Oyster, the ebook subscription service with nearly half a million titles, launched in 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has smashed all estimates in its earnings and revenue report this week, largely thanks to its robust mobile ad business. The results slapped down any niggling doubts among critics about the social network's ability to transform itself from a simple communication website to a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nook has won market share in the UK over the past 12 months, the company has told The Bookseller... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The future is bright for Penned in the Margins, the literary arts producer and independent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dave Asprey’s "The Bulletproof Diet," a lifestyle title due this December from Rodale Books, is the result of more than 20 years of research. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
New stores keep popping up and older stores are in transition, including one store that is moving from storefront to kiosk. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Four American authors made the cut, including Joshua Ferris and Karen Joy Fowler. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three full-time staff across buying and marketing have left travel bookseller Stanfords. Jon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comixology's new DRM-free backup program is available to any publisher or self-publisher that chooses to make their books available in the program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Subscription ebook service Oyster is expanding its platform, offering subscribers access to the website through any web browser. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agent Marly Rusoff is re-releasing, through her publishing imprint Maiden Lane Press, a debut novel by Jonathan Odell. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook and Twitter may be giving publishers bigger audiences, but they're having the opposite effect on publishers' branding. The post Make the logo bigger? Publishers downsize appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon sales in the second quarter rose 23%, to $19.34 billion, in line with analysts' expectations, but the net loss of $126 million was deeper than expected. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The nonprofit collective, which hasn't published a new book in five years, ended its relationship with Consortium in June and is about to dissolve. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The owner of literary agency Sanford J. Greenburger Associates has joined the board of shareholders at OR Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
There are some pretty big gaps in Amazon's new Kindle Unlimited ebook subscription service. But for some customers it will have appeal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week in children's apps, we feature two apps with a Dr. Seuss favorite, another starring a boy pirate, and one more with Little Critter, who goes on a counting adventure. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Once again, Image Expo gave the publisher an opportunity to show off new projects while contrasting—and criticizing—conventional comics publishing with Image’s lineup of new and original creator-owned works. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pinnacle Publishing Group sold GIFT SHOP Magazine to Great American Media Services. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The first Man Booker Prize longlist after opening to world English writers includes books by four Americans, six Britons, two Irish writers and one Australian. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]