There's a secret language spoken in the often self–serious world of wine tasting: Words like awkward, clone, note, legs, bouquet, and thief suddenly don't mean what they normally mean. For amateur imbibers, sommelier jargon and that weird front–of–teeth slurping and spitting thing can seem like... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Warner Brothers has signed a deal for Blood on Snow, the first book by Jo Nesbo writing under the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hot Key Books is to publish a debut by 18-year-old Isobel Harrop, after publisher Emily Thomas... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple has released “the lightest full size tablet” onto the market in time for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling author Salman Rushdie shares his thoughts on writing, living in hiding, and the subjectivity of freedom. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Warren Buffett, perhaps surprisingly, has seen Breaking Bad and says the character he most identifies with is Saul. Read into that what you will. -- Bloomberg video above Chicago is a time zone away from the ocean, so it's no surprise there is an overflow of excellent steak houses. The good... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers still aren't sure how to measure the effectiveness of native ads. Some say pageviews are the answer. Others say the proof is in engagement. At the Digiday Publishing Summit this week, we asked several publishers how they quantify the success of native ads at their publications. Here’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Concern is mounting among the publishing community, in London and elsewhere, over a possible relocation of the London Book Fair to the ExCel Exhibition Centre in Docklands, the far east of the capital. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The London Book Fair has begun a consultation over the fair's future location following the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah Dickman of Odyl attended inaugural International Publishing Management Course hosted by the Frankfurt Academy and reflects on the importance of continuing education. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paying publishing interns 'zero' is not only unethical, but a likely indication you'll probably never hire them in the first place, writes Ashley Mosley. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
UBM posted marginal revenue gains through the third quarter after a slow first half to the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the main section of today's print edition of The New York Times, readers will notice a whole lot of nothing on pages 9 and 10. The two virtually blank, back-to-back pages are actually an ad for 20th Century Fox's upcoming film adaptation of Markus Zusak's best-selling novel, "The Book Thief,"... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Morrissey’s Autobiography, which Penguin published in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe last Thursday, is that it exists at all. It has been rumored roughly forever. As recently as September, the Atlantic put together a convincing case that its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Anthony, executive chef at Gramercy Tavern, discusses how writing the Gramercy Tavern Cookbook changed his life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
As a long–time sufferer of bipolar disorder, comic book artist Elaine Will never really fit in. "Not even amongst other artists," she says. Will hated being called crazy. Even worse, she hated how people romanticized the idea of the "crazy artist," who turns out masterpieces in a manic state.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the Oct. 21 issue of Advertising Age, you'll find the closely watched annual Magazine A-List, which honors 10 glossies that are doing really, really well. I'm part of the editorial team that, each summer and fall, works on the list (which involves a lot of in-depth research and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
There is no denying the growing influence the Hispanic population is having on the demographic, social, cultural, and political shifts taking place in the U.S. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A look at a the week's round of web musing on the future of publishing in concept, creative work, and technical production, after Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Clay Risen, author of the guidebook American Whiskey, Bourbon & Rye talks about nostalgia and character. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]