Barnes & Noble reports that consolidated revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 decreased 10.3% to $2 billion from the same period in the previous fiscal year. Third quarter EBITDA increased from $59 million a year ago to $173 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jim Martin's book about Jesus gets a starred review; Kerry Weber's first book takes mercy to the streets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The titular book in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy took the top spot on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended February 24. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Canada will follow Random House of Canada's lead in contracting out foreign rights sales to the Cooke Agency International. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
As of this week, E.L. James's Fifty Shades trilogy has sold 100 million copies worldwide, and has spent 100 weeks on the "New York Times" bestseller list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's hard to read the latest gimmick for infusing a dying industry with cash as anything other than journalism selling its soulThe devil walks into a bar and sits at a table with eight newspaper and magazine publishers plus one strange little fellow in shabby, dated robes. The devil says, "How'd... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gennady Stolyarov wants to introduce kids to transhumanism. Is this the Snow White of the modern age--or something creepier?Can people really live forever? A children's book author has joined the growing chorus of transhumanist voices insisting that we soon may. That's right kids, you too could... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Publishing Perspectives' Issues on the Ether, Porter Anderson asks #EtherIssue participants to focus on tools needed by entrepreneurial authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Any job a man can do, so can a woman. Sure, there are physical differences between the sexes, but that does not have to impede success. One industry that has primarily been a men's club is IT. Historically, being a computer nerd has been a guy thing. However, over the years, women have been... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The devil walks into a bar and sits at a table with eight newspaper and magazine publishers plus one strange little fellow in shabby, dated robes. The devil says, "How'd you all like to get some advertising revenue at higher rates t ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of lastminute.com, will speak at the London Book Fair 2014’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
We interview one of our favorite YA writers, Eliot Schrefer, about his latest YA novel, Endangered, set during a chimpanzee preservation mission in Gabon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc.'s All You is broadening its distribution, moving beyond the exclusive newsstand deal it had with retail giant, Walmart. The April issue of the smart-shopping magazine will be available at major retailers across the country, including Target, CVS, Walgreens and Barn Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bodley Head has appointed Will Hammond as editorial director. Hammond is currently... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Kate DiCamillo, the ABA, and the CBC are asking authors and illustrators to support indies by reading a story aloud at a bookstore on May 17. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the weekend I noticed a link to a nearly 16-year-old New York Times article appearing over and over in my Twitter feed. The piece, written by Saul Hansell and published June 9, 1998, is titled "America Online to Buy Internet Chat Service for $287 Million." In fact, the piece gained so much... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lisa Bloom, author of "Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It" (Counterpoint, 9781619023277), will appear on the "Today Show" and the "Leonard Lopate Show" on Wednesday, February 26. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
J K Rowling's Robert Galbraith novel The Cuckoo's Calling (Sphere) has narrowly bumped... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of bestseller Eat, Pray, Love, is one of six writers included on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the controversy surrounding its publication of "The Hindus: An Alternative History," Penguin Random House said it remains committed to publishing in India. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]