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 ]
Despite endess choice, the books, films and music industries can't escape domination by a handful of monster hitsA monster lays waste to America's cities, smashing skyscrapers and tearing up passenger trains. It's the familiar tale of Godzilla, a mutant lizard last seen rampaging through cinemas... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The gig: Judith and Steve Marosvolgyi are the founders of Century Books, a used bookstore on Green Street in Pasadena. Judith and Steve were voracious readers while growing up in their native Hungary. After defecting to the United States in 1986, each worked odd jobs. But they had a passion... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2014-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW's review of this first publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's translation of the seminal poem, which had a profound interest on The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
For publishers, negotiating terms of sale with Amazon has always been difficult. But reports last week of Amazon’s hardball tactics with the Hachette Book Group suggest that this year’s negotiations could be among the most brutal yet. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arrow has signed a new deal for four books from saga writer Donna Douglas. Publishing director... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Preliminary sales estimates from the Association of American Publishers StatShot program showed that sales of digital downloads of audiobooks rose about 18% in 2013, while sales of physical audio were about even with 2012, a trend that is in keeping with what has been happening with physical and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Joanne Harris says the book industry is sexist. Why else are there categories for 'women writers' and no equivalents for writers who happen to be men?This is the year of reading women, people, remember? We're all reading female writers and helping address the literary gender imbalance which is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s six p.m., and I’m at John Marshall Media near Times Square in New York City, sitting in the recording booth where Kathleen McInerney has been narrating two audiobooks back-to-back for the past eight hours. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, a forgotten masterpiece, a real-life James Bond, and an early Geoff Dyer novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The former publisher of literary imprint Flamingo, and later Portobello and Granta Books, has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
There is “no scope” to change the 20% VAT rate on ebooks, the UK government said... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nineteen "inspirational" women, including Caitlin Moran, Dawn O’Porter, Tanni... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The blogosphere seemed vast in 2010 when young adult author Maureen Johnson gave the keynote at the first-ever Book Bloggers Conference, observing that, “with so many blogs, publishers don’t know what to make of all the noise.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder Children’s Books has acquired picture book Dave’s Breakfast, the sequel to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Finding Me," Michelle Knight's account of the decade she spent in captivity at the hands of her kidnapper, Ariel Castro, was the top selling title on PW's nonfiction bestseller list for the week ended May 11. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic has made two appointments to its fiction editorial team, David Maybury and Peter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Corp. president and CEO Steve Swartz and Hearst Magazines president David Carey looked inward in recruiting four-year Redbook editor-in-chief Jill Herzig for the same position at Dr. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Crowdfunding, and Kickstarter in particular, continue to make inroads in book publishing, providing financing for everything from one-off projects to support for entire lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Specs Who Harry Hamlin Age 62 Accomplishments Emmy-nominated actor on AMC’s Mad Men (Sundays at 10/9c); appearing in the upcoming film Shiva and May Base Los Angeles What’s the first information you consume in the morning? I am really old school. The first thing I do is read the Los Angeles... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]