Kobo’s president has launched a Twitter tirade about why indie authors should beware of Amazon’s supplier negotiation tactics. Michael Tamblyn, president and chief content officer of the Canada-based ebook company, took to social media today (17th October) to warn self-published authors in 32... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has acquired two celebrity biographies by Sean Smith, in a deal with Gordon Wise of Curtis Brown. Smith has previously written unauthorised biographies of celebrities such as Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Robbie Williams, both published by Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anna Lena Films has acquired the film and TV rights for Wilbur Smith’s novel Desert God, published by HarperCollins. The rights were bought from Kevin Conroy Scott at Tibor Jones Management. The deal also includes film and TV rights to River God and The Seventh Scroll, also from the Epic... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hay-on-Wye's library will see its hours slashed by 20% if plans are approved by the Powys County Council. The book-loving town, which features more than a dozen bookshops and hosts the famous literary festival directed by Peter Florence each summer, will see its library hours cut alongside 17... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books has acquired a new collection of short stories based on a character from Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy is a group of 10 stories centred around the character Simon Lewis as he enters training to become a Shadowhunter. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Atlantic publishing director Margaret Stead has signed a debut novel chronicling the life of the painter Rembrandt. Rembrandt's Mirror, by Kim Devereux, charts the later years of the artist, who suffered the deaths of his wife and three children, while producing some of his most famous works. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Avon has signed up the first in a series of cozy crime mysteries featuring Monty, a crime solving dog and his adopted owner Asha Sidebottom. Katy Loftus signed UK and Commonwealth rights in Monty and Me by Louisa Bennet from Philip Patterson at Marjacq Scripts. Bennet is a pseudonym for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writing for SF Gate, John McMurtie reports that the San Francisco based publishing house McSweeney’s will become a nonprofit. The post McSweeney’s New Business Model: Nonprofit appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group (HLPAPG) has long been the book division of Hal Leonard Corp., the largest music publisher in the U.S. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 2015 the Cairo International Book Fair will launch its first-ever professional program, which will run from January 29 through 31. The post Cairo Book Fair to Launch Professional Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week: the must read "Limonov," the crazy life of William Cushing, and the third of four titles in Stiefvater’s Raven Cycle. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle will be among the big names appearing at the second London Sports Writing Festival, taking place next week at Lord's Cricket Ground. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Conde Nast began laying off employees of its corporate sales division this week, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The job cuts could number in the 70s, they said, confirming a Wall Street Journal report from earlier this week.A spokesman for Conde Nast declined to comment.The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling author John Grisham has apologised for remarks he made during an interview, where he said that prison sentences for some people viewing indecent images of children were "harsh". In a statement released through US publisher Doubldeday, Grisham said: "I regret having made these... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
What’s every blogger’s dream? A book deal. Even better: a multibook deal from a single blog post. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ion Trewin, literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, has been diagnosed with untreatable cancer, it has been announced. Trewin was unable to attend the Man Booker Prize ceremony this week. According to a statement released on behalf of the Booker Prize Foundation, Trewin had been... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new Kindle Scout program has the average reader voting the books that should be published. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books are continuing to provide the strongest growth in digital, according to early results of the FutureBook Digital Census, with a majority of respondents expecting the subscriptions model to become the most viable new model to emerge in the marketplace. So far more than 1,000 respondents... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Theme issues aren't anything new for publishers, but National Geographic is building out an entire product line and set of partnerships off of a magazine series on the future of food. The series, which saw its first piece run in the May issue, is being packaged as a microsite and iPad app along... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The New York Times Company today announced a new publishing agreement between the International New York Times (INYT) and Republica that will create a combined print edition in Nepal. The new product, in which each publication will have a distinct s ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]