Penguin is donating a copy of Jeremy Paxman’s history of the First World War to every... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hard on the heels of his 2014 Kate Greenaway award, Jon Klassen has picked up a second UK... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Chris Cleave has called on his fellow authors to exercise a "profound attitude... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Transworld has signed a book from David Merron, who was evacuated from the East End of London to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two weeks ago bestselling author Douglas Preston began quietly circulating a letter to other writers that encourages readers to write to Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. bought video advertising company LiveRail to help it target and distribute video ads, AdWeek reported. TechCrunch pegged the price tag between $400 million and $500 million, although the companies haven’t disclosed the terms. LiveRail, based in San Francisco, has created a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hillary Clinton has kicked off the UK promotional activity for her memoir Hard Choices (Simon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book world is mourning Matt Richell, killed yesterday in a freak surfing accident in Sydney. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michigan’s Ypsilanti District Library and Montana’s Lewis & Clark Library were both awarded 2014 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries at the recent American Library Association convention in Las Vegas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than a thousand readers have signed a petition in support of Amazon in its dispute with Hachette. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry's packaging of women's literary fiction in stereotypically girly covers makes great books seem trashy.If you take a look at the cover of Alice Munro's latest Nobel Prize-winning short fiction collection, The View From Castle Rock, you probably wouldn't guess it includes... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The bestselling iBooks in romance, biography, memoir, children & teens, fiction, and more, for the week of June 29. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the WSJ, Amazon's Russ Grandinetti 'defended the company against criticism that it is using its growing clout in electronic books to bully a major publisher.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Viewpoint Books in Columbus, Ind., which was founded in 1973, has been placed on the market by its current owners, Terry and Susan Whittaker. The Whittakers have owned the store since 1979 and want to retire. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eimear McBride's A Girl is a Half-formed Thing has won the £10,000 2014 Desmond Elliott... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kraft, Nike, Target and Walmart are trialing new video technology that makes ads interactive. In the case of Kraft, a 15-second clip comes with pop-up information on the brand and its products. As the video runs, a click over one of the frames pulls up a pastry recipe or product details for... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK-born father of two and CEO of Hachette Australia was washed on to a dangerous rocky area at the Sydney beachA surfer who died after hitting his head at a popular Sydney beach has been named as publishing company boss Matthew Richell.Paramedics were called to Tamarama beach about 2pm... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to staff, World Book Night U.S. will be suspended due to lack of money. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent bookshops need to make readers feel special in order to compete against online retailers, say book trade experts. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A second petition about the Amazon Hachette dispute has been launched - this time a pro-Amazon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]