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 ]
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 ]
E-books are rising in popularity, but according to the Pew Research Center, print remains the foundation of Americans’ reading habits. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Delegation from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers will investigate press regulationAn "unprecedented" press freedom mission to Britain by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) begins today.Representatives of the organisation are holding a series... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Digital Book World/Writer's Digest 2014 survey, which polled just over 9,000 authors, found that many, given the chance, would still opt for a traditional book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hutchinson is to publish a broad-ranging book on the ancient world by author and broadcaster... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
After months of trying to negotiate a deal behind the scenes, Charter Communications is publishing details of its offer to buy Time Warner Cable (which split from Time Warner years ago). Despite a bid that including debt is enough to nab 20 or so ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
We knew Google's Niantic Labs was planning to use its Ingress tech to power other augmented reality games, but we didn't expect this. In an announcement today, Niantic announced it has teamed up with publisher HarperCollins to create a location-based ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
After the January 10 release of the film adaptation of the book, Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson's "Lone Survivor" hit the top of the Apple iBooks bestseller chart for the week ended January 13. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Endgame, by the controversial author of A Million Little Pieces, sold in joint publishing and film dealJames Frey, best known for his partially-fabricated memoir A Million Little Pieces, has landed a reported $2m (£1.2m) film deal for his latest novel, a Hunger Games/Battle Royale-esque story... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK has created a single children's division, led by Francesca Dow. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gabriel Sherman is part of a group of young media reporters—many starting out at the New York Observer under the tutelage of then-Editor Peter Kaplan, an avowed media nostalgist—who have seen their subject, the power of the media, pulled out from under them. The culturally dominant,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 5th annual Digital Book World conference opened with a look back over those five years and the vast changes in book publishing wrought by the transition to digital media. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new report by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has shown that the publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Science and Education has structured its education division into three global business... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin imprint Allen Lane will publish a new book from American author and business journalist... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Agent Scully actress will use her 'ingrained knowledge and rhythm' for SF to pen multi-volume EarthEnd SagaAfter delving into the paranormal for years as The X-Files' resident sceptic Dr Dana Scully, actor Gillian Anderson is set to create her own science-fictional universe – but this time in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The fact a delegation is visiting the UK over the hostile response to the Guardian's reporting of the Snowden leaks, as well as the royal charter, should sound alarm bellsThis week, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers has dispatched a delegation of editors and publishers from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robert Gates’ Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, is the most peculiar book of its kind that I’ve read in a long time, maybe ever. It’s a fascinating, briskly honest account of one dyspeptic yet steely man’s journey through the cutthroat corridors of Washington and world politics, with shrewd,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
O’Reilly Media is using this year’s DBW to launch Atlas, a new online service aimed at streamlining the workflow in digital publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]