Active Interest Media (AIM) has promoted Patricia Fox (pictured) to executive vice president of operations for the enthusiast consumer magazine and events publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reed Exhibitions has made no secret about its interest in drawing more members of the general reading public to BookExpo America and, today, released details about its new consumer-focused event at the trade show. BookCon is set for the final day of BEA and promises to be, Reed said, a "show... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Phaidon Press has appointed Keith Fox as its new c.e.o. Fox joins Phaidon from McGraw Hill... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Devin Kirk will join Macmillan on April 14 as the new v-p, international sales and marketing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The merger partners are two of America's least favorite cable companies, according to the magazine's new survey.Merger partners Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. are two of America's least favorite cable companies, according to a new survey from Consumer Reports. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two major players in online video advertising, Ebuzzing and Teads, are merging to create a new company with plans to list on the NASDAQ in 2015.Both companies are French, and have separately been developing "outstream" video advertising allowing the distribution of video advertising outside of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although operating EBIT fell 4.9% in the year at Penguin Random House, executives at parent company Bertelsmann had nothing but good things to say about the results from the world’s largest trade publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Customers of Amazon.com Inc. found credits in their inboxes Tuesday from the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit over ebook prices. Amazon, in a Customer FAQ posting on its website, said the credits are partial refunds and will be applied automatically to the accounts of those eligible: people... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion has acquired the rights to a new trilogy by Jodi Ellen Malpas as part of a global deal.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
McGraw Hill Professional's Keith Fox will be joining Phaidon Press as chief executive officer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book subscription service Scribd has partnered with Lonely Planet to make all the publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sara Miles, once a war reporter in Central America, didn’t give religion much thought then. Now she is an Episcopal lay liturgist and preacher taking to the streets of San Francisco and finding God there. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two new suits were filed this month against Apple and the five major publishers involved in a 2010 ebook price-fixing conspiracy, raising the possibility of a new ebook antitrust battle involving aggrieved retailers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Antony Loewenstein: Is the future an interactive novel read on a Google Glass? One thing's for certain: the transformation of the written word is one of the defining issues of our ageAntony Loewenstein Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Catholic priest Ronald Rolheiser examines late-life spirituality; scholar Michael Coogan offers a brief history of the Decalogue. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The University of California Press will be moving from its current location in Berkeley, where the publisher has been for 30 years, to new offices in Oakland. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andrew Weinstein, the new VP of Content Acquisition at ebook subscription service Scribd discusses the role of bookstores, territorial rights and content. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Transworld has bought a romantic novel by previously self-published author Cathy Bramley, to be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s nice to see newspaper publishers working their way out of the existential doldrums. If there was one overall takeaway from last week’s mediaXchange, the Newspaper Association of America’s confab in Denver, it wa ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
McClelland & Stewart has recruited three prominent poets for a board intended to reinvigorate its renowned poetry program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]