In the latest effort by Japanese manga and anime houses to fight digital piracy, the industry is coupling take down notices with a series of online video appeals that direct fans to legal access points for manga and anime. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just two weeks on from reporting a large increase in profits, Gannett has announced the splitting of its broadcast and publishing divisions into separate companies. It means that Gannett's British newspaper outfit, Newsquest, will find itself as part of the publishing arm and, quite possibly,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robin Straus in association with Andrew Nurnberg has acquired the New York-based Wallace Literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gayle Forman's 'If I Stay,' adapted into a film to be released on August 22, landed in the top spot on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended August 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quantcast is meshing consumer Web and mobile app behavior with an eye on making real-time ad buying more targeted. Its new data-reporting system, dubbed Audience Interests, is aimed at digital publishers and has recently been tested by BlogAds, the proprietor of highly trafficked... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even children's books aren't immune to hot-button politics, as members of the pro-gun lobby has penned a controversial kids book advocating open carry laws. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two New England indies are experiencing change. Bank Square Books in Mystic, Ct., is adding a second location, while Connecticut's Monte Cristo Bookshop is being converted into a nonprofit co-op. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW spoke to the former NBCC president about his new venture, Freeman's, a series of anthologies published by Grove Atlantic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has announced a raft of promotions across the HarperFiction editorial team, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book, 'The Ice Dragon,' appears to be set in the 'Thrones' fictional universe. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indigo Books & Music got off to a strong start in fiscal 2015, posting a 5.4% growth in revenue in the first quarter ended June 28, 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lance Fensterman, who had overseen BookExpo America for Reed Expo before moving on to work on other shows, will once again be responsible for BEA in his role as senior v-p. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book 'My Parents Open Carry' is by the co-founders of the pro-gun organization Michigan Open Carry, Brian Jeffs and Nathan Nephew, who said they 'looked for pro-gun children's books and couldn't find any.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
New findings from BISG's ongoing survey of student and faculty attitudes show students will pay for solutions that reduce study time, improve outcomes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Slate correspondent Justin Peters is on leave this year while he writes a book based on his February 2013 Slate profile of the Internet activist Aaron Swartz. He has been sending regular progress reports to friends, family, readers, and others interested in getting an inside look at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sony is stopping e-reader production following the transfer of its ebook business outside Japan to Canada’s Kobo.“Final production of the current Reader model, PRS-T3, was made at the end of May,” a spokeswoman for Sony in Tokyo wrote in an email Wednesday. “The product will continue to be... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book, 'The Ice Dragon,' appears to be set in the 'Game of Thrones' fictional universe. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble isn't exactly a household name in the UK, but in the States it's a book-selling behemoth, with hundreds of stores complimenting a vast library of ebooks, as well as a line of readers to consume them on. In autumn 2012, B&N expanded... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher Silvertail Books has signed a book of business lessons from British... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxford University Press is publishing a range of titles this autumn to tie-in with "The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]