ABC has hired Mike Dean as its new vp, programmatic and data-driven sales, The Wall Street Journal reports. Dean joins the Disney-owned network from ad tech firm Videology, where he was vp, media platform sales and solutions. Before Videology, Dean served as director, publisher services at... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-07-12 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
The launch of the Espresso Book Machine at BookExpo America in June 2007 promised to usher in a new age of bookseller publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]