Buoyed by marketers' growing interest in Hispanic millennials as consumers and trendsetters, the Hispanic media market continues to outpace overall growth in the U.S. ad industry. Ad Age's eleventh-annual Hispanic Fact Pack, distributed with the July 28 issue of the magazine, includes... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Publishing and Alloy Entertainment have partnered on a new digital-first imprint called Alloy Entertainment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Josh Bernoff, coauthor of the pivotal book on social media, Groundswell, describes himself on Twitter as a "Forrester analyst, idea developer and troublemaker." His latest book on The Mobile Mind Shift certainly lives up to those descriptions.In it, Bernoff discusses the difficulties companies... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the September release of Storia School Edition, Scholastic will move its digital reading platform to a streaming service. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Kathy Lette has accused the Man Booker judges of having "written off" women... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newspaper took photo of the late Ryan Dunn from Facebook page of NZ-born Israeli killed in GazaA newspaper has apologised after mistakenly publishing a photograph of the late Jackass star Ryan Dunn to accompany a story about an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza.The error, on the front page of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic’s Graphix imprint celebrated its 10th anniversary while Abrams, IDW, Viz, and Papercutz showcased old and new kids' and YA properties at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sir Quentin Blake has written and illustrated a children’s book for 5-7 year olds, The Five... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andrea Q. Robinson, author of "Toss the Gloss: Beauty Tips, Tricks & Truths for Women 50+" (Seal Press, 9781580054904), will appear on "The Dr. Oz Show" on Tuesday, July 29. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yvonne Hunter, former v-p, publicity and marketing at Penguin Group Canada, will be heading up literary, cultural and special events programming at the Toronto Public Library. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Traditional mainstream publishers in Spain believe they have found a way to extract payment for the appropriation of their online content.It follows the Spanish congress's passing of a law last week nicknamed tasa Google ("Google tax") which gives newspaper publishers the right to seek payment... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stanfords is to hold a Travel Writers Festival at the Destinations Show in London next year.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The industry of business events is a veritable growth machine, with publishers, service providers and just about everybody else seeing live get-togethers as moneymakers and can't-miss marketing vehicles. But the details of event planning can be an analogue mess, and a web software startup... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown) is to be made into a film after Warner Bros bought... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a panel starring director Quentin Tarantino in front of a packed house at the San Diego Comic-Con, it was hard to remember that when Dynamite Publishing launched 10 years ago, no one was sure what to expect. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Roads Publishing, a division of the Dublin-based luxury brand, Roads, is bringing its list of illustrated books to the U.S. and Canada for the first time this fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Bridgett Paradise has been named senior v-p of human resources and chief people officer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has seen an “amazing response” to James Patterson’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adrian Jeakings, the chief executive of the regional newspaper publisher, Archant, has resigned.In what many of the company's journalistic staff view as an unexpected turn of events, he is to depart at the end of the month. He is also to step down from the board. Continue reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orchard Books has acquired a new YA fantasy series from Melissa de la Cruz, author of the Blue... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]