Penguin Random House has the lion’s share of titles in this summer's W H Smith Richard... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over 70 bookshops have signed up to create profiles on Penguin Random House’s consumer book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Molly Lindley has left Simon & Schuster, where she was an associate editor, to pursue freelance editing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week in children's apps, we feature a Berenstain Bears app just in time for Mother's Day, and three new apps based on the Totally Monster book series. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oyster, an iPhone and iPad app that gives users unlimited access to its catalog of ebooks for $9.95 per month, announced that it now has more than 500,000 titles available on its service. The New York start-up launched to much acclaim last September, hailed as the Netflix of ebooks. But... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Subscription ebook service Oyster announced that it has added about 500 new publisher partners and its library of ebooks has increased to more than 500,000 titles, including an expanded partnership with HarperCollins. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The San Francisco-based McEvoy Group, owner of Chronicle Books, has acquired children's book and gift publisher, I See Me! Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The government has delayed the implementation of copyright exceptions regarding parody and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
People who create content need to be protected, Harriet Harman told The Publishers Association... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cathy LaGrow, author of "The Waiting: The True Story of a Lost Child, a Lifetime of Longing, and a Miracle for a Mother Who Never Gave Up" (Tyndale Momentum, 9781414391908), will appear on NBC's "Today" on Friday, May 9. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
First quarter sales in 2014 fell 11% at Simon & Schuster, to $153 million, but operating income rose to $11 million from $10 million in the first quarter of 2013, parent company CBS reported. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
U.K.-based Quarto Group reported this morning that it is “on track” to reduce its debt for the year and to achieve organic growth. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Eoin Colfer was today announced as the third Laureate na nÓg, Ireland’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Dan Kois asked me to review David Kinney’s fascinating book The Dylanologists: Adventures in the Land of Bob for the Slate Book Review, I took a look at the Dylan section of my bookshelves and wondered how different I was from the Bob obsessives Kinney profiles. Over the years I have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A book exploring England’s ancient track roads and green grass roads has won the inaugural... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three one-time expenses contributed to a loss of $3.4 million at Courier Corp. in the second quarter ended March 29, 2014 compared to last year’s second period. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bertrams has made 20 roles redundant and is recruiting a new managing director following a drop... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Luxury international bookseller and publisher Assouline is to open a new store in London’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Virgin Soldier author Leslie Thomas has died aged 83. Thomas, who was brought up in a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Green's "The Fault in Our Stars" pushed back to the top of Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended May 5. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]