When Greg Marchand began working in the London restaurant Fifteen, it’s owner, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver dubbed him “Frenchie” because he was the only French person in the kitchen. The name stuck, and now it graces Marchand’s Paris restaurant, as well as his other endeavors: a wine bar,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jaron Lanier, author of "Who Own the Future" (Simon & Schuster, 9781451654974), will appear on the "Colbert Report" on Tuesday, March 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The awards will be presented to the winners during a luncheon at the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators annual conference in Los Angeles in August. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Judith Regan announced the first round of hires for her newly launched book imprint multimedia unit at Phaidon, Regan Arts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egmont has bought two YA novels by Brighton-based author Lisa Heathfield. Fiction editorial... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vook, a digital publishing and distribution platform, is launching Author Control, a new data service that allows authors and publishers to track ebook sales and unit downloads across every major retail channel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
This essay is excerpted from The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business, by Christopher Leonard, published by Simon & Schuster. Read another excerpt from The Meat Racket, about how Tyson keeps chicken prices high. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
This essay is excerpted from The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business, by Christopher Leonard, published by Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Oscars 2014 ceremony saw the movie '12 Years a Slave,' based on the memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, score big by winning the Best Picture prize. The Oscars 2014 awards were held on March 2. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
This essay is excerpted from Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance, by Julia Angwin, published by Times Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The acquisition gives users of TeachersNotebook.com exposure to OverDrive’s network of schools and libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Boston-based startup announced a partnership with charitable think tank, Insight Labs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers from the Midwest and the West Coast dominate this year's shortlist for the 22nd annual award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins' Avon imprint has signed two books by Michele Gorman. Senior commissioning... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amplify, a NewsCorp educational venture focused on using technology to transform K-12 education, showed off its much-anticipated English Language Arts digital curriculum during an online press conference last week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The upswing in preorders followed a promotional email sent by St. Martin's to the Hungry Girl subscriber list of 1.2 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tech is returning dividends to publishing, with Valobox's 'Gift an Ebook' program and Bookseer's advanced social media data mining and price analytics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The East Village bookstore is stepping up its fundraising efforts for the store's impending move and transition to a nonprofit event space. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Storage expansion went out of fashion over the last two years. Fortunate, then, for those of us wanting to take our music / audio book / photo collection everywhere, that HTC's upgraded One will see a return to microSD storage on its flagship series.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A legal battle is being fought over the will of the late newspaper publisher, Deirdre Romanes, that could affect the future of the titles she loved. Romanes, who was chief executive of the Dunfermline Press group, died in 2010 with an estate estimated, according to HoldTheFrontPage, at £4.6m.In... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]