Comics can wed different parts of a story together and really show things in ways prose can’t,” said Riva Hocherman, an editor at Metropolitan Books (an imprint of Holt), about "Verax," a forthcoming work of graphic nonfiction that tackles the history of the National Security Agency’s electronic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
AddThis on Thursday rolled out three recent hires to its publisher team, drawing from e-commerce software startup Spree Commerce, as well as tech news sites Mashable and Tech Cocktail. The Vienna-based company, which provides social widgets, web content analytics and other tools for online... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the North American publishing world, comics are comics and novels are novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, new Tana French, new Elena Ferrante, and the history of rock 'n' roll in 10 songs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the countdown to Labor Day, the pace at many bookstores hasn't slowed. Politics & Prose is readying for tomorrow's National Book Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Software companies, once on the periphery of Christian book publishing, find themselves increasingly taking center stage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Much of the media coverage of libraries in 2014 to date has centered on the modest progress made on the ebook issue. But 2014 has been a year of significant progress for libraries in the public policy sphere, with a number of library initiatives advancing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
DoubleDown Interactive, the company behind the popular gambling app DoubleDown Casino, placed its early marketing and media bets on Facebook. It's worked. But as its bettors shift to mobile gambling from desktops, in sync with consumers' migration to mobile devices for all sorts of daily... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
We don’t deal directly with publishers at all,” says Jarad Millet, who works in collection management at Birmingham Public Library in Alabama. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week's most viewed Web series video isn't a song, dance, skit or prank. It's a simple unboxing video of the Play Dough Sparkle set featuring the Disney Princesses, uploaded by none other than the secretive DisneyCollector. The video, which has been viewed more than 43 million times since... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer Germaine Greer has said that ebooks should “cost pennies” and accused people... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apparently all customers believe the book they're looking for has a blue cover and some will tell you that if you haven't read every book in the store, 'you're not very good at your job.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andrew O’Hagan’s new novel The Illuminations will be published by Faber on 5th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Maria Mutch needed advice on how to handle PR of her debut memoir, she found guidance and solace through Grub Street Writer's Launch Lab in Boston. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emily Spivack, author of 'Worn Stories' (Princeton Architectural Press, 9781616892760), along with Simon Doonan, who contributed an essay to the book, will be on 'Weekend Edition Saturday' on Saturday, August 30. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House posted total revenue of 1.46 billion euros in the first half of 2014 and operating EBITDA of 159 million euros. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House worldwide generated revenues of €1.5bn (£1.2bn) in the six months... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Herbert Lottman, historian of French intellectual life and the longtime European correspondent for 'Publishers Weekly,' died August 27 in Paris. He was 87. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
As new directions for bookselling evolve, the industry is increasingly looking to take advantage of the changes taking place across the entire retail spectrum. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Roald Dahl's beloved children's book The Witches gets a timely work-out in this one-man show. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]