Titan Books's pulp imprint Hard Case Crime will be releasing two new editions of Stephen King's "Joyland," which it originally published in June 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Johnston Press is disposing of staff photographers in a swathe of newspapers across England, reports HoldTheFrontPage. Photographers are soon to leave the company's titles in Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. Most will go after accepting voluntary redundancy... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Friday Project has bought a book by journalist and author Chris Wright, in a deal for world... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Launched a month ago in Exeter, N.H. by Jeremy Townsend, Books for Animal Lovers is an online retailer offering just what its name specifies—books about animals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ten prominent South Korea writers will attend the Korea Market Focus cultural programme at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ingram Publisher Services has added Köehler Books and Linden Publishing to its list of clients. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oprah is great for women, but she's not talking to men. Isn't it time publishers and the media take men as seriously as readers as the men take themselves? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher thought to have paid potentially as much as £1m-plus in bid to boost international traffic, particularly in the USMail Online is switching from a .co.uk to .com homepage address, following protracted negotiations with the US paper that owned the dailymail.com domain name.Owner Daily... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The re-booted iteration of Oprah's influential book club is leveraging multiple platforms in print and digital for maximum exposure and engagement. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Back in 2006, Karen Schneider, now university librarian at Oakland, Calif.’s Holy Names University, published “The User Is Not Broken: A Meme Masquerading as a Manifesto” on her blog, the Free Range Librarian. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
From the Fly to Zero Core, the most exciting titles in the music market are put together on a shoestring and given away in shops. We talk to the editors proving that print can still thrive• See the best free magazines in pictures hereA few months after its creation, the Fly magazine almost came... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The president of the non-profit investigative journalism website on measuring impact, team work – and Edward SnowdenRichard Tofel has had a dream. It came upon him the night before we meet and he is still a little rattled by it. In it, he found himself performing his old role at Dow Jones, where... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The existence of the D-notice (aka DA-notice) committee is under threat, reports the Sunday Times. It cites sources who say some officials in the Ministry of Defence, which is considering a review of the system, want to fold the committee into the new press regulator or place it within the MoD's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
2013 was a good year for Urdu publishing, with several notable titles hitting bookstores, but unlicensed reprinting of copyright protected works persists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
B.J. Novak's children's book will be titled 'A Book With No Pictures.' 'I wanted to write a book that would introduce the youngest of kids to the idea that words can be their allies,' the actor said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edward Snowden will be the focus of such upcoming titles as 'The Snowden Files' and a work about government surveillance. Will Snowden also be the subject of a movie? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
By understanding our tastes and habits, Facebook could steal billions of dollars in ads from traditional media and get Madison Avenue out of the stone age.Facebook has never been a company lacking in foolish ambition--witness Facebook Home, Beacon, Places, and other monumental undertakings. But... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
21st Century Fox on Friday announced it would take a controlling stake in YES Network, upping its of Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network, raising its ownership position in the RSN to 80 percent. The media conglomerate originally assumed a 49 percent stake in YES in November 2012,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fresh on the heels of a major snowstorm and with temperatures lingering in the teens, travel snarls contributed to a lightly attended opening night reception on the exhibit floor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The past few years have seen a resurgence of independent booksellers, with new shops opening in communities that haven’t previously had many bookstores, or that had only Borders outlets—until the chain went under in 2011. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]