Le French Book, which brings French bestsellers to an English language-audience, has signed audiobook agreements with Audible for a number of its titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins continues its support for subscription ebook services in a deal with Epic!, a children’s subscription service, adding 1,000 backlist kids’ ebook titles to the company's library. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new management structure has been installed at the Public Lending Right (PLR) office, following... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Christian self-publisher will acquire a PR firm to enhance its services to authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
At Worthy Publishing, Morgan Canclini has been promoted to director of public relations and author relations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
On May 21, the social network launched its "Ask the Author" function, a feature that allows readers to submit questions to their favorite authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group has acquired Globe Pequot Press from parent company Morris Communications. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poet and academic Sir Michael Edwards was today (22nd May) formally admitted to the Acadé... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
W H Smith has defended its customer service record after being voted the worst retailer in the UK... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jo Thomas has won The Romantic Novelists' Association’s (RNA) Joan Hessayon Award for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended May 18, 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Suzanne King will join Simon & Schuster UK in the newly created role of contracts manager... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Iraqi writer Hassan Blasim has won the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for his second... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week in children's apps, we feature apps with familiar characters who go on two different kinds of explorations—one of the alphabet, and the other of the ocean's waters. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sue Conley and Peggy Smith, authors of "Cowgirl Creamery Cooks" (Chronicle Books, 9781452111636) will appear on NPR’s "Morning Edition" on Friday, May 23. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is to release a new feature on its mobile app that will listen to and identify your music and TV shows before publishing them in a status update. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although the crowd was relatively small, they came to buy at this year's Maine Comic Arts Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
"The Fault in Our Stars" continues to lay claim to the top spot on Apple's iBooks bestseller list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books will this September bring back into print a 1970s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former home secretary Alan Johnson has won the Orwell Prize for Books with childhood memoir, This... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]