Local World's chairman, David Montgomery, has revealed his vision of the future role for journalists employed by his regional newspaper group.According to a Press Gazette report based on a sight of Monty's mission statement, a single journalist will fill a weekly paper by "skimming online... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK author Lord Jeffrey Archer, still combative and unapologetic, believes bookstores are doomed, but is happy to continue cranking out bestsellers — as ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has sent unprecedented levels of traffic to publishers across the internet in recent months, a dramatic and unexpected increase affecting a large range of sites serving a wide variety of content. According to data from the BuzzFeed Networ ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The industry is supposedly embracing a digital future, but too scant attention is too often paid to the basics of organising ebooksThe bright hopes of digital publishing are gathered in London for the latest FutureBook conference and the future looks, well, familiar. As the new boss of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mobile devices are increasingly being used for social reading and recommendation sites, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Journalist, biographer and author who explored the history of property ownership in AmericaThe Scottish author Andro Linklater was fascinated by the relationship between people and land. His death at the age of 68 from a heart attack came while he was on the isle of Eigg, researching for a new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
McBride's The Good Lord Bird was a surprise winner of the prestigious award which honours works by US authors published over the past year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Burmese Ministry of Information announced that a new translation of Orwell’s 1934 novel, Burmese Days, won the National Literary Award’s informative literature award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pitchfork, the web's most established voice in music criticism, offers an exclusive look inside its new print magazine--and explains why it'll be the one to (finally) get print right.When Pitchfork launched in 1996, Internet music criticism (or Internet anything) was virtually non-existent, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
FIAT, Relativity Media and Sony are among the first few brands to use the new ads at launch. Sold on a cost-per-click basis, these ads will also be served in slideshows published by Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Music and Yahoo TV. All of the ads will be sold directly by Yahoo -- not networks or... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
As tonight's announcement approaches, buzz is building over such nominees as Lawrence Wright's 'Going Clear' and Thomas Pynchon's 'Bleeding Edge.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
I like a joke as much as the next person -- maybe more, seeing as I’ve had a couple of humor books published in the UK -- but I prefer my jokes to be funny, rather than pathetic, which is why I’m not laughing at the news that Microsoft is now selling anti-Google clothing and other merchandise.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher of Heat says The Debrief will have aggregated news and sex advice for connected, influential readersBauer Media is the latest mainstream UK publisher to jump on the social mobile bandwagon, unveiling plans for The Debrief, a multiplatform digital brand aimed at "constantly connected,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tribune Co. announced a restructuring of its publishing business Wednesday to focus on its digital efforts and streamline operations, resulting in nearly 700 job losses across the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and six other daily newspapers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxford University Press science publisher Keith Mansfield has signed Nick Bostrom. Bostrom is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
George Walkley, head of digital at Hachette UK, has defined the three essential, bedrock skills... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Partnering with HarperCollins's academic marketing division, Avon (which is a trade imprint at HC), is opening its editorial doors to submissions from undergraduate and graduate students. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Angelica Huston's memoir has received mainly positive reviews and is the first of a planned two-part work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just days before the scheduled release of The Diary of Malcolm X, X Legacy LLC, a corporation representing the heirs of Malcolm X, secured a temporary restraining order in Manhattan federal court against the book’s publisher, Third World Press, to halt its publication. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Lebanese-American novelist Rabih Alameddine discusses the need to both belong to and be estranged from a culture in order to be able to effectively evoke it in literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]