Controversial writer and journalist known for Fatal Vision and The Selling of the PresidentIs a journalist "a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity, ignorance or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse?" That was the question asked by Janet Malcolm in her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The upcoming Digiday Content Marketing Awards include a category for best publishing native advertising program. We asked presenters from our upcoming Digiday Publishing Summit to offer their insights on what makes effective native ads.The post Rising above the listicle: What makes a good native... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Campaigners are planning to picket the re-opening of the Women's Library tonight (12th March... 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 ]
While publishers introduce new products and platforms at a breakneck pace, fulfillment companies are faced with either adapting legacy systems to meet the changing demands, or investing resources in creating solutions from scratch. Their universe is constantly expanding as new players with new... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A lyrical memoir about spiritual refueling; a starred review for an examination of the lives of LGBTQ Catholics. 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 ]
House, a design, decoration, food and lifestyle website, aims to reach 500,000 monthly users in four yearsCondé Nast is launching a online lifestyle offering closely resembling Pinterest, House, replacing its House & Garden and Easy Living websites.The publisher is launching House on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tiffany Tomlin has been named executive director of the newly aligned Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
During a panel at Austin's South by Southwest conference, Kaling said she is writing another book. Kaling's show 'The Mindy Project' was recently renewed for a third season. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
This past weekend, with an emphasis on education and bookseller and author togetherness, GABBS & SIBA’s show in the Springtime was a success. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rumors about who will be purchasing the publisher circulated at the Folio Awards ceremony in Central London. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards teams up with his artist daughter to write a picture book inspired by his own granddad teaching him to play the guitar. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rolling Stone Keith Richards is to publish a picture book with illustrations by his daughter.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Beyoncé want to ban the word 'bossy' as disparaging to women. It's a good start, but there's so much more to be done. Here are my top tipsThat growing numbers of girls suffer from issues of self-esteem during adolescence – ones that can be carried over into... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-11 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 ]
Following a vociferous response by SCIBA members to the "L.A. Times" decision to exclude their stores from its Festival of Books website, IndieBound buy buttons will be added this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
World Book Day titles dominated the top of last week's UK Official Top 50, nabbing the first... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
How positioning your business model around your most engaged customers will reap beaucoup returns.As a long-time comic book artist, fan, and professional, I have experienced firsthand how comics collectors travelled long distances to meet up with others who shared these passions. In the 1990s,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
BBC1 is to adapt David Walliams’ first book for children, The Boy in the Dress (... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]