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 ]
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 ]
Growth of 3.9% in net revenue for the overall trade publishing sector in the US for the first... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s been a decade of intense change for book publishers, as technology continues to redefine some of the industry’s core practices. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, the definitive Tennessee Williams biography, how Aristotle invented science, and Lauren Oliver's creepy ghost story. 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 ]
Here’s a sampling of books that publishers in Canada are excited about this fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Books for Young Readers will launch a Cartoon Network imprint that will include books tied to existing and future Cartoon Network–owned shows and serve as a launchpad for new content. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Works that were nominated include 'The Innovators' by Walter Isaacson and 'Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?' by Roz Chast for the nonfiction prize as well as 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr and 'Station Eleven' by Emily St. John Mandel for the fiction award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The merger of Penguin and Random House in Canada is beginning to taking shape in two new, concrete ways. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Talk to us about advertising, advertorials and other promotional opportunities at the Frankfurt Book Fair. We can create custom packages to suit your budget and goals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The University of Texas Press has revived its translations of classic Latin American literature, bringing most of them into digital form for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Prepare for the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair with our roundup of big projects that'll be making the rounds, among them books by Leslie Jamison, Richard Price, Amy Poehler, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Green and Veronica Roth have ruled the U.S. bestseller list for most of 2014, and the two authors have also dominated the Canadian juvenile list for the year to date. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Not That Kind of Girl is a reminder of the publishing obsession with women divulging their private livesA week or so ago, I went to LA to interview a ridiculously talented young woman. Despite being only in her 20s, she has achieved the kind of success that most people multiple times her age... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lou Anders, editorial director and art director of Prometheus's Pyr imprint since its inception 10 years ago, will be leaving the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 'Virtual Reality Beginners Guide' is a 40 page book in a box that includes a cardboard viewer that when assembled in combination with a smartphone turns into a VR headset viewer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amis's French and German publishers passed on his novel about the Holocaust, but another French company will be releasing the book and Amis's agent said there will most likely be a new German publisher that is willing to publish it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 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 ]
The top three bestselling novels in France last month were new to the country’s fiction list, with Emmanuel Carrère’s "The Kingdom" coming in first. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]