Apple Inc. faces as much as $840 million in state and consumer antitrust claims related to electronic-book deals with publishers as it continues to oppose a court-ordered monitor in a related U.S.... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bauer Media launches site targeting perceived gap in the market for 'constantly connected, influential, 20-something women'Bauer Media has launched digital brand The Debrief, targeting twentysomething women, with a promise that it is more than "BuzzFeed for girls".The Debrief officially launched... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thanks to a “bumper year” of nominations, the Chartered Institute of Library and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
After years of financial problems, independent publishing house MacAdam/Cage filed for Chapter 7 liquidation last month in a San Francisco court. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
If the plaintiff number is granted, it would put the total damages in this ebook conspiracy at over $1 billion. Five publishers have already paid $166 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cengage Learning, Inc. announced Monday morning that it has reached an agreement with its major financial stakeholders and creditors that will allow it to emerge from Chapter 11. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown Book Group has bought independent publisher Constable & Robinson. Constable... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ladybird is celebrating its 2015 centenary with a three-year licensing and consumer products... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher Saqi Books is reviewing its English language publishing programme and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
We are now living in a history glut; the Internet has muddled the line between past and present. As our past gets closer and closer to the present and the line separating our now from our then dissolves, we're approaching an odd sort of asymptote. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wanted: someone unconnected with the newspaper and magazine publishing industry willing to take on the burden of chairing a new press regulator for £150,000 a year.Applicants are being invited for the inaugural chair of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) in an advert placed in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fiction Uncovered, the annual prize highlighting works by British writers, is to be renamed the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cengage Learning has reached an agreement with its major creditors to reduce its outstanding debt... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
250 Words is a "publisher-agnostic" site featuring essays, reviews, and interviews. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Daunt Books in Marylebone is holding its first literary festival on 27th to 28th March. Authors... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
We last heard from Elizabeth Spencer more than a decade ago. In 1998 she published a memoir, Landscapes of the Heart, followed in 2001 by a “greatest hits” roundup of her novellas and short stories, The Southern Woman, which was followed by a quiet 12 years. One could be forgiven the thought... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
“In recent years, new bookstores have virtually mushroomed in the city of Sofia," says Rumyana Tsvetkova, reporting for Radio Bulgaria, Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading Sunday Times journalist who was the first editor of its groundbreaking investigative Insight unitRon Hall, a former top executive of the Sunday Times in its pre-Murdoch golden era, has died aged 79. Hall's distinctions were many: first editor of the paper's successful investigative unit,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
By encouraging the young to publish fan fiction, story-sharing startup Movellas is tackling English children's low literacy levelsLiteracy levels among English young adults compare poorly with those in other industrialised countries, according to an OECD survey last autumn which ranked England a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Collaborative publishing website Medium, which aims to reinvent the blog, secures first external investmentMedium, Twitter co-founder Ev Williams's online publishing venture, has no shortage of ambition – to reinvent the blog as a digital storytelling format and match the impact of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]