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 ]
Harlequin has launched a new Mills & Boon website, which will include a community connecting... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-03 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 ]
Chalice Press has acquired a book by United Methodist pastor Frank Shaefer, who was defrocked in December for officiating at his gay son’s marriage six years ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 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 ]
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 ]
George Lossius, one of the most visible advocates in urging publishers to embrace technology, will step down as chief executive of Publishing Technology plc “in the near future.” 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 ]
Hot Key Books has bought UK and Ireland rights in We Are Liars, a YA novel from National Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Will Eisner Reading by Paul Levitz in New York, NY; Moon Knight Release Party in Dublin, Ireland; Selfmade Hero Spring Party in London, U.K.; Smudge Expo in Arlington, VA. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
In deal that unites two of the largest players in the digital college textbook field, Ingram’s VitalSource Technologies has acquired the assets of CourseSmart. 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 ]
Academic e-textbook platform CourseSmart has been acquired by Ingram Content Group’s Vital... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
F+W Media Inc. and the Germany-based Hubert Burda Media have entered into a 50-50 joint venture to run the brand Burda Style in the U.S. and Canada, as well as the U.K. digital activities of Burda Style. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Founder plans non-hierarchical newsroom and wants to build First Look Media on collaborationWith $250m in funding from eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and some high profile journalist hires, First Look Media has set itself the lofty task of reinventing journalism for the digital age, starting with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The multimedia empire's chief executive on video journalism, North Korea – and why he won't be taken over by a big rivalShane Smith stayed up late getting drunk with one of his presenters, and now he is exhausted, hungover and behind schedule. Bottles of spirits stand, taunting him, from a table... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher tells Miriam Elia to stop selling satire in which Peter and Jane grapple with Tracey Emin-style conceptual artAn artist and comedian has been told by the publisher Penguin that her new satirical art book breaches its copyright, and if she continues to sell copies it could use the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]