Revenue at U.K.-based Bloomsbury rose 11% in the fiscal year ended February 28, 2014, to £109.5 million, compared to the previous year. Operating profit dipped to £7.7 million from £7.8 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
MasterChef among titles boosting revenues by 12.6%, with marketing campaign set for illustrated Harry Potter editionsThe chief executive of Bloomsbury has hailed "chefs as rockstars" after a surge in sales of titles from Heston Blumenthal, Raymond Blanc and MasterChef helped cook up bumper... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 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 ]
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 ]
Harvard Common Press is augmenting its publishing efforts with investments in culinary and tech startups, as well as establishing a co-working space, the Food Loft, in Boston. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ian McEwan, whose forthcoming novel The Children Act (Jonathan Cape) will look at the dilemma of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, we’re reading about the next project from the team behind Modernist Cuisine, a slew of books for vegetarians, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Elizabeth Warren, author of "A Fighting Chance" (Metropolitan Books, 9781627790529), will appear on the "Colbert Report" on Monday, May 19. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kinokuniya, Japan's largest bookstore chain, announced that it will be opening a newly expanded and refurbished foreign books section in its Shinjuku South store May 29. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
National media appearances, extensive blog tours, and live events helped land new books from trainer Bob Harper, America's Test Kitchen, and Oh She Glows blogger Angela Liddon on PW's cookbook bestsellers list for May. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder Children’s Books has acquired a YA fantasy trilogy from debut author Taran Matharu.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Watson & Holmes" #6, by Brandon Easton and N. Steven Harris took top honors at the 2014 Glyph Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Box Brown in Philadelphia, PA; Mark Millar and Duncan Fegredo in London, U.K.; Vancouver Comic Arts Festival in Vancouver, BC, Canada; Graphic Brighton in Brighton, East Sussex, U.K. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Transworld has bought two books by Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Johnson. Editorial director Jane... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walden Pond Gets ‘Heroic’ With Brown and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In David Lebovitz's new book, 'My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories,' the blogger, former Chez Panisse pastry chef, and cookbook author recounts, through both personal stories and recipes, how he brings the city’s cuisine into his own kitchen in Paris. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin's Celebra imprint has taken world rights to the first book by multi-hyphenate star, Jennifer Lopez. "True Love," will be released simultaneously in English and Spanish on October 28. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Children’s Publishing (RHCP) is launching an anti-bullying campaign for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Changes coming to the Chinese education system are aimed at increasing creative activities and broader curricula in lieu of old-school testing and homework. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]