Erie Times-News and www.GoErie.com, based in Erie, PA, owned by Times Publishing Company, announced that it has released new tablet apps for the iPad and Kindle Fire, new smartphone apps for iPhone and Android, and HTML5 mobile web to its readers. Th ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Per a report from Bloomberg last night, Fox Networks president of distribution Mike Hopkins is close to being named CEO of Disney/21st Century Fox/Comcast joint venture Hulu. After founder Jason Kilar resigned in March (along with chief technology officer Tom Rich), svp of content and... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Merit trumped politics this year when modest, retiring, universally admired Canadian author Alice Munro received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's 2050. Somehow we haven't joined the dinosaurs in extinction, succumbed to the Secret Society of Super Villains, or been raptured up to the clouds. And the robots are friendly, not evil. Futurologist and environmentalist Sir Jonathan Porritt's The World We Made: Alex McKay's Story from 2050,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
What does the future hold for the world's first mega trade publisher, Penguin Random House? Check out this transcript of PRH CEO Markus Dohle's full remarks delivered at the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading Brazilian children's publishers are in the spotlight this year at the Frankfurt Book Fair, and demonstrate Brazil's growing rights business with markets around the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two members of Philadelphia Inquirer owner Interstate General Media LLC sued the company and the newspaper’s publisher over the ouster of editor-in-chief Bill Marimow. Marimow, a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was fired Oct. 7 w ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ed Nawotka examines the publishing industry's changing relationship with data and how that might or might not impact the way publishers acquire and sell books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The murder of 73-year-old Dr Choje Akong Rinpoche, author of Taming the Tiger (Rider), has been... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Get complete coverage of the Frankfurt Book Fair with the PW Frankfurt Show Daily. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canadian author Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize for literature. Here, her publisher and literary agency react to the news at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Porter Anderson looks at the Arizona State University-based project Sprint Beyond the Book, creating a book in the three days of Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author of Morrissey Dr Gavin Hopps and former literary editor of The Times Erica Wagner, discuss the decision made by Penguin to classify Morrissey's new autobiography as a classic. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Watch our Frankfurt Book Fair video interviews with Peter Usborne (Usborne Books), Bob Campbell (Wiley), Jamie Byng (Canongate), Richard Nash (Small Demons), and other leading figures in the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
There are tons of bad pop–up books out there, content to merely sprong, jut, accordion, or bulge. French paper engineer and children's book author Marion Bataille does a different kind of pop–up. She has released a trilogy of books that explore the design of the Roman alphabet and Arabic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster will distribute Yilin Press ebooks to Chinese readers around the world. The distribution agreement was signed at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Print still plays a role, but Hanley Wood has committed to a future based on digital media, data services and events. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The first Canadian winner, Alice Munro has published nothing but short stories in a 50-year career. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Nobel Prize in literature in 2013 was awarded to Alice Munro, who the Nobel committee called a "master of the contemporary short story." Last year, Slate book editor Dan Kois picked her for a prize and said her "work has evolved and grown in fascinating, boundary-shattering ways." The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Is something rotten in the world of academic publishing? Yes, if you read a blockbuster piece in the latest issue of Science magazine showing how many open–access journals have little or no quality control, and apparently put hard cash (in the shape of author contributor fees) before... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]