He hates making mistakes, but he's made an awful lot in his memoir. Luckily it's a venerable customIs there a special bad elf that creeps out in the pre-Christmas period to wreak havoc with would-be bestsellers? Novelist Helen Fielding and actor David Jason might be forgiven for thinking so,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Wisconsin Historical Society Press scored big this fall by signing on bestselling author Michael Perry, who wanted a collection of essays published with a quick turn-around. It's a story of patience, persistence -- and nimbleness. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yub spun out of TrialPay on Monday with $12 million in funding to help boost online efforts aimed at driving consumers to purchases in bricks-and-mortar stores. The Mountain View company led by CEO Alex Rampell said that it already has some big retailers and restaurants, including Burger King,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The creator of lesbian detective Kate Daniels was downcast when publishers rejected her work. Now, she's won the Polari first book prize for The Murder WallSomething extraordinary happened to me last week. I was outed to the whole wide world, having won the Polari first book prize 2013 for my... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Residents of Lafourche Parish in Louisiana recently voted down a proposal that would have used money currently going to local libraries to build a new prison. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frances Lincoln has launched a new prize for British nature and nature travel writing, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Choc Lit has acquired a novel which was shortlisted for HarperCollins People’s Novelist of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers in 36 countries snap up book about modern witches in Britain by Sally Green, who only began writing three years agoAfter JK Rowling's wizards and Stephenie Meyer's vampires, publishers and producers have now been spellbound by a first novel about witches written by a former... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Programmatic buying might be common for digital publishers, but for TV networks, shaking up legacy media buying won't happen easily.Interpublic Group of Cos. announced in August a consortium that includes A&E Networks, Cablevision, Clear Channel and Tribune to build and test an automated... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new public art project will see benches shaped as open books. The benches - to be placed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
With one of Slovenia's two major publishing conglomerates up for auction, the industry fears the worst; readers, meanwhile, have rallied around a surprise bestseller. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book by Emily Elsen and Melissa Elsen offers an apple pie perfect for Thanksgiving. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales for the first eight months of 2013 fell 1.1% in adult trade, 15.8% in children’s/young adult, and 3.2% in religion, according to the newest figures from AAP’s StatShot statistics program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has partnered with Pinterest to help users discover popular content. It pulls up a page that is a lot like browsing a table at a bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
American literary funnyman David Sedaris is going on a UK tour with his show An Evening With... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Matt Prohaska joined The New York Times as its first-ever programmatic advertising director, he claims to have begun meetings by drawing blood from his arm. "I wanted to show everyone I was human," he said.There was no actual bloodshed. Mr. Prohaska, hired in April after running his own... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
A couple months ago I began the tour for my book about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination with a lecture at Southern Methodist University in Dallas—a talk I was told would be attended by four members of the Oswald family. Also at the lecture were three men who knew a lot about Nov. 22,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Today marks the debut of two features we've been waiting for since Amazon first announced its new Kindle Fire line lo so many weeks ago. Goodreads and Second Screen integration will be rolling out to Fire HD and HDX owners over-the-air in the next couple of weeks - or you can just go to Amazon's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the new book Before They Pass Away, photographer Jimmy Nelson has captured a series of gorgeous pictures of 31 remote cultures that are on the verge of disappearing.Over the last three years, British photographer Jimmy Nelson traveled around the world--from Namibia to Papua New Guinea to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
My Monster, by Julianna Goodman, bridges the divide between slick digital storytelling and homemade visuals.It's rare to see and "touch" things on the iPad screen that evoke the texture, color, and unpolished feel of real life. Fortunately, a new children's book app corrects that shortcoming,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]