PW's annual end-of-the-year survey of indie booksellers found many happy with 2013 and optimistic about the year ahead. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tom Rosenthal, former managing director of Secker and Warburg, has died at the age of 78.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cookstr founder Will Schwalbe will stay on in an expanded role as v-p of editorial development and content innovation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Christine Shubert, the trustee overseeing the Chapter 7 proceedings of Good Enterprises, has asked the bankruptcy court to give Good Books’ distributor, Simon & Schuster, the authority to continue to sell the company’s titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Many digital publishers have placed it at the heart of their business strategy - but there are concerns over transparencyIn 1917, the American Federal Trade Commission settled a case with the Muensen Speciality Co., over an ad for its vacuum cleaner, which it presented as a favourable newspaper... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The world of traditional media suffered so many earthquakes in 2013—Time Inc. getting set to spin off from Time Warner, The Washington Post selling for a song, New York magazine announcing the end of its weekly status—that one could be forgiven for thinking the sky will fall on the industry in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2014-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last week, Ruth Rendell claimed that reading novels is a dying art. Sadly, she might have a pointNo one can say precisely why John Williams's novel Stoner has become a bestseller almost 50 years after its first publication. After all, plenty of books, "forgotten" or otherwise, are recommended by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
In late December, an eMarketer report confirmed that the long awaited mobile ad spend boom had finally arrived. Mobile, the report said, drove nearly all digital advertising growth in 2013. And the mobile pie is expected to grow by another $5 billion in 2014.For publishers looking to capitalize... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
With Forbes for sale, Fortune's website divorcing from CNNMoney.com and Bloomberg Businessweek getting assessed as part of a companywide strategic review at Bloomberg, the year ahead could see a dramatic shift for top business magazines.The category offers a glimpse into the publishing world at... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Phil Robertson was temporarily removed from 'Duck Dynasty' after he made controversial comments in an interview. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month’s starred reviews of self-published books includes a pair of notable new novels, one about dysfunctional childhood in Western and another about a busy single mother. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Influential venture investor Marc Andreessen isn't blinking an eye over Snapchat turning down a $3 billion buyout offer from Facebook. And don't count him among those who are worried that we are in another tech investment bubble. Those are a couple of the points made in an interview published... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Should Australian newspapers, like Fairfax, publish opinion pieces that deny or seek to cast doubt on man-made global warming?Should Fairfax — or other media publishers — give a platform for climate change denialist opinion pieces?The most recent example is Fairfax publishing a piece by John... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Aided by one of the biggest bull rallies in years, the core Publishers Weekly Stock Index soared 51.2% in 2013, almost double that of the gain posted by the entire Dow Jones Industrial Average. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kensington Publishing has acquired the ebook house, Lyrical Press. Lyrical, which was founded in 2007, and specializes in contemporary, paranormal and erotic romance; thrillers; and science fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The deal, which went into effect on December 15, calls for Taunton to provide sales, marketing, and distribution for Lucky Spool's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Local newspaper publisher says it faced tough market in 2013, but has made no closures or redundancies during the downturnSir Ray Tindle's newspaper group made a profit of £1.4m in the year to the end of March 2013, as the publisher reported that it has not closed any titles or forced any... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hard Luck, the eighth book in Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid series, was the bestselling book across all print formats in 2013, selling over 1.8 million hardcover copies Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
As one publishing executive noted at a recent panel, although the industry is often cast as beleaguered in the media, there is certainly no shortage of new startups trying to break in each year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last year was a great year for PW online. We added new podcasts and newsletters, made a ton of friends on Twitter and Facebook, and have had the busiest year ever at publishersweekly.com. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]