The Qu’ran is the star at the Islamic Book Exhibition in the United Arab Emirate of Sharjah, where the holy book being celebrated in a myriad of guises. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egypt, where book sales have fallen by 50%, has given a home to several Syrian Islamic publishers who say the faithful need them as much now as before. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite torrential rains, the first Chicago Independent Bookstore Day on July 12 was a huge success that exceeded all expectations, participating indie booksellers told PW. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nobel Prize-winning writer Nadine Gordimer has died aged 90. The South African, awarded the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Magazines, the publisher of Cosmopolitan and Elle, has sold a big Revlon campaign including a 10-episode digital-video series called "#GoBold."A spokeswoman for Hearst said the campaign's price tag is a "healthy seven figures" and includes not only the video series but also print pages,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital publishers are moving the battle for audience attention from their eyeballs to their eardrums. The post Publishers give Web articles audio options appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers have an engagement problem. Here's how some of them are making the best out of the situation and maximizing the drive-by session. The post How publishers make the most of casual encounters appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Romita, Jr. in New York, NY; Bryan Lee O'Malley in Portland, OR; The International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference in London, U.K.; Steve Lafler in San Francisco, CA Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
When combined, maps and comic books are irresistible to fans who want to explore their favorite fictional worlds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paypal has blocked the Belgian bookstore ‘t Vershil, specialising in books and DVDs for a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Library Board in Singapore is removing and destroying three children’s books featuring plots with gay or nontraditional families. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adicio has announced an agreement with Morris Publishing Group, LLC, a division of Morris Communications, that will launch new career centers at each of Morris’ 10 daily newspapers and 30 non-daily publications in 10 markets across the U.S. .. Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adams Publishing Group, LLC announced that it has purchased the assets of Huckle Media LLC located in southern Minnesota, according to John Cribb, Cribb, Greene & Associates who represented the Huckle family in the transaction. The acquisition ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A survey of nearly 2,500 writers has shown that median income of a working author last year was just £11,000, down by 29% since 2005A new breed of publishing event, a secretive curtain-raiser, designed to tease the book trade and the critics, is to take place somewhere in London on Monday... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]