Simon & Schuster has acquired rights to former Avon author Luca Veste’s new crime novel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new series is based on a comic book and graphic novel imprint of the same name.At E3 yesterday, Sony announced a new TV show produced exclusively for the PlayStation Network. The new animated show, Powers, is "based on the comic book and graphic novel series of the same name," said its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The hybrid blogging platform and publisher created by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams has has relaunched Matter, the British tech publicationPublishing platform Medium has relaunched its subsidiary Matter as the focus of its publishing efforts, admitting for the first time that it is a publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Washington, D.C.—During the 38th annual Specialized Information Publisher’s Association (SIPA) Conference, the discussion often boiled down to one unsavory fact: “Ink doesn’t get the attention of the Inc.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
PayPal president David Marcus has left to steer mobile messaging at Facebook. Facebook claims that its standalone messaging app, called Messenger, is now used by more than 200 million people monthly. And the company's blog post today suggested that Marcus would lead that specific part of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Puffin Books said it is “deeply saddened” by the death of author and illustrator Eric... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Revenues at Educational Development Corp. rose 2% in the fiscal year ended February 28, 2014, hitting $26.1 million, although accounting items dropped net earnings to $357,600 from $802,900 in fiscal 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
French publisher Pierre Dutilleul has been elected as the new president of the Federation of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Century’s The Nowhere Men: The Unknown Story of Football’s True Talent Spotters has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
U.S. manga publisher Viz Media and digital comics marketplace Comixology announced an agreement that will bring Viz’s manga line to the Comixology platform in North America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lathea Williams has joined Sourcebooks as an assistant publicity manager, working out of the company’s New York office. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shares in Time Inc., owner of People, Sports Illustrated and Time magazines, were off nearly 1% to $23.30 Monday, its first day of trading as a public company.The company's share price had tumbled about 4% after trading began but regained much of the lost ground during the afternoon.Time Inc. is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
In France, the popularity of French should fuel more translations and rights sales. In Germany, the book industry edges tentatively into the future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Norman Lidofsky will retire as the Penguin Group (USA)’s president, director of paperback sales, at the end of 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our summer online book club covering the works of Haruki Murkami, “A Wild Murakami Chase,” moves on to "The Wind Up Bird Chronicle." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Those in the literary community are weighing in on both sides of the debate, with some saying young adult books aren't sophisticated and others saying they should be able to read whatever they like without being ashamed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Those in the literary community are weighing in on both sides of the debate, with some saying young adult books aren't sophisticated and others saying they should be able to read whatever they like without being ashamed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
In its decision the court affirmed that scanning entire works to create full‐text searching is “a quintessentially transformative use.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-10 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 ]
(Reuters) - Serbia's top state prosecutor charged four former state security officers on Friday over the 1999 killing of opposition newspaper publisher and journalist Slavko Curuvija during the rule of late strongman president Slobodan Milosevic. .. Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]