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 ]
Transworld is to publish a “spellbinding and charged” debut novel by Sarah Jasmon. Assistant editor Bella Bosworth bought UK and Commonwealth rights to The Summer of Secrets and one other novel from Carrie Plitt of Conville & Walsh. The Summer of Secrets tells the story of Helen, a shy... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former Labour MP and Europe Minister Denis MacShane is writing an assessment of Britain’s relationship with Europe for I B Tauris. The book, titled Brexit, was acquired by Jo Godfrey, senior editor at I B Tauris. ‘Brexit’ is a term coined by MacShane which blends the words 'British' and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK is consulting with "fewer than 10" people over potential redundancy following the restructure of its group field sales division. Earlier this year the publisher created a new sales structure, with two teams, one headed by Rob Manser and looking after Little, Brown and Orion, and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 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 ]
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 ]
Sarah Smyth has stepped down from her role as artistic director of The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. Smyth joined Cheltenham Literature Festival as Festival organiser in 1995 and was promoted to Festival director ahead of the Festival’s 50th anniversary in 1999.... 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 ]
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 ]
If you’re one of the few who actually reads instruction manuals, then you may want to grab a new ebook from Google.The Android Quick Start Guide is a free download on Google Play Books that outlines basic Android Lollipop features, such as connecting your Google account, setting up a security... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
We spoke with Lisa Highton, publisher of the three-year-old U.K. imprint Two Roads, about the lure of debut authors, the difficulties of overseeing a young imprint, and what she's learned from attending literary festivals and talking to reading groups. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
You can take the book out of the library but you can't take the library out of the book.Krissy Wilson's Tumblr project, The Art Of Google Books, works on our nostalgia for both the printed word and our (now long gone) wide-eyed awe at digitizing it. Google Books was born in 2004, when accessing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Celeste Ngs debut novel beats Stephen King, Richard Flanagan, Martin Amis and Hilary Mantel to lead American online retailers list of the years top print booksAmazon.com has chosen Celeste Ngs debut novel Everything I Never Told You as its printed book of the year, ahead of a wealth of prominent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Students at MIT, Stanford, and elsewhere are learning to build technology products with user well-being in mind.Facebook sparked outrage this summer when it published results of a study conducted on unwitting users. The study looked at whether people who were shown more positive or negative... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
In this week's roundup of books generating interest around the globe, an Italian bestseller about a talented perfumer picks up heat; a Spanish novel about an Oxford professor drawn into a murder investigation picks up multiple foreign sales; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette's Grand Central Life & Style imprint has signed up a design book by Ellen DeGeneres. 'Home' is set for fall 2015, preceding the launch of DeGeneres' lifestyle brand, E.D., in spring 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Margarita Carrillo Arron, author of 'Mexico: The Cookbook' (Phaidon, 9780714867526), will appear on NPR's 'Morning Edition' on Monday, November 10. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canadian publishers and booksellers are still digesting last week’s news that HarperCollins Canada will be getting out of the distribution business. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Andersen Press enters the race to publish Nobel prizewinners work in English, comparing new childrens story to Hans Christian AndersenA childrens book by Patrick Modiano a mystery set in the 10th arrondissement of Paris has just been snapped up by a British publisher amid a flurry of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Deborah Emin of Sullivan Street Press argues that the rapid change from print to digital publishing is hurting readers, writers, and the next generation. The post Deborah Emin: Publishing’s Complicated Relationship with Technology appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]