Next Issue Media, the multi-title subscription service backed by Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple has applied to create a patent for a system allowing authors to sign ebooks. This week,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri is a master of the short story, but in applying that crisp, neatly tied style to her second novel, she comes up with a flat, detached tale."A short story is like a toothache and you must drill it and fill it. A novel is more like bridgework," said the writer T.C.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook users, rejoice: You can now edit posts after they've been published. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Dutch bookshop chain Ako could be sold to W H Smith, according to a report in De Telegraaf.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google has expanded Play ebook sales to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and New Zealand. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vintage Classics and Bentley Motors have teamed up to produce a limited edition of Ian Fleming... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Conde Nast Traveler, the glossy travel magazine from Conde Nast, has eliminated about 14 editorial positions, more than half its staff, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.The job cuts include five editors, the entire photo desk and the the graphics department, according... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tomorrow was supposed to the day BlackBerry held a conference call and webcast to discuss its Q2 earnings, but the company has now cancelled this. Complete second quarter financial results will still be released tomorrow (Friday, 27 September) at 7:00am ET, but there will now be no public... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Lethem’s latest novel Dissident Gardens at first appears more grounded than his other works, trading supernatural elements for a more realist view of the world. But in Part 2 of his interview with Slate’s Jacob Weisberg, Lethem says to look closer. In his unflinching—some would say... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new award, the Spark Award, has been created to recognise excellence in a children's book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Eat, Pray, Love' author Elizabeth Gilbert plunges into historical fiction with a creative passion in the novel 'The Signature of All Things.'With a charming, flawed heroine straight out of Jane Austen, a Dickensian rags-to-riches story and thwarted romances that hark back to the Brontës,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
After discovering the winner of a debut novel prize was co-authored, Planeta is donating the prize money of million pesos (USD $76,800) to Mexico's flood victims. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The tech community seems especially impressed by a feature called Mayday, which calls up an Amazon tech support employee via video chat to help with tablet issues. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee has criticised the Hargreaves Review'... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The number of children who rarely read—or do not read at all—has risen in the past... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our Authors Guide to the Frankfurt Book Fair is now available in Spanish, thanks to Dosdoce, The Spanish Digital Link, and Actualidad Editorial. Download it here. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The key to developing a community of readers is to approach them as fellow book lovers, not necessarily as customers, say several top US small press publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus has recorded a 10.9% rise in turnover to £10.2m for the six months to end June 2013... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Courier's publishing brands, including Dover Publications, Research & Education Association, and Creative Homeowner will use Firebrand's platforms for digital distribution. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]