The Interactive Advertising Bureau primarily exists to help grow the pie of digital advertising dollars. So, as it kicks off its annual leadership meeting this week, it's focusing on where that growth is expected to occur: mobile.Today, the IAB -- along with a group of publishers including AOL,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Skyhorse Publishing broke a new record in 2013, reporting revenue up by 14% in the year, topping $26 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Suchet CBE has recorded the first ever full-length audio version of the New International... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Open Road Integrated Media has signed an agreement to acquire E-Reads, the digital publisher founded by Richard Curtis in 1999. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ziff Davis CEO Vivek Shah was named as the new chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau tonight. And he started his tenure by immediately taking the industry to task for letting bad traffic perpetuate—taking particular aim at digital media buyers. During a blunt keynote address at the IAB... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
An independent report on the public library service in England has been commissioned by culture... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Artis Henderson, author of a memoir titled 'Unremarried Widow,' talks about the loss of her husband, Miles, who was serving in Afghanistan, after only four months of marriage. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Lesley Pearse will talk about saving libraries and why they should not be allowed to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite mixed fortunes in 2013 in a category that might be feeling digital disruption more than any other, publishers of Christian and inspirational fiction remain optimistic as they look to the coming year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our series on print on demand sponsored by Ingram Content Group, begins with two companies using short print runs and one-off printings to expand their business into new markets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
After what the government said was an 18-month investigation, Canada’s Competition Bureau has reached consent agreements with four multinational publishers regarding their ebook pricing policies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Accomplished theater and television actress January LaVoy has been steadily building a reputation as an audiobook narrator for the past five years, and in 2013 she was named PW’s Audiobook Narrator of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The PC business isn’t the only one Sony will abandon. The electronics giant is also closing the books on its North American ebook efforts.“Wait,” you’re probably saying after reading that sentence: “Sony was making an ebook effort in North America?”And you know, that’s pretty hurtful.Still, you... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Acquiring editors face a daunting task when it comes to Christian and inspirational fiction: find gifted writers with strong voices presenting distinctive stories to lure readers looking for familiar yet unique, similar yet special books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
As reported, AMC and Sony Pictures TV have officially tapped Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to develop Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's controversial 1990's comic book series Preacher for AMC. The show will follow troubled preacher Jesse Custer (note initials) through Texas and beyond as he tries to... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital—readers, advertising, revenue—is growing, but publishers are managing that growth in different ways depending on where their value propositions lie. For a news-driven operation, that could mean emphasizing speed and developing paid products in niche verticals. It could be offering... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Dan Smetanka moved to New York City from California’s Orange County in 1991 for a summer intern job at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, he was only vaguely aware of the significance of working with Jonathan Galassi and Roger Strauss. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK Fiction Uncovered promotion has secured £80K for 2 years of £5k grants from the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and is now open to self-published authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the challenge of competing with online booksellers, Canadian independents contacted by PW reported that 2013 was an encouraging year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just as the Dow Jones Industrial Average pulled back in January following large gains in 2013, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index also got off to a slow start in 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]