Speaking at an investor conference, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said growing digital and international sales will drive gains for publishers in the years ahead. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, 54 percent of respondents said libraries aren't as necessary as they once were when it comes to finding information. However, 94 percent said a library improves a community's quality of life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate's star-studded Letters Live event (10th December), featuring Neil Gaiman, Benedict... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Did Time magazine pick Pope Francis as its Person of the Year because he'll sell more magazines than Edward Snowden? That's what some media outlets and Twitter users suggested Wednesday after the new pontiff beat out Mr. Snowden for the recognition.Business Insider, for instance, wrote:"Snowden,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has signed the latest novel from Man Booker Prize-longlisted author Alan Warner, previously... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since he began adapting the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, director Peter Jackson has faced numerous complaints from longtime fans of Middle-earth—some spurious, some more substantial. (He has also, of course, earned plenty of praise from that same group.) Tolkien devotees have pointed to various... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Usborne has acquired the rights to My Second Life, a teen mystery from debut author Faye Bird.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Morrissey's entertaining autobiography is a burnishing of his image, not a glimpse beneath the surfaceSo much about Morrissey has hardened into caricature over the course of his three-decade musical career — he's a megalomaniac! A sad sack! Perhaps even a racist! — that you might expect him to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European Union’s top legal advisor ruled on Thursday that laws requiring communications providers to retain all data, even to combat crime, are incompatible with fundamental rights. Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalón of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said in a published opinion that... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Indies First promotion in which authors work in bookstores the Saturday after Thanksgiving should become a fixture on the calendar, writes author Denise Kiernan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
NWay, the two-year-old gaming startup behind the Facebook game Chrono Blade, has raised a $5 million Series A round. Co-founder and CEO Taehoon Kim said TransLink Capital, which led the round, is well connected in Asia and that the action RPG has generated interest from Asian publishers. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anthony Russell's vivid stories provide insight into the life of English nobility in the 1950s and '60s -- along with consequences that come with being handed every material good on a silver plate.Imagine if a woman such as the Dowager Countess from “Downton Abbey” was one of your grandmothers.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
For Chang-rae Lee's forthcoming novel On Such a Full Sea, his publisher, Riverhead Books, is testing some visual fireworks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo has expanded its distribution channel in France with the addition of retailers Pixmania,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Legend Press has acquired a new crime novel by former BBC journalist Bea Davenport.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite threat of legal action, Guido Fawkes blog publishes tape of Nick Pollard allegedly admitting omission was a 'mistake'Lord Patten is facing mounting pressure to get to the bottom of an allegation that the internal inquiry into the BBC's handling of the Jimmy Savile scandal may have... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
An Australian publisher has acquired the global rights to turn the TV drama into romance novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sue Monk Kidd's "The Invention of Wings" comes out Jan. 7. The novel weaves together the stories of a slave girl and a slave owner's daughter. Like Kidd's best-selling "The Secret Life of Bees," the book is set in South Carolina. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Good Enterprises, whose holdings include the cookbook publisher Good Books, filed voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy December 10 and is preparing to liquidate the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
SIBA rolls out wrapping paper featuring over 150 author signatures collected during the SIBA 2013 trade show in New Orleans. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]