The gap between what a small press, a large publisher, and someone self-publishing is getting narrower. Do you have a preference for one over another? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edward Thorp was banned from casinos in Vegas for counting cards. He even published a book on his system for winning at the blackjack table using the mathematical theory of probability. While working at MIT, he built what many consider the first wearable device for -- you guessed it -- beating... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
With a new CEO and a new set of titles, it's been a busy week (in the midst of a busy year) for Time Inc. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
J.K. Rowling's world of wizardry is coming back to the big screen—but without Harry Potter.Studio Warner Bros. announced Thursday that Ms. Rowling will write the screenplay for a movie based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, her textbook about the magical universe she created in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Granta and Portobello have signed up two new books for publication in spring 2015. Portobello... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fall is a terrific time to be a reader. Publishers shake off their summer doldrums and get down to business again. And writers? Well, writers settle in also and put out big books.Fall is a terrific time to be a reader. Publishers shake off their summer doldrums and get down to business again.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egmont Press has acquired two books from US author Andrew Smith. The publisher signed UK and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Martin is the new editor-in-chief of Made Man, Break Media’s men’s lifestyle property. Martin was formerly editor-in-chief at Time Out New York. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
British police are investigating whether Sunday Mirror newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror is criminally liable for alleged phone hacking by former journalists, widening a probe that had centred on Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Trinity Mirro ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
"I love Times Square." Those might not be the words you would expect to hear out of the mouth of a fashion magazine editor, but this kind of statement is typical of Eva Chen, the new editor–in–chief of Lucky Magazine. Since her arrival in June, now with two issues under her belt, she has been... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The finalists for the 2013 German Book Prize range from historical fiction to explorations of contemporary love and a brutal future for planet Earth. Find out the winner on October 7 in Frankfurt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hanley Wood unveiled details for two new events, The International Surface Event East and TileExpo, in an effort designed to enhance the relationship between the flooring and surfaces i Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
J K Rowling will write a new film based on Beasts and Where to Find Them, one of her Comic Relief... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
An Ofcom study into consumers' digital consumption has found that Amazon has a dominant 79%... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's the last week to pitch your stories and book advertising in our printed Frankfurt Book Fair Show Daily issues running October 8-11. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Joseph has signed two novels from Kate Riordan for a six-figure sum following an auction... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic has bought world rights in a companion book to the Shiver trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Favorites among year's six Booker Prize finalists — which "shows the English language novel to be a form of world literature" — are Jim Crace and Eleanor Catton. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus mass market publisher Jo Dickinson will join Simon & Schuster as publishing director... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mobile devices are fast becoming the preferred way for people to keep up on the news, but a new survey of consumers shows big usage differences by gender, app type and device. Men were much more likely than women to download news apps for the smartphone, while women often were more likely to... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]