Lora Fountain, a literary agent based in Paris, talks about the challenges of selling graphic novel translations in an increasingly digital and competitive marketplace. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adam Mansbach’s best-selling book, Go the F*** to Sleep, has become one of the few books in history to be translated into Jamaican Patois. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Specs Who Uzo Aduba Age 33 Accomplishments Stars as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in Orange Is the New Black (Season 2 is now streaming on Netflix) Base New York What’s the first information you consume in the morning? The first information I consume in the morning is probably The New York Times... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Starred review for a historian's thoughtful, humorous memoir of his Mormon missionary youth; Christian pastor Bill Hybels offers strategies for simplifying life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google, Facebook and other tech giants are investing in ways to bring Internet access to those far flung parts of the world which are still offline. Creative methods include using balloons, satellites, drones and lasers. Despite this concerted effort, an estimated 4 billion people still don't... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The world of publishing is explored in J K Rowling’s second Robert Galbraith novel The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nonfiction house Square One Publishers is breaking into the true crime category with a hybrid nonfiction work that looks at the relationship between Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the legendary serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
For digital publishers ranging from the Business Insider to Quartz to the Huffington Post, all roads lead to India. Here's why. The post India: Publishing’s next great frontier appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Helene Green, v-p, business information and data operations at Simon & Schuster, died June 10 after a long illness. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins science fiction and fantasy imprint Harper Voyager is ramping up its Voyager Impulse digital-first line with plans to launch 31 original ebook titles beginning this summer and on through winter 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Helene Green, v-p, business information and data operations at Simon & Schuster, died June 10 after a long illness. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bruderhof magazine back in print; a signal anniversary for women in ministry; readers join authors online and on the water; publishing seminar offered; awards and honors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
George R R Martin and Haruki Murakami [pictured] will appear at this year’s Edinburgh... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
When people last week started reading my IBM eBook (available Friday in paperback from Amazon and most distributors -- make Mrs. Cringely happy and send one to all your friends) the tales of IBM customer and employee woe were generally accepted as simple fact but some people had a hard time with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Award short lists will be announced in August, and the winners will be presented at the annual members meeting on September 19 in New York City. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jon Sweeney's religious evolution has been as peripatetic as his writing and publishing careers. From evangelical to Episcopal to Catholic (and married to a rabbi); from bookseller to publisher to author, his love of religions and thirst for learning have kept him on the move. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollinsCanada has unveiled a new imprint, HarperAvenue, for "must-read" Canadian and international fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
As proven by the conversations at BookExpo America, American publishers, editors and readers may finally be coming around to embracing more foreign literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
At its annual awards ceremony, Children’s Books Ireland honored, among numerous others, Mary-Louise Fitzpatrick's "Hagwitch" as Book of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
An experiment in digital publishing continues to evolve.Medium, the publisher-platform hybrid backed by Twitter cofounder Ev Williams, is relaunching Matter today. As you may recall Matter was a successful Kickstarter project for in-depth reporting that Medium acquired last year.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]