Tabletop game publisher Paizo Publishing is opening its 8th RPG Superstar Design contest, an annual competition to find the best new game designers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tony Robinson is up for his second Blue Peter book award on this year's shortlist, announced... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
When we reviewed the GameStick Android console, one of our main concerns was how the library of titles on offer would pan out over time. Today, it's just been announced that Ubisoft will be bringing its Prince of Persia franchise to the platform. .. Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
I can't repeat my Ipso facto joke yet again. But there, I just did. The announcement that almost all of the major publishers have signed up to fund the Independent Press Standards Organisation, and agreed therefore to be regulated by it, is hardly a shock.But Paul Vickers, the Trinity Mirror... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Monday: Slate staffers pick their favorite books of 2013. Tuesday: The overlooked books of 2013. Wednesday: The best lines of 2013, and the best poetry of 2013. Thursday: Dan Kois’ 15 favorite books. Friday: The Slate Book Review Top 10. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired four books in a series from debut author Jenny... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Every retail premise with a rateable value of up to £50,000 will receive a discount of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
We've compiled a brief look at a few of the books on Mandela (including his own). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month's starred reviews of self-published books includes a "stellar" historical novel and a "touching" memoir of life as a teacher of disadvantaged students. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chancellor's measures to help film business likely to encourage more Hollywood studios to use British post-production facilitiesThe UK's film special effects industry has received a shot in the arm with the government announcing plans to make it easier for Hollywood studios to qualify for UK tax... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon and Schuster and Reader's Digest announced an agreement where S&S will handle sales and fulfillment for all adult titles published by Reader's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Higham Associates is moving offices across Soho to Noel Street, after 43 years in Lower... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Medium is debuting a slew of new look-and-feel tweaks designed to let would-be columnists pretend they're working for a well-designed print publication. The site says that one of its initial goals was to empower writers with "dead simple" tools to ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Posman Books in New York City has launched a curated romance series, exclusively available in its Grand Central Station store, selected by bestselling authors in the genre. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Figures from world's biggest bookseller trumpeted as sign of how self-publishing and smaller labels are changing the industryAs many as a quarter of the top 100 Kindle books on Amazon.com are from indie publishers, according to data revealed at a trade presentation by the retailer.A chart... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newsweek's return to print is the latest development in an odd timeline for the once-storied magazine. It's changed ownership four times, employed four CEOs and had three editors-in-chief since 2010. It's awkward liaise with the Daily Beast and swings between layoffs and hiring flurries add to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is being more blunt about the fact that marketers are going to have to pay for reach.If they haven't already, many marketers will soon see the organic reach of their posts on the social network drop off, and this time Facebook is acknowledging it. In a sales deck obtained by Ad Age that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
New industry-backed watchdog, successor to the Press Complaints Commission, could be up and running by 1 MayMore than 90% of national newspapers and most regional publishers have signed up to the industry's successor to the Press Complaints Commission, according to the new regulator's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Literary Review has awarded its 21st annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award to Manil Suri for a scene in The City of Devi featuring a, err, stellar climax. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Big publishers have a natural advantage over smaller competition. Increased purchasing power, data collection and cross-marketing opportunities are a few of the perks of having multiple magazines in different markets. The ability to experiment and make mistakes is a less tangible, but equally... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]