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 ]
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 ]
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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 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 ]
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 ]
Novelist David Mitchell is to tell a 6,000-word story on Twitter, beginning today (14th July).... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 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 ]
After writing a letter to readers calling on them to ask the e-tailer to end its sales terms dispute with Hachette, Preston posted an updated version of the note, complete with the signatures he has collected from other authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The San Francisco-based publisher's Pulp imprint will specialize in humor, art, memoir, and pop culture for the new adult market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The success of John Green and Veronica Roth has lifted the children's market in the USA to a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just days ahead of Chicago Bookstore Day on July 12, California Bookstore Day, which inspired it, announced a new sponsor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The pay-what-you-wish digital bundle includes sci-fi autbors Greg Bear, Barbara Hambly and, to mark the 45th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing, a novel by astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]