Barnes & Noble has turned a profit in its second quarter of trading, but sales in its Nook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers need to be careful when they assign a book a genre – as Costco learned when it categorized the Bible as 'fiction.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Trends in licensed publishing are similar in the U.K. and the U.S. in many ways. “The market has changed with the recession,” explained David Riley, managing director of Egmont U.K. “Retailers are more conservative, smaller amounts of money are changing hands in the acquisition of licenses, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nine publishing pros at The Bookseller's Futurebook conference offered their big ideas for the industry, which included publishing faster and publishing less. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
U.S. District court judge Laura Taylor Swaim extended the temporary restraining order issued against Third World Press, indefinitely barring sales of its much anticipated release of the Diary of Malcolm X. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is named the 'nation's favourite' children's book in a vote by reading charity Booktrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Tempe bookstore gets some help from Moby (as in Moby Dick) and Frank (as in Frankenstein) for its fundraising appeal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former DC Entertainment and Random House publicity executive David Hyde plans to launch Superfan Promotions, a new publicity and marketing firm aimed at supporting traditional authors as well as a new generation of comics and graphic novel creators. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Murray Press will publish the book of the BBC Radio 4 series Tweet of the Day, which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has acquired the debut novel of comedienne Helen Lederer, titled Losing it.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones has confirmed that four of the chain's range buyers have left the business as the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Garth Risk Hallberg's City on Fire described by publisher as 'best American novel I've ever read'Fresh from selling film rights to Scott Rudin and signing a $2m publishing deal in the US, the novelist Garth Risk Hallberg has struck a "substantial" six-figure deal with Jonathan Cape in the UK for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Virgin Books has bought a book that goes behind the scenes of the digital gaming phenomenon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michelle Knight will write a book on the 11 years she spent as a captive in the Cleveland home of Ariel Castro. Weinstein books will publish the as yet untitled memoir in spring 2014.Michelle Knight will write a book on the 11 years she spent as a captive in the Cleveland home of Ariel Castro.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Speakers at last week's UK Futurebook conference offered ideas for combating Amazon dominance, including advocating government intervention and ending DRM. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon-owned audiobook seller Audible has bought rights to 5,000 of AudioGO's titles.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Survey finds that 62% of 16 to 24-year-olds prefer traditional books over their digital equivalentsSixteen to 24-year-olds are known as the super-connected generation, obsessed with snapping selfies or downloading the latest mobile apps, so it comes as a surprise to learn that 62% prefer print... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Revenue at Hastings Entertainment fell 6.7% in the third quarter ended October 31, 2013, to $94.7 million, but its net loss was trimmed to $6.2 million from $8.0 million in last year’s third quarter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Commonly used for everything from program help to ebooks, Microsoft’s Compiled HTML Help (CHM) format works very well on the PC. CHM files aren’t always as easy to browse on other platforms, though, so if you need to access their content elsewhere then you might be interested in CHM to PDF. This... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
CNN has snatched up Bloomberg's digital video czar. Starting on Dec. 2, Chris Berend lands at CNN as the company's new vp of digital video development. Berend was most recently head of video for the Bloomberg Media Group, where he helped guide the company as it looked to significantly ramp up... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]