Richard Charkin, CEO of Bloomsbury and future president of the International publishers association, on copyright, authors and international rights. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Through the Open Book Residency, members of the public are invited to come work in a bookstore in Wigtown, Scotland, for several weeks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bertelsmann SE, Europe's biggest media company, intends to increase its stake in book-publishing venture Penguin Random House as early as next year, according to people familiar with the... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Karen Armstrong on religious violence and Max Lucado on prayer are among the big titles releasing in October. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Josie has been the leader of Innovation Enterprise, a CFO Publishing company, since its inception in 2009 and has led the compan Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The CW's Arrow might have launched with low expectations—not only were few people thinking of any non-Marvel superheroes at the time, but it also followed the not-exactly-wonderful Smallville on the network—but, by the end of last season, it had won many over with its particular brand of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Maggie joined PARADE in 2010 and was challenged to breathe new life into a Sunday magazine that has been around since 1941. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
New this year at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Business Club offers exclusive networking opportunities, high-level discussions about book publishing and more. Here is a selection of events for Tuesday, October 7. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you had $10 million to invest in a new publishing business today, with no limitations or obligations, where would you put your money? That's the question put to an opening panel at Frankfurt Book Fair's digital conference, ConTec. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lerner Publisher Services has added Australian publisher Big & Small to its client list; Manchester University Press will be distributed by Oxford University Press USA in North and South America and Canada. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Malaysian literary agent Linda Tan Lingard has formed an alliance of a half-dozen publishers to show off what the region’s writers have to offer at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
51-year-old poet Lutz Seiler has won the prestigious 2014 German Book Prize for his first novel, Kruso, which plays off the story of Robinson Crusoe. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Download our Frankfurt Book Fair Show Daily for Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Read about VIP speakers, international rights and licensing, digital publishing platforms and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Widbook, a young Brazilian digital writing and reading platform, makes a splash in India, the UK, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Founder Joseph Bregeiro will speak at the Frankfurt Book Fair's CONTEC conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Excerpted from Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande, published on Tuesday by Macmillan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is taking the wraps off its mobile ad network after saying the early results helped lead to big gains for apps like Shazam and game makers like Glu Mobile, the developer behind Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. The company said today that the Facebook Audience Network is now open to all... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Country musician Jimmy Wayne tells the affecting story of his own youth as a foster kid; American Christian men examine their approaches to faith and fatherhood. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
As owner of Zoomba Group, Maureen Slocum publishes two successful B2Bs, Foodservice Equipment & Supplies (FE&S) and Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former Borders bookseller Kate Layte is opening a 500 sq. ft. general bookstore, Papercuts, JP, in the Jamaica Plain section of the city in November. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The rise of reading on mobile phones is a hot topic at the Frankfurt Book Fair, but perhaps the most surprising finding of a new survey is that Apple is giving Amazon a run for its money among younger readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]