Find out who to meet, what to see, and trends to discuss at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Download our Frankfurt 2014 Preview magazine here. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guadalajara is the largest Spanish-language book fair in the world. About 20,000 professionals attend as well as 750,000 members of the general public. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble unveiled the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook, a 7-inch tablet cobranded with hardware manufacturer Samsung Electronics, at a press conference at the B&N Union Square store in Manhattan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just days ahead of the debut of the film adaptation of 'If I Stay,' Gayle Forman’s novel was once again the top seller in Apple’s iBooks store. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Ancillary Justice' is the first novel ever to win the science fiction 'triple crown' – the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Arthur C. Clarke awards – all in the same year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW spoke with the new v-p and publisher of Flatiron books about change, expectations and being the new kid in the corner office. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
WHSmith is stocking paperback books published by Thomas & Mercer, a crime fiction imprint of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble’s Nook Media has unveiled the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook, the first co-branded... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jojo Moyes' The One Plus One (Penguin) has topped the official UK Top 50 for a second week.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Based out of London, Ben Wright, formerly of PRH, will oversee the new publisher's new group international sales division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A successful Kickstarter campaign for his book completed, Todd Allen looks back on the final results and lessons learned, and ponders whether he would use Kickstarter again. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
If Amazon believes in readers and Hachette believes in authors as much as they say, it's imperative they end their fight as soon as possible, argues Tanja Tuma. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
eBooks come in many different formats, and while some are easy to read anywhere (PDF, DOCX) others can be much trickier to handle outside of your regular reader (FB2, PDB). If that’s a problem, you might like to try TEBookConverter, a portable tool for Windows which converts these more awkward... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lizz Skelly, formerly of Hachette, is joining Bloomsbury Children’s Books as children... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are discovering that giving contributors the keys to their publishing platforms often opens up a host of new issues. The post When publishers’ platform dreams become nightmares appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlequin MIRA has acquired the rights to two new novels and two ebook short stories form Kate... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rowling's newest original content penned for the website Pottermore focuses on Celestina Warbeck, an 'off-stage' character whose songs are heard in the 'Potter' novels although the singer never makes an actual appearance. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Real-time social messaging is most beneficial to brands in the media and entertainment sectors, according to SocialFlow's latest study that examined 1.6 million posts by brands. The New York company found that marketers in industries that are not associated with entertainment—fashion,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Power of Now' author Eckhart Tolle has partnered with New World Library on the formation of a new imprint, Eckhart Tolle Editions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Can a one-size-fits-all, low-price, consumer-dominated sales model support a diverse, innovative, challenging literary output?It is either an existential threat to intellectual freedom or a rustbelt media industry meeting its comeuppance at the hands of disruptive technology. The battle between... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]