Faber & Faber will take up residence in St Pancras station tomorrow morning (Thursday 13th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The awards will be presented on April 24 at the the New School in New York City, in a ceremony free and open to the public. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Angie Smith wrote her bestselling children's book in memory of her daughter Audrey Caroline, who died the day she was born in 2008. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
B&H author on Dancing with the Stars; Religion Communicators honor books; Outreach magazine selects winning titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Print these days is a medium of diminishing returns. There are pockets of brands where print revenues are increasing, but physical magazines are largely now kept around as a sometimes-important part of an integrated buy. And many executives have written off any notion of a return to print-based... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Hachette Book Group has appointed Crown Archetype editor-in-chief Mauro DiPreta v-p and publisher of Hachette Books, a new division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK’s earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were down slightly in 2013, because... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Eleanor Catton and her editor Max Porter's alliance shows how much more than wielding a blade goes into this relationshipHenry James called editing "the butchers' trade". But he also said, "I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort," so you can see how the old anglophile... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
New figures show that three-fifths of Britain's video, video games and music sales are now derived from the internetGrowing demand for streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify helped the UK home entertainment sector increase its revenues in 2013 for the first time in five years to £5.3bn,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Forgiveness has been a struggle since the Garden of Eden, so it’s no surprise authors find a never-ending readership for books on the subject. From memoir to how-to, we take a look at six new books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In advance of today’s hearing before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, RILA and NRF urge lawmakers to level the playing field. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
George Saunders has been announced as the winner of The Folio Prize 2014 for Tenth of December (Bloomsbury), sponsored by The Folio Society. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Publishing is launching a German language programme, after being "delighted"... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paul Brinkley, author of "War Front to Store Front: Americans Rebuilding Trust and Hope in Nations Under Fire" (Turner, 9781118239223), will appear on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Thursday, March 13. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
An Indian publisher says it will have independent scholars examine objections from a conservative Hindu group to a book by American religion scholar Wendy Doniger. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Plympton/DailyLit, a digital reading venture focused on serialized content, is launching Rooster, a reading app that picks books for its users to read and delivers them in installments to mobile devices for $4.99 a month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookNet Canada’s annual three-day tech forum, which took place March 3-6, drew people from across the country's publishing scene, as well as some as far away as Malta, to discuss the future of writing, reading, and publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
ShiftyLook, a portal launched by videogame giant Namco/Bandai in early 2013 to revive old gaming properties as webcomics, is being shuttered. The ShiftyLook site will shut down completely on September 20, 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Consultation has begun on over 20 roles at Constable & Robinson as the independent publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our digital magazine for March focuses on ebook businesses and initiatives around the world, from sales to format, enhanced content to devices. Download your copy here. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]