Last month, as fans eagerly awaited the October 3 premiere of David Fincher’s adaptation of "Gone Girl," they took to social media, making Gillian Flynn’s 2012 megabestseller the most buzzed-about title online in September. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thomas Dunne picks up Harms’s second and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Labor Day weekend, the Audio Publishers Association kicked off what the organization called its “biggest-ever consumer awareness campaign." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Frankfurt Book Fair ran from October 8 to 12, wrapping up on Sunday, and while professional attendance appears to have dipped (exact figures were not available at press time), there was a noticeable increase in the enthusiasm of attendees. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Get the latest news from the Frankfurt Book Fair, including publisher interviews, discussions with book industry thought leaders, event listings and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alvina Ling, executive editorial director, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Cheryl Willis Hudson, v-p and editorial director, Just Us Books; and Jason Low, publisher, Lea & Low Books will be the featured speakers at PW's panel discussion on industry diversity set for October 16. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dermatologist Steven Hacker wants to heal his patients as well as his profession. The Delray Beach physician has started about 10 companies and written a book called “The Medical Entrepreneur” in hopes that his fellow doctors will begin to see ways to improve the healthcare system from the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Frenchman has written about the German occupation of his country during World War II. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some of the U.K.’s leading premium publishers gathered together for the Association of Online Publishers’ Autumn conference on Thursday in London. Top of the agenda was the issue of cross-platform publishing and the challenges pub ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jill Schoolman founded Archipelago Books in 2003 as a nonprofit focused on publishing foreign-language works in English translation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attendance at New York Comic-Con 2014 has reportedly grown by 20,000 to 151,000 people, making it even bigger than San Diego Comic-Con. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Icelandic publishing company Edda Nordic Ltd., which has been licensing books, magazines, and book clubs from Disney for nearly three decades in its home territory, has opened a North American division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of Wild, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc.’s former CTO, Abe Cytryn, is joining Magzter in the same role as the digital newsstand company preps a series of new features for both publishers and consumers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW catches up with UCLA history professor Peter Baldwin, whose new book, The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of TransAtlantic Battle, looks at copyright's complex past, and uncertain future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Icelandic publishing company Edda Nordic Ltd., which has been licensing books, magazines, and book clubs from Disney for nearly three decades in its home territory, has opened a North American division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patrick Modiano wins Nobel Prize in literature and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
When you start a small business, it's hard to know what success--or failure--looks like.In 2011, I started a book business with my best friend called Emily Books. We were qualified to start a business in some ways, not so much in others. We had some expertise in our field: We'd both worked at... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lena Dunham's much-talked about essay collection, 'Not That Kind of Girl,' sold about 38,000 print copies in its first week on sale, according to Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, madness at the dawn of Hollywood, life in South Korea, and Kerry Howley's amazing "Thrown." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]