Family Christian Stores, the largest Christian retail chain in the U.S., has appointed Charles Bengochea as president and CEO, succeeding Cliff Bartow, who is retiring after 11 years at the helm. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five challenges, 30 hours, 100 developers, programmers and entrepreneurs – this weekend... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the ceremony for the 26th annual Lambda Literary Awards at Cooper Union’s Great Hall in New York City on June 2, Luis Negrón, a bookseller from Santurce, Puerto Rico, accepted the Gay General Fiction prize for his debut work, "Mundo Cruel." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Librarian” probably isn’t the first word you’d associate with Las Vegas—in fact, it may well be the last. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two titles from The Bodley Head and a book by Stephen Hawking are on the longlist for the Royal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The digital publishing boom of the last few years has changed the book business for ever, or has it? As a three-day conference begins to debate 'literary values in a digital age', we'll be reporting, live from 9.40am on Friday June 12, the views of editors, activists, writers, doubters and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Librarians know a thing or two about getting their hands dirty. Sometimes it’s in ways they’d rather not discuss (cleaning messes, ahem), but more often it’s in the name of learning. And these days, learning at the library is very much about making things. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher is hoping to boost its social traffic with a centralized news desk that will serve its 18 magazines including Cosmopolitan and Esquire The post Hearst’s new approach to digital news appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
As part of the staff reductions announced last week by the Hachette Book Group, the company is closing its Business Plus imprint and folding the titles into the Grand Central Publishing list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet is relaunching its children’s list, Not for Parents, as a cross-platform... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Uber quietly pulled a video ad Thursday night after learning the featured driver never worked for other ridesharing services.Earlier this week, Uber published a video ad on Facebook profiling a driver who jumped ship from Lyft. Only problem was: He never drove for Lyft.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sci-fi and fantasy fiction is entering a golden age of short fiction thanks to social media, crowdfunding and a loyal community of ardent fansA man wakes up from a car crash to find that he is an "electric ant": an android programmed to believe it is human. At home he uses micro-tools to open... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
18m titles bought by readers in 2013, to a value of £300m, as print sales' decline continuesSelf-published books' share of the UK market grew by 79% in 2013, with 18m self-published books bought by UK readers last year, according to new statistics.With print sales falling by 10% last year, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Germany’s overall book sales rose slightly (0.2%) in 2013 to €9.54bn (£7.7bn),... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Las Vegas—America’s playground: home to high rollers, showgirls, illusionists, one-arm bandits, Wayne Newton, and the most all-you-can-eat buffets per square mile in the country. And from Thursday, June 26–Tuesday, July 1, you can add librarians to the list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell 1.3% in April and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has refreshed its entire collection of cloud music apps with the releases of Amazon Music for Windows 3.0, Amazon Music for Mac 3.0, Amazon Music for iPad and iPhone 3.0 and Amazon Music for Android 3.0. All four platforms share similar updates, and accompany Amazon’s foray into music... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Foyles has opened its new future-facing bookstore at 107 Charing Cross Road and we take a look inside to see what's new, old and out of this world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, the classic book the CIA didn't want you to read, Victorian vampires, and an Antarctic odyssey. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended June 1, 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]