A wave of mainstream media attention shines a spotlight on David Christian, a leading proponent of "big history" and author published by academic press Berkshire Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
New books from Max Lucado and Rob Bell are among big October titles from religion publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bill Henderson, founder of Pushcart Press and recipient of the National Book Critics Circle’s Lifetime Achievement Award, tells the story of “an aging man who builds a holy place in his backyard” in his new book. The memoir features bugs, cancer, spiritual wavering, and rocks. Lots of rocks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
First Braintree, and now PayPal. Ebay's popular online payment system recently announced that merchants selling digital goods can opt to start accepting Bitcoin payments via PayPal's payment portal, if they're based in North America. That means you may soon be able to pay for non-physical goods... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A higher proportion of the UK population reads books on a weekly basis than in France or Germany... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you find yourself in a bookstore, Peter Mendelsund can be hard to avoid. The post What Makes for a Brilliant Book Cover? A Master Explains appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
With two new iPhone 6 models out, two sizes of iPads, work laptops, ebook readers and Android devices aplenty, with smartwatches to match, how many is too many devices to carry around with you? Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
As a part of the merger, Penguin Canada's books will migrate south to be distributed from Penguin Random House of Canada's facilities in the U.S. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
NOOK Press team talks about what makes this ebook publishing platform stand out and how authors can best leverage NOOK Press tools and its community. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a week when Scots went to the polls to vote on independence, Ian Rankin's referendum-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Terrific” is a word that came up frequently when booksellers commented on the NAIBA conference held last weekend (Sept. 19-21) at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Va. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Finding authors from small presses might be getting easier.It's tough being an indie author. These writers lack the marketing resources of those working with big publishing houses, making it difficult to get their works on the shelves of bookstores and libraries. Readers, meanwhile, often have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Perseus Books Group is integrating its London and New York sales teams, placing them under the control of someone who will take over the newly created role of v-p of international sales and marketing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book download site On Read has been shut down by the City of London's Police Intellectual... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The CEO of Beneath the Ink, a former Time Warner Cable executive, delivers lessons learned from the digital transformation of the cable industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Susan Klebold, whose son Dylan was one of the two boys who killed 12 students and wounded 24 others at his high school in Columbine, Co., in 1999, has sold a memoir to Crown Publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
An agreement between the European Commission and Google over alleged abuses of its dominant... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
September 21-27 is Banned Books Week. Here we offer a list of titles that have been challenged, restricted, removed, or banned in 2013 and 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Online giant operates a rapacious near monopoly, the Observer columnist and Peep Show star tells Booksellers conferencePeep Show star David Mitchell blasted the monopolistic, cynical and frankly life-crushing way that Amazon operates to a roomful of booksellers.The comedian was giving the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Readers with introspective and questing spirits have three new books for the Jewish High Holy Days--beginning with Rosh HaShanah at sundown on September 24--offering poetry, alternative liturgies, theological essays, and thoughtful explorations of Jewish identity. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]