Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, will serve as master of ceremonies for the 65th National Book Awards on November 19, 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mobile marketing startup SessionM, trying to prove its efforts can help spur sales, announced a partnership with Datalogix to measure the success of digital campaigns. SessionM says the partnership is the best way to show marketers that mobile is effective, which many question. Datalogix... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The CW has finished its upfront sales, making Fox the last man standing in this year's ad sales bazaar. Volume for the network was down slightly (as it has been everywhere but NBCU, this season's first-place finisher), with CPM bumps up between three and four percent, said a source familiar with... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Book Group, the publisher of J.K. Rowling and James Patterson, is buying the independent publisher Perseus Books Group, according to the industry newsletter Publishers Lunch. The deal is... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to S&S, the memoir has been an "instant international bestseller" in all of the territories in which it has been published. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc said it would spin off its Nook tablets and college books business, sending its shares up about 8 percent in early trading. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
CU-Boulder's Tactile Picture Books Project is using three-dimensional-printing to bring the joy of picture books to the blind and visually impaired. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A publishing dinner party in Berlin went glum as six independent publishers learned they would suddenly have a new distributor, a result of Hachette's acquisition of Perseus. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gollancz is to hold a one-day multi-media science fiction and fantasy festival at Waterstones... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even while publishers at the International Christian Retail Show celebrated top books in Christian fiction, publishing programs are being cut back in this crowded category. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Corporation's news executive seeks local journalism deal with press owners, saying differences have been 'overdone'James Harding, the BBC's director of news and current affairs, opened a conference on local journalism today by arguing that the differences between the corporation and newspaper... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
British historian and author Antony Beevor has been named the winner of the 2014 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Six novels have been shortlisted for the 2014 Encore Book Award, which honors outstanding second novels. The list includes The Luminaries, This is the Way, and others. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The social do-gooder just released its "attention minutes" source code. You paying attention?Clicks and pageviews are still the standard metric most online publishers use in valiant attempts to convince advertisers to write them checks so that they can keep the lights on. When pageviews are... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
An Amish weekend; Catholic Press Association selects best books; awards and honors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
J.K. Rowling's bestseller 'The Silkworm' – previously unavailable to Amazon customers – can now be ordered, although shipping time is still slow. 'The Silkworm' is published by Hachette, with whom Amazon is currently involved in a dispute. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Don Piper’s car was hit by a truck in 1989, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Piper wrote about what happened next in the bestselling "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life," which paved the way for other recent bestsellers recounting glimpses of the afterlife. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation is launching a matching grant pilot program that will add to the Foundation’s existing financial assistance programs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Known as the "first lady of food," Betty Crocker has spent more than 90 years dispatching kitchen advice, including selling more than 75 million cookbooks since its first one was published in 1942. But of late, the fictional brand icon has taken on a new mission as a supporter of gay... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The German trade association the Börsenverein has officially lodged a complaint against... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]