The move to acquire Santillana Ediciones Generales, according to PRH, will "significantly" increase its presence in Spain and Latin America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Daisy Kline has been named v-p, national accounts, Penguin Young Readers Group, effective April 7. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Newspaper Association of America on Tuesday elected Robert Dickey, president of Gannett Co.’s U.S. Community Publishing division, as its next chairman. Dickey will succeed Robert Nutting, president and CEO of Wheeling, W.Va.-based O ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Driscoll, who recently weathered plagiarism charges, has made headlines once again, this time for hiring a company that manipulates bestseller lists. Now the Seattle pastor is stepping back from his writing career to focus on his church. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
What's more fun than ordering your next pair of nerd-chic glasses on the Internet? Getting them delivered to you via a magical pneumatic tube, that's what.Much like Warby Parker's flagship SoHo store, its new Upper East Side location has the feel of a luxurious, smartly curated book lover's den.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
DENVER -- Newspaper publishers charting their long term future need to leave themselves more entrepreneurial breathing room, even for models that disrupt their own business lines. That was the thinking from three of the industry's ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
We asked a handful of Digiday Publishing Summit attendees at legacy media outlets one simple question: What has been the hardest -- or most surprising -- part of transitioning from a print to digital model? Here's what they told us.The post What’s the hardest part of digital for legacy... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new Vintage Books imprint, titled Vintage Movie Classics, re-released such novels as 'Show Boat' by Edna Ferber. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sixty-eight jobs have gone at Pearson's higher education business in the US, as part of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sylvia Day's "Aftershock," released March 11, broke the top five on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended March 17. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two weeks after George Lossius stepped down as CEO of Publishing Technology, plc, the U.K. company, which has offices in North America, has named digital publishing veteran Michael Cairns as CEO. Cairns, the company's online division chief operating officer, will assume his new responsibilities... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sceptre editorial director Drummond Moir has acquired a literary debut by 34-year-old poet and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A full judicial review into Lincolnshire's library cuts has been given the go ahead by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Veteran author Christian Jennings offers tips, techniques and strategies on how to write a good non-fiction proposal for submission. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andrew Lownie, recently short-listed for The Bookseller UK literary agent of the year, explains how the agency goes about selling its authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Brazilian startup has released a plan that changes the way users find stories. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
World-wide aggregator and digital distributor Publish on Demand Global (PODG) finalized a distribution deal with Flipkart.com. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Coalition Against Censorship and the American Civil Liberties Union have joined together to urge the South Carolina state senate's finance committee to retain state funding of two university reading programs under fire for assigning controversial books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Copyright experts had seen the case as a key test of the DMCA's "safe harbor" provision, which protects Internet service providers from liability for the infringing behavior of its users. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, the Inkstuds podcast hits the road, the second volume of Bold Riley, Hi-Fi Color for Comics, P. Craig Russell's final Guide to Graphic Storytelling, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]