After the acquisition Harlequin will operate as a standalone subsidiary of HarperCollins Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
As expected, Judge Denise Cote granted preliminary approval to a deal that would settle money damages arising from Apple’s ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bidart, Wolcott, and playwright David Rabe are among the recipients of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
I enjoyed the Windows-based Transformer Book T100 I tested a few months ago, so I was excited to see how its Android-powered sibling would stack up. The engineers at Asus engineers have now proven themselves to be pros at designing 2-in-1 tablet/laptop hybrids running in both Windows and Android... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
T he magazine industry has faced its fair share of hardships in recent years. The demise of Source Interlink has left newsstand inventory sparse and publishers reeling. The monetization of digital content remains enduringly elusive. And all... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The memoir of an Al Qaeda double agent will be released this August and 'Captain Phillips' helmer Paul Greengrass could direct the film adaptation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The circus came to town, yet again: this year’s Comic-Con: International ran from Wednesday through Sunday, July 23–27 and brought 130,000 attendees, hundreds of exhibitors, and thousands of professionals to San Diego, Calif. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Jim Anderson To those steeped in the traditions of the publishing business, it may sound a bit odd to talk about the maturation of social media, which in many ways is still in its infancy. Yet social media is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlequin sale to HarperCollins closes and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scout Media, a men's sports and lifestyle digital publisher, has appointed Ross Levinsohn to executive chairman, the company's CEO James Heckman announced. Levinsohn served as CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media, which has recently been renamed Guggenheim Entertainment Media, for 18 months before... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
It is 43 years old and was out of print for ages, but the Microsoft mogul's approval has caused a brand new surge in salesName: Business AdventuresAge: 43 Continue reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The prime minister David Cameron has refused to meet with campaigners and authors seeking to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
When the first trailer for the much-anticipated adaptation of E.L. James’s "Fifty Shades of Grey" dropped on July 24, it took the Internet by storm, becoming the most-watched YouTube preview of the year thus far. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Advertising technologies such as real-time bidding and automated auctions are driving digital revenue downward at Meredith Corp.'s National Media Group, which includes the company's magazines like Better Homes & Gardens as well as websites such as AllRecipes.com.Digital ad revenue fell 4% at... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the launch of Kindle Unlimited (KU), Amazon’s subscription service, consumer-oriented ebook subscription services are beginning to look like a coming thing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gulf Coast Newspapers, LLC, a publishing firm operating in Baldwin County, has been acquired by a family owned newspaper company in South Carolina. OPC News, LLC, purchased the media properties from Crescent Publishing Company, LLC, also ba ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins and Ingram have teamed up with BookShout, a direct-to-consumer ebook platform, to set up a bundling program that lets independent bookstores offer customers physical and digital editions of a book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the Kindle forum, Amazon said it wants to price most eBooks at $9.99, claiming lower prices will sell more books and return more money to authors. Many disagree. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, "Bad Feminist," Bridget Jones meets Carrie Bradshaw, and a kingdom of ice. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harelquin MIRA has signed a crime trilogy centred around a surgeon with Asperger's accused of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]