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 ]
St. Martin’s Press is teaming up with Swagbucks, the loyalty and rewards site, to launch Read, a new digital literature channel on the Swagbucks site. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has partnered with Oyster and Scribd to offer subscriptions to its backlist... 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 ]
"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 ]
This July Uncivilized Books will publish the highly anticipated English language edition of Joann Sfar's "Pascin," a biography of the noted Jewish modernist painter, real name Julius Mordecai Pincas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Director Alfonso Cuaron is deep in talks to direct a new film based on JK Rowling's Fantastic... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Phil Budnick has been named director of field and wholesaler sales for Penguin’s adult hardcover division, effective June 16. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 2014, BookExpo America will play host to 15 countries that did not participate in the 2013 show. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has reached an agreement with subscription ebook services Oyster and Scribd to make 10,000 of its backlist ebooks available to subscribers. This is S&S’s first time offering its titles via ebook subscription services. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
In his new book, "Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most," biblical scholar Marcus J. Borg ("Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time") reflects on the events in his life that shaped his faith and his convictions about the future of American Christianity. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Smashwords, an ebook self-publishing platform, and digital library vendor OverDrive have reached an agreement to distribute 200,000 ebooks via the OverDrive global network of public libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jill Freshney has been promoted to the newly-created position of senior executive managing editor, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Parragon is to publish a series of activity and sticker books based on Mattel’s Ever After... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yudu, a U.K. digital publishing and retailing platform, has launched BookSnacking, a browser-based feature that allows publishers to distribute book excerpts with buy-buttons anywhere online. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Claire Bord, formerly editorial director at Avon, has joined digital publisher Bookouture as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus is to move it sales and distribution services in the US to Hachette Book Group (HBG).... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW will introduce BookLife, a new website for self-publishers, at this year’s BookExpo America. Simultaneously, we are integrating reviews of self-published books into our regular review coverage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Trends Media Group is China’s leading fashion publishing house. Chairman Liu Jiang discusses his diversification plans to secure its future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Knowledge@Wharton | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following the announcement last week that Sophie Hicks was setting sail on her own, it has emerged that Ed Victor Limited has been reconfigured following a retirement and a second departure to launch a new business. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]