With ebooks and print-on-demand, readers never again have to want for a much loved, long forgotten, or previously unpublished book from a cherished writer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Much bandwidth has been consumed discussing the effects of Facebook's recent algorithm change to favor sites offering "high quality" content. It's been said to hurt viral sites like Upworthy -- a notion the site's founders have denied -- while rewarding other publishers including Mental... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 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 ]
Online retailer will fold film and TV rental arm into its Prime subscription service for combined price of £79 a yearAmazon is hitting back at Netflix in the UK by rebranding its LoveFilm video-on-demand service.LoveFilm, bought out by Amazon three years ago in a deal worth nearly £200m, will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers’ expansion into new products as they strive to reach more retail channels was a major theme at New York International Toy Fair, held February 11-15 at the Javits Center. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 100 copies of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl have been vandalised in public libraries in Japan's capital Tokyo, library officials say. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate Books has signed up Irish writer Mary Costello, a former Guardian First Book Award... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a letter filed yesterday, Apple advised the court that it would only provide those documents to the monitor that it viewed as being within the monitor’s narrow mandate. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Melville House has signed a memoir from Jón Gnarr, the absurdist comedian who founded a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The private investment firm G Asset Management has made a proposal to buy a 51% stake in Barnes & Nobles in a deal valuing the company at $22 per share. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie bookselling continues to grow with the addition of new stores and a dozen stores that changed hands. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Triumph's "instant book" about the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl win fared well in its first full week on sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
WhatsApp, Facebook's bold $19 billion acquisition, may be best known as a cross-platform instant messaging service for smartphones. But it could become an invaluable distribution tool for publishers.The post Do publishers need a WhatsApp strategy? appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
If the announcement of Facebook paying $19 billion in cash and stock for WhatsApp surprised you then maybe you’d forgotten this prediction I published on January 8th: #6 -- Facebook transforms itself (or tries to) with a huge acquisition. I wrote long ago that we’d never see Facebook in the Dow... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A handful of new titles topped the bestseller lists in the international markets at the start of 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since joining Flatiron Books, Bob Miller’s new imprint at Macmillan, senior editor Whitney Frick has been aggressively trying to fill various buckets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-21 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 ]
Macmillan Science and Education has named Allison Rutledge-Parisi Chief People Officer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although Rolando Hinojosa has won numerous awards during his distinguished career, including the 1976 Premio Casa de las Americas, he is especially excited, and humbled, to be named the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, which he will receive March 13 at the National Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 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 ]