As part of its transition to become a pure digital business, the higher education learning platform is partnering with Ingram on print textbooks. 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Italian publisher and bookseller Feltrinelli has opened its second RED store, a new concept aimed at attracting younger, tech-savvy customers. We look inside. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
WWE Magazine is ceasing publication after 30 years in print. The news follows a poor second quarter earnings report for ownership group, WWE, that resulted about 55 job Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Behind the Book from Simon & Schuster,' a new series of videos featuring S&S editors and publishers, is now live. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 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 ]
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 ]
FastPencil partnered with Evernote to offer the ability to self-publish Evernote notes as print and ebooks, as well as offer distribution and sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Taryn Fagerness, a literary agent in Washington, talks about her recent success with author Matthew Dicks and how she's optimistic about the digital future of publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 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 ]
Sony gives up selling its line of Reader devices for ebooks after failing to find a big enough market. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 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 ]
UK Literary Scout Lucy Abrahams discusses the the post-crisis Greek publishing industry and issues surrounding book prices and a fixed price law. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bendis, Fraction, DeConnick Signing in Portland, OR; The Wrenchies Release Party in Portland, OR; Boston Comic Con in Boston, MA; Jim Woodring in Seattle, WA Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins is launching a new digital-first crime and thriller list, which will begin... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oahu Publications Inc. has announced that Dave Kennedy, SVP/marketing, was named chief revenue officer of OPI and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Kennedy’s promotion comes weeks after Glenn Zuehls was named the publisher of San Francisco Me ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The chairman and c.e.o. of the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) are both stepping down from their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sony will no longer produce e-reader devices because it is not "economically viable".... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]