Penguin UK achieved double-digit growth with Waterstones in the first six months of 2013, ahead... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
In its second major digital hire of late, Hearst Magazines has hired Todd Haskell from The New York Times as svp and chief digital revenue officer. Haskell will be responsible for driving sales and revenue for Hearst Magazines Digital Media’s 24 sites, including Cosmopolitan.com, Esquire.com... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book retail sales measurement service Nielsen BookScan has launched its service in Brazil.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Polish translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones has been announced as the winner of the 2012 Found in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The online bookseller had dropped prices on some of its top-selling hardcovers, as much as 64% off retail.Bargain book shoppers must have been pleased looking at Amazon's bestseller list this weekend: The online bookseller had dropped prices on some of its top-selling hardcovers, as much as 64%... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chad W. Post offers an overview of some classic Brazilian texts (available in English) and some of what’s planned for the Frankfurt Book Fair, where Brazil is guest of honor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new novel from Hanif Kureishi, The Last Word, will be published by Faber in February 2014. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline is to publish David Beckham's "stunningly illustrated and very personal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomberg LP has made another big raid on old media again, poaching Justin Smith from the Atlantic Media Co. to be global media CEO. Smith is the Atlantic Media president who is credited with reversing 154-year-old Atlantic magazine’s losses by advancing an aggressive, digital-first strategy. He... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author David Mitchell and his wife K.A. Yoshida have translated the Japanese memoir The Reason I Jump into English, by then 13-year-old autistic Naoki Higashida. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – July 25, 2013 – Global Ad Distribution, the publishing industry’s leading expert in full service home delivery outsource solutions, is proud to announce it has contracted to utilize the services of My ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A maximalist promo site for Jobs. When Simon & Schuster published Steve Jobs, the simple black and white cover photo helped turn Walter Isaacson’s biography into one of the best-selling books of all time. Now the filmmakers behind the movie Jobs, have taken the opposite approach to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lucas Lyndes of Peruvian digital publisher Ox and Pigeon argues ebooks offer a solution to cross-border distribution and translation problems in Latin America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new YouTube channel encourages readers to upload a video of themselves sharing a paragraph from a favorite book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lawrence Osborne's 'The Wet and the Dry' is a paean to drinking, a travelogue unfolding largely through the Islamic states of the Middle East and a memoir of sorts."He who makes a beast of himself," Samuel Johnson famously observed, "gets rid of the pain of being a man." His subject is, of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
On this week's podcast: Xbox One self-publishing, EarthBound on Virtual Console, Shadow of the Eternals and changes at Electronic Arts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson made an operating profit of £20m in the first half of 2013, compared with £... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The youngest end of the children's publishing business has seen a surge in licensing deals, with publishers tying in with infant and toddler development brands from the worlds of toys and entertainment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The FTSE 100 falls, but shares in publishing group Pearson jump 9% after its latest results. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
AGE: 66 yearsVITALS: Good post-op pulsePROGNOSIS: Gradual improvement Recently, the online investment newsletter 24/7 Wall St. grimly predicted that Road & Track was so deathly ill that it could not survive another year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]