Mashing up the places, characters and events of various works into one shared universe isn't exactly a new idea. Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton universe imagines that most of the great fictionalized characters of the last few hundred years – including Tarzan, Doc Savage, Dracula, James Bond,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Cape has signed a second book from Samuel Johnson Prize shortlisted author Professor... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
While not an entirely new concept, offering monthly sample box subscriptions has been a highly lucrative side business for many publishers. Boca Raton, Florida-based Sandow Media, a multiplatform publisher targeting the beauty and design markets, launched its NewBeauty TestTube five years ago,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
London (CNN) -- UK newspaper and magazine publishers lost a High Court bid Wednesday to block the progress of a government-backed royal charter on press regulation. The royal charter, which has cross-party backing, was due to go before the Privy Co ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s no longer enough just to be constantly connected to the cloud. These days you must also be constantly connected to a slew of different devices. When I’m using my laptop, I’m also monitoring my phone. When I’m on my phone, I still like to view websites on my laptop. Websites are more... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oyster and Scribd let you read an unlimited number of books for a monthly fee, but is there enough content to make it worth it? Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
A return by the London Book Fair to the ExCeL Centre in Docklands is not a done deal, according... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Passengers on US airlines will be able to use tablets and smartphones, watch videos, read ebooks, and play games for entire flights, regulators have said Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins and Foyles have partnered to sell ebook and print book bundles on selected titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newly installed Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp announced some major management changes at the company, especially on the content side. Norm Pearlstine, who's been chief content officer at Bloomberg LP for the last five years, will be returning to Time Inc. in a newly created role of executive vice... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has reorganised its communications team following the departure of Siobhan Kenny,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titan Books has signed a novel from Russian journalist Sergey Kuznetsov, described as Russia'... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Usborne has signed three novels from US author Stephanie Perkins. Rebecca Hill, Usborne fiction... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Autobiography' by Morrissey has become the fastest-selling memoir in the UK written by a musician, according to the work's publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
A graphic novel about a man's beard is up against works by Booker winner Julian Barnes and best-selling author Kate Atkinson for the Waterstones Book of the Year prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books in Browsers showcased several, new big ideas for digital publishing, including 'Network Tense,' 'Collaborative Architecture,' 'Book Hacks' and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
A recent study by Shareaholic found that Google Plus generated just .04 percent of traffic referrals in September. Facebook, by comparison, drove 10.37 percent. Gigya, an analytics company, found that in the second quarter of this year, 2 percent of social sharing happened through Google Plus,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the last week or so, YouTube has been reaching out to the various networks that operate businesses on the platform, implementing new procedures for how these companies handle copyright violations and contracts. Several new details have now emerged on those discussions. Going forward,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
McLean, Va. – USA TODAY celebrates the 20th anniversary of the USA TODAY Best-Selling Books list, crowning not one, but three No.1 books for three different eras that reflect the changes in publishing over the past two decades. Given ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 1930, famed economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that within his lifetime, the future economy would be powered with a quarter of the effort. In a hundred years, he wrote, humanity would actually be confronted with the problem of too much leisure time, and what to do with it. Technological... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]