), Brown, a Labour MP for West Ham,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Major deals have become the new normal in book publishing, thanks to steeper competition for fewer high-profile projects Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson creates ‘Distress’ at Norton and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jacqueline Woodson won the young people's literature prize for her book 'Brown Girl Dreaming,' while Louise Glück was the recipient of the poetry award for her work 'Faithful and Virtuous Night.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 65th annual National Book Awards were held on November 19 at Cipriani Wall Street, in a ceremony emceed by Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House’s Ladybird imprint will no longer publish books labelled “for boys” and “for girls”, in response to a campaign by Let Toys Be Toys. Ladybird has previously published books such as Ladybird Favourite Fairy Tales for Girls and Ladybird Favourite Stories for Boys. The Let... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
B&N is leading off the holiday push for bricks-and-mortar bookstores. This weekend it launches an expanded Discovery Weekend, one week in advance of Indies First/Small Business Saturday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even though the physical book market is more unpredictable than ever, “print is here to stay,” declares Stuart Applebaum, spokesman for Penguin Random House. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three top US book editors and one translator share their top tips for working with and editing literary translations. The post 5 Tips for Editing Literary Works in Translation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s publisher Usborne made a pre-tax profit of £8.9m for the year ended 31st January 2014, up 26% from £7m from the year before. Company founder Peter Usborne said the strong results were down to the “comparatively unusual coincidence” of many of Usborne’s markets working well “for a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ali Smith will be the Guest Director for the Brighton Festival 2015. The annual multi-arts festival, which celebrates music, theatre, dance, circus, art, film and literature, will take place from 2nd to 24th May 2015. Smith is the seventh guest director, taking on the mantle from the 2014 guest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
When PW began this series in September 2013, the book publishing industry appeared headed to a market where print and digital books would coexist. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A number of new developments and new technologies suggest that custom textbook publishing is on the cusp of a boom not seen since the early 1990s. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two book companies from different ends of the spectrum are now using magazines to promote themselves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week: the final recollections of Charles Dickens, an eye-opening portrait of the South, and a punk rock memoir. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK-based YA author C J Daugherty is creating a web series based her Night School series (Atom). The series of six short films has been written by Daugherty and filmed by Trailermade Films, who make also produce the author’s book trailers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Website speculates on changes at Rupert Murdoch’s publishing company Continue reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]