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 ]
Compared to Google and Facebook, Wikipedia is remarkably tight-lipped when it comes to requests for user data.Although Wikipedia is one of the largest websites in the world, it receives relatively few requests from government agencies for user information, especially compared to companies like... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The New York Times has shrunk the labels that distinguish articles bought by advertisers from articles generated in its newsroom and made the language in the labels less explicit.The Times became only the latest online publisher to begin selling so-called native ads when it introduced its Paid... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 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 ]
Publishing Technology’s profit and revenue have been significantly hit in the second... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 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 ]
The longest running creation of Italian comics master Sergio Toppi, 'The Collector', finally makes its English language debut from Archaia next month. 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 ]
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 ]
Courier Corp. reported that revenue in the third quarter ended June 28, 2014 rose 5%, to $67.7 million. Net income slipped to $1.1 million, from $1.7 million in last year’s third quarter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
L.A. (Louis) Meyer, creator of the swashbuckling Bloody Jack adventure series starring intrepid Mary "Jacky" Farber, died on July 29 in Ellsworth, Maine, of complications from Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was 71. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gannett Co. (GCI) plans to split into two publicly traded companies by spinning off its publishing business, including USA Today, and also said it has agreed to buy full ownership of Cars.com. Gannett will separate the publishing business through a ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s Best Translated Book Award went to Ottilie Mulzet for her translation of Laszlo Krasznahorkai’s Seiobo There Below. Here she discusses the challenges of the three year process. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has acquired an illustrated guide to driving by Ben Collins, formerly Stig of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
O’Reilly Media has acquired the remaining 50% stake in Safari Books, a subscription ebook service offering access to business and tech content, originally launched as a joint venture with the Pearson Technology Group in 2001. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber's editorial director for non-fiction Neil Belton is to join Head of Zeus to head up a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Louise Braverman has been named director of publicity for Penguin Books and Penguin Classics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Second-quarter advertising revenue at Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher, increased 3% compared to the second quarter of 2013, the company said Tuesday in its first quarterly earnings announcement since spinning off from Time Warner in June. Growth was driven partly by a 12%... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
There was no missing the life-size photo of Pope Francis near one of the entrances to the 18th annual Catholic Marketing Network trade show July 29-Aug. 1. He was there in spirit, perhaps, and certainly adorned many a book cover at a show publishers said brought robust sales and many... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Esther Day is celebrated on Aug. 3, the birthday of teenager Esther Earl, with whom 'The Fault in Our Stars' author Green became acquainted before she died in 2010. Earl suggested the holiday center on 'the kinds of love that are too often overlooked in our culture: love among friends and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]