Jet City Comics, Amazon Publishing’s graphic novel and comics imprint, has released the cover art for the first three issues of "Wool: The Graphic Novel," the comics adaptation of author Hugh Howey’s bestselling, self-published science-fiction novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A New York judge has given the go-ahead for a group to collectively sue Apple for damages over its collusion with publishers to fix the price of electronic books.Denise Cote, a judge at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, wrote in her approval of class status that... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sixty thousand is the number of copies Christina Baker Kline thought her newest book, "Orphan Train," might sell in her “wildest dreams.” For a midlist author on her fifth novel, it was a lofty number. It turns out, it was also way too low. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
DC Entertainment has announced plans for a year-long celebration of the 75th anniversary of Batman, the iconic Golden Age comic book character that debuted in 1939 and helped launch the superhero genre. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rocketing to the top of this month’s list of bestselling audiobooks—and snatching the #1 spot from the mega-selling Bill O’Reilly—is James Patterson and Mark Sullivan’s Private L.A. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo has said that it is not withdrawing from the US market despite an intensification of price... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The New York Public Library has launched a new online book recommendation engine powered by Bookish Recommends from New York digital startup Zola Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 47-year-old San Francisco store behind California Bookstore Day is this year's winner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
I spent time with the Ghost blogging platform today. I am intrigued by the visuals and promised simplicity. But I don't see the latter. At this stage, I just see complexity. Yet the whole premise is stripping back to basic blogging, rather than managing content as WordPress increasingly demands.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Phaidon Press has appointed Jacky Klein as commissioning editor for art, effective June 2. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The gay lifestyle magazine Attitude was launched in 1994 and to celebrate its 20th anniversary, the editor Matthew Todd, who says it feels serendipitous that Attitude turns 20 just as people of the same sex can begin marrying in England and Wales, has picked some of his favourite covers from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Green Apple named ‘PW’ Bookstore of The Year; Kravtin takes Rep of the Year Award and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
SCIBA booksellers enthusiastically gather in record number to discuss ABA's "Conversations That Work." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has signed two new books from Lynda La Plante covering the early life of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chatto & Windus has acquired a “genre-blending non-fiction” book by Lauren Elkin... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, a delightfully unlikable narrator, Emma Donoghue's latest, and the most dangerous man in America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Gifts' consists of 18 short stories by young residents of Afghanistan who write about their lives – filled with tradition and warfare, on top of all the more ordinary things that young people everywhere hope and wish for. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo's arguments against a Canadian ebook pricing consent agreement convinced judge to put the agreement on hold. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The rulings are a double whammy for Apple, paving the way for the class action suits to continue, while all but knocking out Apple’s defense. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
IB Tauris has commissioned a book from author Richard Sakwa on the ongoing situation in Ukraine,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]