Hachette Livre subsidiary Hachette Partworks has acquired intellectual properties belonging to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Plus Samsung gets overly heavy, Secret Plumber's social error, reasons to use Microsoft Word, and moreA burst of 10 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamAmicus Brief >> Bob KohnLike all others, Kohn was required to limit his amicus curiae legal brief on what he... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just in time for the holidays, Oprah Winfrey has selected a new book for her Book Club 2.0: "The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd.Just in time for the holidays, Oprah Winfrey has selected a new book for her Book Club 2.0: "The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new imprint of the online bookseller has already released works by authors including William Lashner and Rebecca Adams Wright. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an unexpected move, Phaidon, a publisher best known for its lavishly produced art books, has hired Judith Regan to oversee a new division at the company called Regan Arts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
How much difference does a Nobel win make to sales? BookNet Canada charted dramatic numbers for Alice Munro's books in 10 countries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the banner ad loses its luster, online publishers from BuzzFeed to Quartz are turning to units that capture the look and feel of the host site's content. The purists say that truly native advertising can't be scaled without losing its bespoke (read: expensive) feel. No wonder, then, that a... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social mobile games studio Storm8 announced today that it will start marketing, distributing and advising on third-party games via a new arm, Storm8 Publishing. Its first title, War of Dragons for iOS, is a Puzzle & Dragons-esque match-three game originally released as Tower of Saviors.... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Randy Schekman says his lab will no longer send papers to Nature, Cell and Science as they distort scientific processLeading academic journals are distorting the scientific process and represent a "tyranny" that must be broken, according to a Nobel prize winner who has declared a boycott on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
This may not be a first - but HoldTheFrontPage is reporting that the Manchester Evening News has ditched its picture desk.It says that both the picture editor and his deputy have not been replaced after leaving the Trinity Mirror title. Photographers are now assigned to jobs by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More job cuts could soon hit Time Inc., company executives told their top 300 managers at a quarterly meeting on Monday.The warning came during a question-and-answer session with Norm Pearlstine, Time Inc.'s newly appointed chief content officer. Asked by Time magazine Managing Editor Nancy... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Physical sales of Sir Alex Ferguson's memoir, My Autobiography (Hodder & Stoughton),... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sue Monk Kidd's The Invention of Wings is the newest Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tribune Co. took a key step in the planned spinoff of its publishing business on Monday, filing a Form 10 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
It is the stuff of books and now it has become very real, with Australian authors Anna Funder, Frank Moorhouse and David Malouf joining the fight to demand an end to mass surveillance. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
All books submitted for sale in Qatar must been approved by the Ministry of Culture even if the same book has already been approved for another retailer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Publishers Weekly Children's Starred Reviews Annual is your source for the best books that 2013 has to offer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has acquired Sour, the true story of Tracey Miller, a former Brixton gang girl,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) has partnered with Ingram Content Group to allow... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Doha's book fair may be overshadowed by Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, but it has ambitions to raise the cultural profile of Qatar in this fast developing region. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]