The next book from YA author Patrick Ness, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, will be published by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales for the first six months of 2014 were down 7.9% compared to the same period last year, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is to launch its first ever staffed customer order pickup locations at the campus of an... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lysa TerKeurst recently had to reread her own book to stop herself from adding one more thing to her schedule. The bestselling author, speaker, mother of five, and director of a women’s ministry has overstuffed her schedule for years and reaped impressive results. But she's learned to say no,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Guantanamo Diary” will be published simultaneously around the world on Jan. 20, 2015, as part of an international campaign to free Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Gitmo prisoner and author of the memoir. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blue Ash Publishing will give authors the "education resources" of the Writer's Digest community, alongside the distribution power of BookBaby's sales network. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
AOL announced last week that ad revenues were up 20 percent for the quarter, due in large part to the growth of its programmatic business. To get a better handle on where advertisers, publishers and agencies stood on programmatic ad buying, it surveyed a selection of them—with most representing... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just over a week ahead of the release of the film adaptation of 'If I Stay,' Gayle Forman's novel, once again, took the top spot on Apple's iBooks bestseller list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former Guardian journalist and co-author of a savagely funny book about the Sun newspaper, Stick It Up Your Punter!Pugnacious and anarchic, the former Guardian journalist Peter Chippindale, who has died aged 69 of kidney failure, assured his reputation with one savagely funny book Stick It Up... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst says October edition will be final print issue, adding that it was too soon to say whether jobs would be affectedCompany magazine, the monthly Hearst UK glossy aimed at younger women, will cease print publication after 36 years in September and go online-only.Hearst announced on Wednesday... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google's Chromebook is on the up and up, according to the latest report published by analyst firm Gartner. This year, Gartner estimates that total Chromebook sales will hit 5.2 million, which is up 79 percent from 2013. Looking further out to 2017, the number of units sold should reach 14.4... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins UK's June virtual Romance Festival was a success; this week SF publisher Gollancz is hosting a festival combining online Q&As with real life events. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marybeth Hicks, author of 'Teachable Moments' (Howard Books, 9781476757438), will appear on Fox News Channel’s 'Hannity' on Wednesday, August 13. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is using “authors as collateral damage and using customers as pawns”, author... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Celebrities like Hillary Clinton have been sharing some of their favorite reading locations. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lindsey Kelk a the bestselling British Chick-Lit author and participated in HarperCollins' virtual Romance Festival. Here she reflects on the experience. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lauren Bacall had one of those incredible lives. The wife and co-star of Humphrey Bogart. A Tony Award-winning actress. A National Book Award-winning author. A giant of fashion. A friend of the... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Changes are coming for millennial-targeted publisher BuzzFeed. The company announced on Monday that it received $50 million in series E funding from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and planned to restructure the company with the funds. "Today we think the time is perfect to grow our... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The tussle between Amazon and the publishing conglomerate has been raging since spring. Heres an update on the fightA corporate boxing match broke from the ring and swelled into all-out rumpus last weekend, as readers and authors took sides in Amazon and Hachettes fight over the publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Singer and broadcaster Cerys Matthews and journalist and author Bidisha are among the presenters... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]