HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired a trilogy about the irrepressible Harry ‘... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bargains aren’t just for Walmart shoppers anymore. Starting in April, Time Inc.’s All You, the magazine for budget-conscious women, will be sold at stores outside the retail giant—the title’s sole newsstand distributor since launching 10 years ago. The exclusive deal with the world’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Industry figures have voiced hopes for the latest government-commissioned review into the library... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In what could be the biggest variation on crowdfunding, San Francisco Patreon has raised $2.1 million in funding for its subscription-based system. Patreon allows fans to pledge recurring payments to a creator rather than provide one-off support to a single project. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Science and Education (MSE) has appointed Allison Rutledge-Parisi as chief people... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vook, a digital publishing and distribution platform, has acquired Booklr, a real-time data and analytics service for authors and publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
World Book Night U.S. has partnered with the Audio Publishers Association to give free audiobook downloads to WBN volunteers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
McGraw-Hill Professional has reached an agreement with Baker & Taylor to offer its ebooks to libraries through B&T’s Axis 360 digital platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
IPPR report calls for advertising, film and TV to support businesses outside London and to help develop non-white talentThe UK's creative industries need to embrace regional and ethnic diversity if they are to play an improved role in helping the economy, warns a report from a leading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Little Friendly Orgy and other porn stories have been sold as work by the author of The Eagle Has LandedReaders fancying a journey into the world of the bestselling thriller author Jack Higgins may be getting a different kind of thrill, courtesy of another writer selling erotic novels under... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The pressure on newspaper website editors to stay in the top three can be intenseJanuary, the start of a new year in the digital premier league (as recorded by ABC). And it's the big three still on top: Mail Online, with 60 million monthly users in Britain and Ireland, and 130 million abroad, up... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Journalists on three titles in northern England owned by Gannett are to strike over plans to move editing work to south Wales. But this is of a piece with the US firm's attitude to print mediaHere's a claim to savour. "The strength of [our] network lies in its ability to penetrate local... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
WikiLeaks founder a mercurial character who could not bear his own secrets, according to writer Andrew O'HaganThe ghostwriter who collaborated with Julian Assange on his abortive 2011 autobiography has broken his silence to describe his months working with the WikiLeaks founder, which culminated... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The movie will be based on the memoir by journalist Kim Barker, a darkly comic look at reporting in the Middle East. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Local Government Association calls on websites to highlight dangers of drinking game linked to several deathsTwitter and Facebook should introduce warnings about the drinking game neknominate, which has been linked to several deaths, councils have said. The Local Government Association (LGA),... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gawker's new Recruits program will gauge prospective writers not on the writing itself, but rather what kind of traffic that writing generates. That's a uniquely digital spin on the idea of the internship, which is the traditional way that publications find and mold new hires. But instead of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
From the minimal logo to the super-sized halfpipe, here's a roundup of the best and worst design at the Olympics this year.1. BEST: Photographs Of Life In Sochi Before The Olympics Swept In Before the 2014 Olympic Games came along, Sochi was a humble little seaside city. Residents there... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
How To Poo On A Date and The Origin of Faeces make the Diagram Prize shortlist for the oddest book title of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers Association calls in celebrity support for Books Are My Bag campaign after more than 500 closures since 2005The number of independent bookshops gracing British high streets has fallen below 1,000 – a third fewer than nine years ago, amid cut-throat competition from supermarkets,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton imprint Yellow Kite is to publish blogger Ella Woodward’s cookbook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]