Facebook recently revealed some of the books that users picked most often when participating in a meme about what books 'stayed with you.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica will attend the Frankfurt Book Fair's International Rights Directors Meeting for the first time to showcase regional talent. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of Joan Rivers' most recent book, 'Diary of a Mad Diva,' saw a 570% increase in sales in the week following her death on September 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has reached an agreement to sell its English language ebooks in China through local online retailer JD.com and China National Publications Import. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is to move to London offices near ‘Silicon Roundabout’, nearly trebling its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
In addition to the American contenders Karen Joy Fowler for 'We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves' and Joshua Ferris of 'To Rise Again at a Decent Hour,' other nominees include Richard Flanagan for 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' and Ali Smith for 'How to Be Both.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a directive issued this week, a European Union court held that European libraries can digitize works in their collections but, without an explicit exception by a member state, are limited to displaying digitized works at dedicated reading terminals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
European libraries may digitize books and make them available at electronic reading points without first gaining consent of the copyright holder, the highest European Union court ruled Thursday.The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in a case in which the Technical University of... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Poetry Book Society has named its 2014 Next Generation Poets, with women dominating the list... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Claudia Wittman, literary agent and founder of the Wittman Agency in Germany, talks about how her rights business manages the massive changes in the book publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Months after rumors that Byliner, a publisher of digital longform nonfiction and fiction, was having financial problems, digital publishing services vendor Vook has acquired Byliner, which will now be Vook’s first in-house publishing imprint. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Open science platform Frontiers has won the gold award at the Assocation for Learned &... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
This fall, a wave of new cookbooks feature recipes that give hearty, seasonal dishes a vegan spin. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harmony Ink Press’s Anne Regan discusses the publisher's move into LGBTQ+ YA books, the reaction from readers, parents and teachers, and the publisher's plans for the future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Journalism is expensive. As big publishers close bureaus and slash staff, they're leaving major areas and big issues uncovered. And crowd funding platform Beacon has been quietly picking up some slack. The post A Kickstarter for journalism enters the big leagues appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hannah Moushabeck, age 25, is the children's department director at Odyssey Bookshop, a children's book editor for Interlink Publishing Group, and co-chair of the New England Children's Booksellers Advisory Council. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Start with One Direction and see where they take you your daydreams could snare you a book dealHow to write a bestselling novelHow to write a killer scriptShare pictures of where you writeThis article is a preview from the September issue of the Guardians monthly activities magazine, Do... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Save the Children says it will address the issue of dyslexia through its Read On. Get On.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The social network is testing a feature that allows users to set their published posts to be deleted at a specific time. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marleen Seegers, co-founder of the 2 Seas Agency in California, talks about the challenge of building a literary agency brand, hot territories for foreign rights, and digital-first books in translation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]