Barnes & Noble has created B&N Sync Up, a program that will allow customers to buy selected paperbacks and receive the digital edition for $4.99. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Excitement is building in the national press about a new book which uses a manuscript from the British Library as the basis for claims that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had two children with her. The Lost Gospel by Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson will be released on Wednesday (12th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
'The Burning Room,' Michael Connelly’s 19th Harry Bosch mystery, was the top selling title in Apple’s iBooks store for the week ended November 10. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alison Rich, v-p and executive director of publicity for Doubleday, will take on the additional role of associate publisher for Knopf Doubleday imprint Nan A. Talese Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
National Readathon Day will take place on January 24, and will invite readers across the country to commit to read a book for four straight hours. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble has added a print component to the services it provides to self-published authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lancashire-based indie bookshop Storytellers Inc is looking to partner with other booksellers to sell the latest edition of the Illustrators Calendar. The Illustrators Calendar 2015 features work from Emily Gravett, Steven Lenton, Tim Hopgood, Mini Grey, Chris Haughton, Lucy Cousins, Chris... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Watch highlights from the 2013 FutureBook Conference. Book your place for this year's conference here Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah Odedina is stepping down from her role as m.d. of Hot Key Books with immediate effect. Bonnier, which owns Hot Key, made no comment on Odedina's departure apart from saying the search for her replacement had started. Odedina will stay at the company until 30th April 2015 but Bonnier... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The world of children's publishing in the U.K. has been rocked by Bonnier's announcement that Sarah Odedina has "decided to leave Hot Key Books." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Things are "only going to get tougher for traditional publishers unless we can show ourselves to be very good at what we do,” Ursula Mackenzie told the Society of Young Publishers (SYP) at its annual conference on Saturday (8th October). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Community groups are set to take over the running of at least seven of the 11 libraries earmarked for closure in Liverpool. Campaigners who have fought to keep the libraries open – including authors Cathy Cassidy and Alan Gibbons – have welcomed the news, but urged that more details on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s not just Amazon that is testing how early shoppers are willing to get serious about Christmas. B&N is launching Discovery Weekend, the weekend before Thanksgiving. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
French digital entrepreneurs have launched Storyplayr, a children’s ebook library for 3-8-year-olds. The post Storyplayr: Kid’s Ebook Subscriptions for France appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Man Booker Prize winner The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Samuel Johnson Prize winner H is for Hawk are amongst the titles competing to win the Waterstones Book of the Year 2014. There are eight titles this year on the shortlist, voted for by Waterstones’ booksellers– three adult fiction,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors James Dawson, Damian Barr and Matt Cain are listed in the Independent on Sunday’s Rainbow list of the top 101 LGBT people, published yesterday (9th November). Both Cain and Dawson are new entries this year, with Cain taking the number 62 spot and Dawson coming in at 82. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Madefire, creator of the Motion Books interactive comics platform, is teaming up with educational games creator JumpStart to create motion books digital stories for its Neopets online community. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
When the winner of the C$100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize was announced at a gala in Toronto last night, the spotlight was on a new writer, Sean Michaels, and his debut novel 'Us Conductors,' published by Random House Canada. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our monthly selection of reviews from BlueInk Review, a service which reviews self-published books. The post Recent Top Reviews of Self-published Books from BlueInk Review appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jaguar has a clever way to take you inside the plot of its latest villain-themed campaign. Today, the brand is linking print ads in Condé Nast's Vanity Fair, Condé Nast Traveler, GQ and Wired magazines to digital content through the Blippar app for Google Glass and mobile devices. The app is... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]