Corvus has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Try Not to Breathe, a psychological thriller by debut novelist Holly Seddon. Corvus editorial director Maddie West cut the deal with Nicola Barr from Greene & Heaton. The debut involves journalist Alex, "whose career and personal life is on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The French digital book watchdog Groupement pour le Développement du Livre Numérique (GLN) has identified at least 20 French publishers whose books are being offered to Scribd subscribers without the agreement of the authors or publishers, according to GLN media spokesperson Elizabeth Sutton. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
A month after its acquisition of digital publisher Byliner, Vook is publishing 'Five Fires,' by Laura Lippman, its first Byliner original ebook. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
J K Rowling’s Harry Potter film spin-off, inspired by Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, will be a trilogy. Warner Bros has announced that the three films, which will follow Fantastic Beasts author Newt Scamander and are written by Rowling herself, will have release... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Quarto Group is aiming for profits of more than $12m this year, chief financial officer (c.f.o.) Mick Mousley said at an analysts’ dinner in London yesterday (15th October). “Normalised profit was $11.4m (£7.1m) last year but market expectations are $12.2m (£7.6m) this year,” he... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 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 ]
Authors United has sent out a letter from the author Daniel Handler - a.k.a. Lemony Snicket - encouraging writers to take part in Upstream, a new programme to support independent bookstores. Upstream, “cooked up” by Handler and “assorted interested parties”, aims to connect writers with their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
The James Beard Award-winning author chats with PW about why the French don’t bake for fun, how women in France never say “non” to dessert, and one French take on a very American treat. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has secured the rights to produce Ready to Read books in North America based on the preschool series 'Doozers,' licensed by the Jim Henson Company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Premium publishers are pushing for ads to be measured on attention minutes -- or engaged time -- but there are real limitations to its adoption. The post Pageviews aren’t perfect, but ad buyers see flaws in attention measures appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stephen Mansfield, author of 'The Miracle of the Kurds' (Worthy Publishing, 9781617950797), will appear on 'Hannity' on Thursday, October 16. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A little more than two months after the deal to sell the Perseus Books Group to the Hachette Book Group USA and Ingram fell apart, Perseus CEO David Steinberger has implemented a restructuring. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Flanagan took the Man Booker Prize for his book 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North,' while works such as 'All the Light We Cannot See,' by Anthony Doerr and 'Age of Ambition,' by Evan Osnos made the cut for the National Book Award shortlists. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]