David Walliams easily romped to the number one spot on the UK Official Top 50 in the strongest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hutchinson has paid tribute to poet Dannie Abse, who has died aged 91. The publisher, now an... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Metafilter's founder talks about the perils of Google Panda, publishers' current problems with Facebook and why he's already a fan of social network Ello. The post Web 1.0 dinosaur Metafilter modernizes, slowly appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael DeForge, Patrick Kyle, and Simon Hanselmann in Minneapolis, MN; New York Super Week in New York, NY; Alternate Press Expo in San Francisco, CA; Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo in Cambridge, MA Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Erotic romance publisher Ellora’s Cave has filed suit in Summit County, Ohio, against Jennifer Gerrish-Lampe, aka Jane Litte, and her blog Dear Author, claiming libel and defamation and asking for "no less than" $25,000 in damages. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 33 ⅓ book series features short volumes about music that allow writers to go long on a wide variety of albums. As the series celebrates its 10th year and 100th volume, Slate caught up with energetic and enigmatic musician Andrew W.K. and Phillip Crandall—the author who profiled him and his... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher-dominated Interactive Advertising Bureau has long relegated ad-tech companies to second tier, "associate" membership. But that era is now over. Today, the industry group announced a restructuring which will grant ad-tech companies full general membership, allowing them to vote on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google was supposed to uproot digital advertising's foundation. But Facebook may beat the search giant to the punch.Confirming what has become advertising's latest worst-kept secret, Facebook said it will begin applying its user data to ads shown outside the social network through a retooled... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher working with WeTransfer to make text, audio and images available for creators alongside new autobiographyStephen Fry is the new Slash from GunsnRoses. But not for reasons related to chemical overindulgence, hats or windswept guitar solos.Slash was one of the first individuals to have... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actress and writer Emma Thompson has today (29th September) opened a new Peter Rabbit children... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Bill Bryson will chair the judging panel for the Wellcome Book Prize 2015. Bryson will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
WATERLOO REGION — The former publisher of the Elmira Independent newspaper has been forced to return to Canada and serve out the rest of his sentence after losing an appeal of his conviction for contempt of court. Bob Verdun learned this ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
For decades, ad pages were one of the key metrics for gauging the overall health of a magazine. But as magazine brands have come to encompass more than just a printed product, publishing industry insiders have been looking for new data that better reflect those changes. This week MPA–The... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Joel Osteen, author 'You Can, You Will: 8 Undeniable Qualities of a Winner' (FaithWords, 9781455575718), will appear on the 'Michael Smerconish Program' on Monday, September 29, and 'Fox & Friends' on Tuesday, September 30. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
TV network options on books have exploded. Publishers Lunch, a trade that tracks book industry deals, lists an ever-increasing number of television options over the last few years, with 2013 setting the record and this year looking good. And with massive success stories like Game of Thrones... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association met at the Hotel Murano September 26-28 in Tacoma, Wash., for the annual trade show. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sheila Levine, associate director and editorial director of the University of California Press until her retirement in 2011, died September 21 after a long struggle with ovarian cancer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you've been following the protracted war between Amazon and Hachette, you know that Amazon's been stymieing sales of certain books by making it impossible to pre-order them, and pushing back delivery of others all over a ebook contract dispute.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new bookstore has opened inside the French Embassy in New York promising to be a catalyst for a French-American dialogue of ideas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
W W Norton & Company will publish a companion book to Christopher Nolan’s upcoming... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]