Tor seeks ‘Truth’ from Dennard, gets ‘Unnoticed’ by Brockway and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lucia will lead our publishing coverage, digging into the evolution of traditional publishers and the rise of new powers. She joins us from Adweek, where she was a senior editor. Lucia will start at Digiday on March 20.The post Digiday welcomes Lucia Moses as our new senior editor appeared first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The film rights to Tom Rob Smith’s newly published The Farm (Simon & Schuster) have... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
New eMarketer research forecasts mobile ad spend to top £2bn this year, and for total digital media to reach £9bn by 2017UK mobile advertising spend is forecast to top £2bn and overtake newspaper ad revenue for the first time in 2014, according to new research.Total digital media advertising... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Planet Comicon in Kansas City, MO; Indiana Comic Con in Indianapolis, IN; Ales Kot & Tradd Moore in Winter Park, FL; J.H. Williams III in San Francisco, CA; London Super Comic Con in London, U.K. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A group of newspaper publishers, including Gannett, McClatchy, Tribune and others, has put the Cars.com online marketplace up for sale for as much as $3 billion, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Moelis & Co., which is advisin ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has signed four new novels from crime writer Ann Cleeves. Catherine Richards... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Audio, which was unified under the direction of Amanda D'Acierno in September, announced further promotions and changes in its reporting structure. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW and the U.K.’s BookBrunch are once again teaming up to produce three print Show Dailies for the London Book Fair as well as a supplement focused on the fair’s digital events. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital publishers like Politco, Pitchfork, and Pando are reworking their online brands for print, a medium that they were supposed to replace.The post Why so many digital publishers are flocking back to print appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
After his bestselling love story about finding a partner, Nicholls' new book Us will look at holding on to oneIn his hugely popular novel One Day, David Nicholls explored the search for a soulmate through the long-drawn-out love affair between Em and Dex. Five years on, Nicholls is set to take... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon and Schuster Children’s Books has acquired two novels for nine to 12-year-olds from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
US writer George Saunders has won the inaugural Folio Prize for his short story collection Tenth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere fought in some of Europe's toughest battlesWilliam "Wild Bill" Guarnere, one of the second world veterans whose exploits were dramatised in the TV miniseries Band of Brothers, has died. He was 90.His son, William Guarnere Jr, confirmed on Sunday that his father died... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tor in the UK and US have acquired a “thrilling” YA/adult fantasy adventure series.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Portland's Tin House Press, born out of the eponymous magazine, continues to foster a community of engaged readers interested in eclectic small press publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
AUSTIN—Julian Assange doesn’t use the blustering rhetoric you might expect from the founder of the activist publishing group WikiLeaks. Assange is responsible for leaking documents that have changed America’s political landscape— State Department cables and Iraq War logs—yet to a South by... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the one-year anniversary of the service, digital comics locus ComiXology says it now offers more than 1,000 titles through its self-publishing platform Submit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
BBC3 is to become online-only to save money. Is this unfair to young viewers and programme-makers?Boyd Hilton, TV and reviews editor of Heat magazineSo the BBC is getting rid of its one channel aimed at young people, its one channel that has continually fostered new comedy talent, the channel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attorneys for the consumer class argue there is enough evidence to assess damages against Apple via a summary judgment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]