The Handseller software is a digital platform for personalized book recommendations that allows customers to create detailed reading preference profiles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The International Publishers Association (IPA) is giving its official backing to Thema, the new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading biologist and author regrets 'careless' inclusion of unattributed work in his acclaimed 2011 book on ageingProfessor Lewis Wolpert, the eminent developmental biologist and author, has admitted incorporating unattributed text from a variety of sources in his recent popular science... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The government is suppressing official advice over press regulation, according to a report in the Sunday Telegraph.It says that the culture and media department (DCMS) is refusing to disclose a paper which "is thought" to set out advice on whether the government-sponsored royal charter breaches... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Robertson's daily 365-word stories are a promising idea let down by poor digital designNew Year's Day saw the launch of 365, a collaboration between Scottish writer James Robertson and Hamish Hamilton, a Penguin imprint. It sounded promising: one 365-word story to be published online every... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Venture capitalists poured more money into Internet companies last year than they have since the dot-com bust, according to a survey published Friday.Internet companies in the U.S. took in US$7.1 billion from VCs in 1,059 deals in 2013, the highest level of Internet investment in terms of... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Pew survey found that e-reading increased as well but that more adults read a print book in 2013 than in the previous year. 'Print remains the foundation of Americans’ reading habits,' the report stated. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Movie tie-ins for '12 Years a Slave,' 'Philomena,' 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and other films give their namesake books — including one from 1853 — a second life. The memoir "12 Years A Slave" was published in 1853, a year after Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2014-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an eye-catching pairing, Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Roddy Doyle is to partner with ex-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
U.K-based Quercus Publishing reported this morning that a disappointing fourth quarter would result in a “significant” loss for the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
With passage of the 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Act, Congress has advanced a 2013 Presidential directive requiring public access to taxpayer funded research. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
In December, Swedish author Jonas Jonasson had the top-selling fiction title in two international markets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gollancz will publish a sequel to Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones, covering the making of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Independent is a calling card across the world, the paper's former owner, Tony O'Reilly, once told me. It was one of the major reasons he fought so hard to acquire the Indy and why he was prepared to lose so much money afterwards as its publisher.He understood that it was the title that gave... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc. has named Brendan Ripp publisher of Sports Illustrated and its website SI.com, the company said Thursday. He succeeds Frank Wall, who is leaving Time Inc. for a job with Turner Sports.A 14-year veteran of Time Inc., Mr. Ripp was most recently VP-sales and marketing at Fortune magazine.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The SNPA Foundation is launching a new "two-way" mentorship program called Nex Gen this month that will pair young newspaper professionals with experienced industry experts in a structured mentorship program. "It is billed as a 't ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
'39 Clues' author Patrick Carman says he knows Amazon is a convenient option, but suggests buying a book from an independent bookstore each time you buy from Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booker-winning author to help legendary midfielder with 're-evaluation of the meaning of success'The Booker prize-winning novelist Roddy Doyle is to team up with Roy Keane to write a motivational memoir which, according to its publisher, "re-evaluates the meaning of success". The midfield... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A few key take-aways from DBW 2014: teens aren't reading for fun, ebook sales grow overseas, Wall Street discounts publishing and Amazon is like modern art. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Designer Brian Gennett has constructed giant numbers out of book covers for each floor in Barker Block, a loft building downtown. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]