The Independent is up for sale. The paper's founder, and current chairman of its publishing company, Andreas Whittam Smith, has been authorised to seek out a buyer.The owners, Alexander Lebedev and his son, Evgeny, have been indicating for some time that they would be happy to dispose of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eksmo, Russia's leading publishing company, has officially taken over its main rival AST, bringing the country even closer to consolidation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Frankfurt Book Fair has confirmed it plans for expansion in Brazil, with a series of CONTEC... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
At Digital Book World, independent booksellers and librarians answered two questions: Why are we still here, and how do we stay here? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
After entering the library ebook market last April with a pilot, Simon & Schuster is expanding its program to more libraries, and adding OverDrive as a vendor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The non-profit Copyright Clearance Center announced this week that is has launched an Open Access Resource Center in partnership with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The company responded to reports about the demolition of the Manhattan building housing its flagship store. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
South of Market is a provocative new photo book that's 30 years of controversy in the making.Facebook, Apple, and Google are making headlines for flooding San Francisco with highly paid laborers, driving up real estate prices while taking over public bus stops to privately shuttle employees out... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Much like last year, in 2014 the publishing world will continue to navigate change as the digital world absorbs print editions and dilutes subscription fees. In this ever-changing cyber landscape, one thing is for certain: publishers must identify ne ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
As part of its transition to a lifestyle company, the Cambridge, Mass.-based publisher terminated its contracts with sales reps. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
New research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that the percentage of American adults who read an ebook in the past year has risen to 28 percent, up from 23 percent in 2012. Yet the tree book isn't dead yet, at least in the popularity sense, as the results show most ebook... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Publishers has entered into an agreement with Guinness World Records for the sales, distribution and fulfillment of their titles in the U.S, effective immediately. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Turning literature into a numbers game makes some sense for the book trade, but none for readersWe may be halfway through January already, but the spirit of new year is still in full swing over in San Francisco, where the 2014 Goodreads Reading Challenge goes from strength to strength to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
After three years in a row of declining sales, German book retailers ended 2013 on a more... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury imprint Absolute Press has signed two new cookbooks from TV chef Tom Kerridge. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Palgrave Macmillan will publish a guide to the environmental crisis looming in Tibet by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harry Potter author JK Rowling tops a new list of children's favourite books which is dominated by titles that have been made into films. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nominees for "The Hatchet Job of the Year, given to the “writer of the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months,” are out. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new collection of contemporary short stories by Man Booker Prize-winning Hilary Mantel –... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A communication from Amazon's Kindle New Initiatives team has said KNI is working on "a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]