Audible lowering royalty on self-published audiobooks and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
In February, social media chatter was dominated by films inspired by books—six of the top 10 most-discussed books have movie adaptations either in theaters or in the works. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The panel centered on broadening audiences for independent literature while working under budgeting constraints in an oversaturated market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Will and Ann Eisner Foundation unveiled an international slate of events to mark Will Eisner Week 2014, held March 1-7, to celebrate the life, work and influence of Will Eisner, a pioneering golden age comic book artist and one of the most innovative creators in the history of comics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
While video-game players are familiar with the gaming site Humble Bundle, ebook readers will hear a lot more about it in the coming months. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books-A-Million’s three-month experiment with the print-on-demand Espresso Book Machine has been a success, but the country’s second largest bookstore chain is not yet ready to take the program beyond the two locations that have been operating EBMs since last November. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Special World Book Night copies of '12 Years a Slave' will be made available to schools. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 11 companies that made PW’s list of fast-growing independent publishers in 2013 include four first-timers, four companies reappearing on the list after falling off for a year or two, and three companies that made the 2012 list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Online Publisher’s Association (OPA) announced its incoming executive officers for the 2014-2016 term, including FT.com managing director Rob Grimshaw as chairman. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The release of its third-quarter results for fiscal 2014 and the subsequent conference call with analysts on February 26 made it clearer than ever that Barnes & Noble executives are operating two companies with very different issues. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
After the College of Charleston assigned the graphic memoir 'Fun Home' as summer reading, members of the South Carolina House of Representatives voted to cut funding to the school. The budget will be decided on by the general assembly in March. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson reported a contribution to earnings of 78 million pounds from Penguin and Penguin Random House in 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's publishers Usborne Publishing and Nosy Crow won two awards each at tonight's (... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
She will address representatives from the over 400 member organizations of the trade association on March 19 in New York City. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Diana Tsui has joined InStyle as senior editor. She joins from New York Magazine’s “The Cut,” where she served as online senior market editor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon-owned audiobook retailer Audible is lowering the royalty rates it pays authors who self-publish, and exclusively sell, their audiobooks through the website. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a federal courtroom in Manhattan, attorneys for Apple in its ebook price-fixing case are offering up lessons in creative legal maneuvering. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The leading French cultural product chain Fnac may have turned the corner financially,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frozen didn't click until the main characters were reimagined as sisters with a complicated relationship. Co-director Jennifer Lee talks with Fast Company about the collaboration that resulted in the highest-grossing Disney animated film of all time.The fact that Jennifer Lee is a woman isn't... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
A&E Networks is killing off the Bio Channel this summer to install the new FYI Network, but it's not killing off the Bio website.Instead, the cable network is shifting control of the site to digital publisher Say Media, which will run editorial, ad sales, technology and marketing for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]