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 ]
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 ]
Typecast Publishing, which started as The Lumberyard magazine in 2007 before evolving into a small publishing house, is metamorphosing yet again with its recent move to Asheville, N.C. Publisher Jen Woods and crew have set up shop in the mountains and plan to produce much of their future poetry... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
British author James Dawson has beaten off competition from eight other authors, including US... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has signed a new novel from Sophie's World author Jostein Gaarder... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, growing up with Harper Lee, saving an American town, and an unstable nanny. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 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 ]
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 ]
Ebury Publishing has acquired a “definitive” biography of the iconic Argentine-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Could goalie Camus cope with an attack formed by Burroughs, Ballard and Bolaño? Guardian readers imagined football squads made from their favourite writers. As the World Cup comes to an end, we take a look at our best fictional elevens. But what team would you put your money on? Back when the... 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 ]
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has an agreement with Marvel to produce a series of movie tie-ins based on the popular films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 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 ]
The year was 1984, and things were about to get interesting for a young publishing executive at the academic Westview Press, in Colorado, named Lynne Rienner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Here’s a twist on the familiar genre of the chef cookbook: rather than recreating restaurant dishes, chefs are sharing their secrets for cooking at home. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 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 ]