UK children’s laureate Malorie Blackman faced racist comments after Sky News misquoted her as saying there were 'too many white faces' in children's literature. Now young adult author James Dawson has stepped into the fray, saying, "Malorie did not say there are too many white faces in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc. wants the ability to outsource nearly 200 editorial jobs overseas, according to the Newspaper Guild of New York, which has been locked in an 18-month-long contract negotiation with the nation's largest magazine publisher, owner of People, Sports Illustrated and InStyle, among... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
There's a reason everyone you know is obsessed with the quirky site that makes content parodying viral content--and then makes it go viral.Getting George Takei to share something you made with his 7 million Facebook followers is like crushing a piñata filled with free pageviews. It's a huge... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
At a Saturday lunch at SIBA's regional fall show, HBG USA CEO Michael Pietsch and bestselling author James Patterson touched lightly on the ongoing negotiations with Amazon and both men thanked indie booksellers for their support. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Johnson steps down as Red Wheel/Weiser publisher and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the Digiday Publishing Summit, Trevor Fellows, the Journal's global head of advertising sales, outlined five key elements to making that process less "painful." The post The Wall Street Journal’s guide to making great native ads appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some of the highlights from this season are books that come at their subjects from fresh, unusual, or downright quirky angles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book sales fell 1.6% in May, to $1.09 billion, compared to the same month last year. However, sales rose 2.3%, to $4.29 billion, for the first five months of the year, as compared to same period in 2013, according to the AAP’s monthly StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newspaper Guild negotiators on Friday rejected the latest offer from Time Inc., prompting the nation’s No. 1 magazine publisher to declare an impasse in its labor negotiations. The biggest stumbling block appears to be the publisher&r ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wordstock, one of the largest celebrations of literature and literacy in the Pacific Northwest, is gaining a new parent. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Every book and publishing venture requires some kind of a leap of faith, but this year Canadian publishers are investing more than ever in new efforts to reach out to readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Granta has signed two new novels from Tom Bullough and Austin Duffy. Senior editor Max Porter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scottish book production company Palimpsest is to become a publisher in its own right, with new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s been a long time coming, but a made-in-Canada idea for bringing ebooks into bricks-and-mortar stores may have just arrived in the big league. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier imprint Blink Publishing is to hold a six-hour event with Alfie Deyes at the ExCeL in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book Sales Level OffFor the moment, publishers say that ebook sales in Canada have plateaued. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Earlier this year, Felice Cavallaro, a highly regarded journalist from the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera, launched the Road of Writers—a project to rediscover and celebrate Sicily’s great writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paul Tash, CEO and chairman of the Times, announced the cuts in a memo to employees Thursday, citing a difficult summer that resulted in lower than expected revenue. "Newspaper publishing remains a tough business," he wrote. Anticipating jo ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Daniel Hahn has been elected as the new chair of the Society of Authors, taking over from Anne... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week highlighted the resurgence of indies with the opening and reopening of four new bookstores and the addition of a new Miami-based Books and Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]