Allan Ahlberg refused a lifetime achievement award because it was sponsored by the internet bookseller Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emmis Publishing named Brian Sweany editor-in-chief of Texas Monthly. He has worked at the magazine since 1996, most recently as senior executive editor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The relaunch of the HarperCollins website, redesigned with an emphasis on direct sales to consumers, has revived a longtime debate in the book industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Bragelonne has found extraordinary success selling what others in France might deign to be untouchable, including fantasy, romance, and ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan has signed three novels from Rebecca Chance for "a good six-figure sum".... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Today PW introduces a new Friday feature that collects news about bookstores and bookselling from throughout the week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has signed a book from Nev Schulman, the host and executive producer of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
When book blogger Georgia McBride and St. Martin’s Press teamed up in November 2009 to run a contest soliciting what they called new adult fiction from aspiring authors, they had no idea how huge this new niche would become. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers’ Graphics, the Chicago-based POD print provider, has acquired Commercial Letter, a direct marketing printing company located in St. Louis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebury Publishing has acquired a “definitive” biography of the iconic Argentine-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month, Dan Kois, David Haglund, and New York Times Book Review editor Parul Sehgal discuss My Struggle: Book One, the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-book autobiographical epic. Can the endless accretion of detail a masterpiece make? Would people respond differently to this... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poet Owen Sheers wins Wales Book of the Year for his work about three young soldiers who are deployed to Afghanistan. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Frankfurt Book Fair's new Business Club is making available the new "Global Trends in Publishing" report compiled by Rüdiger Wischenbart for free. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
After months of wielding the stick, Amazon is trying the carrot—or at least pretending to—in its feud with Hachette over ebook pricing. Early this week, it sent a letter to “a few authors and agents” with a sugarcoated proposal to “take authors out of the middle” of the dispute. So long as... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chief executive of 9,000-member UK group argues that while 'authors' earnings are going down generally, those of publishers are increasing'After figures released this week showed professional authors' median annual incomes have collapsed to to £11,000, The Society of Authors' chief executive has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
If digital publishers thought they had native advertising all to themselves, they may want to think again.Some of the world's biggest ecommerce sites are getting in the native game, courtesy of a partnership between native ad-tech company TripleLift, and BazaarVoice, a technology company that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued an official proclamation earlier this week, declaring Saturday, July 12 to be Chicago Independent Bookstore Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon has gone directly to authors 'hoping to gain hearts and minds – and leverage' in its dispute with Hachette. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social audio site SoundCloud has become an important too for audiobook marketers thanks to its large user base and ease of use. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah McGrath, currently executive editor at Riverhead, has been promoted to editor-in-chief of the Penguin imprint. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]