CodeMantra, the technology and service provider to publishers and other content companies, has been acquired by a Boston-based investment group. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A digital publishing house is conducting a semi-legal, large-scale search for the next great incarcerated author. The reaction from authorities isn't what you'd expect.Jack London, Ken Kesey, William Burroughs, Oscar Wilde, Malcolm X, Voltaire, Cervantes, E.E. Cummings, Martin Luther King, Mark... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Currently soliciting crowdfunding, scheme hopes to transpose website's 2.6bn words onto paper for touring exhibitionIt would run to over a million pages, featuring more than four million articles by 20 million volunteers: an "record-breaking" new project to turn Wikipedia into 1,000 books has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookExpo America is expanding its offering for indie authors, introducing Author Hub. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
With a debate brewing about how much indie authors can, and do, earn, PW asked Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, to weigh in. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' sued Monroe County Heritage Museum for using her name and her book without compensating her. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Suzy Draddy Jacobs has been named publisher of Capitol File magazine. Most recently, Jacobs served as vice president of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast region for The Week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's been two decades since Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book hit the shops -- and it's still great after all these years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The appointment of Dolinger to oversee any future disputes appears designed to ensure any future Apple disputes have merit, and that the parties are at least working constructively to resolve those disputes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pocket Gems, the San Francisco-based mobile gaming company, has launched Episode, a new mobile gaming platform, that includes a writer’s portal that will enable anyone to utilize the platform to create their own animated story. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sheffield City Council has approved plans to slash its library funding and leave only 12 of its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
General Stanley McChrystal, author of "My Share of the Task: A Memoir" (Portfolio Trade, 9781591846826), will appear on the "Colbert Report" on Thursday, February 20. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Working class cats, South African trouts and pies as biography are all some of the topics up for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kotobi.com, a major new Arabic ebookstore launched at this year's Cairo Book Fair, has potential to be a gamechanger for publishing in the region. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Christian Waters has been named director of marketing and new business development at Osprey Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nominees for the 34th annual L.A. Times Book Prizes have been announced and include five finalists for the graphic novel prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline is launching a new website next week which allows book bloggers to request books,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
US author James Patterson has followed through on his promise to donate $1m to US independent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon customers in the UK, US and Germany can now use its Amazon Coins currency on Android... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
We talk to David Fernández Payatos, CEO of Nubico, the Spanish ebook subscription service that is looking to acquire 30% of Spain's e-reading market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]