Mexico's Manuvo has launched a new digitization and library subscription platform for small Spanish-language children's publishers called Naay. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Condé Nast Entertainment isn't just making a splash in the digital video space. The magazine publisher is making The Scene, a new platform that will curate video content from its brands and partners, including AOL, ABC News, BuzzFeed, Forbes, Variety, Major League Soccer, PBS Digital Studios,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following on the success of The 39 Clues, Infinity Ring and Spirit Animals, Scholastic is launching its latest multi-platform series for kids: Tombquest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
At a conference in Colorado, CBS CEO Les Moonves said the company's Simon & Schuster subsidiary is "negotiating with Amazon as we speak." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
After To Kill a Mockingbird author denies Marja Mills's book had her approval, Mills and publisher issue counterclaimsNews: Harper Lee denies cooperating with Marja Mills on The Mockingbird Next DoorThe author and publisher of a new book about Harper Lee have stood their ground after the To Kill... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Press at Toad Hall, an independent publisher of classics based out of Philadelphia, will be opening its first retail location, a pop-up store that will feature new editions of classic works, later this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Irish-based newspaper publisher, Independent News & Media (INM), has appointed a former Tesco executive, Robert Pitt, to be its chief executive. The experienced supermarket executive will take up the position in the autumn. Pitt, a 43-year-old Irishman, is currently chief operations... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is quietly testing its own subscription ebook service, Kindle Unlimited, which will reportedly cost $9.99 per month and include over 600,000 titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon appears to be testing an ebook and audiobook subscription programme in the US called... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Journalists in Liberia believe that the arrest and detention of newspaper publisher Octavian Williams for a traffic offence was motivated by his newspaper's political coverage.Williams, who runs a tabloid in Monrovia, The Nation Times, was detained by police on 2 July and accused of driving a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rowman & Littlefield has restructured its Globe Pequot division, integrating most of the backoffice and sales functions and reorganizing the editorial operations. Approximately 28 jobs were eliminated. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robert Collins, deputy literary editor of the Sunday Times, is to leave his role this week, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Portobello Books has acquired a non-fiction book by Britain’s first Green MP, Caroline... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 10 years after the first Scott Pilgrim book came out, O'Malley is back with Seconds, his first new graphic novel since the series ended. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The story of how journalist Marja Mills came to know the 'To Kill A Mockingbird' writer Lee is being called 'witty' and 'charming.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the UK, the Society of Authors’ chief executive claims that traditional publishers’ terms 'are no longer fair or sustainable' for author's to make a living. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The downward trend of bookstore sales continued in May with sales in the month off 7.5% compared to May 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Folio Society managing director Toby Hartwell has resigned from his role and will leave the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan is to publish the first collection of comic verse from entertainer Des O’... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has signed a debut psychological thriller by writer Susan Crawford. Katherine Armstrong... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]