Kodansha was started by Seiji Noma in 1909 as a spin-off of the Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai (Greater Japan Oratorical Society). Its first publication was the literary magazine Yūben. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Founded in 1992 by Hervé de la Martinière, the French publishing company initially focused on illustrated books in Photography, Heritage, Art, and Leisure, and is now also active in general trade. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In December 2010, China Education Publishing & Media Group (China Education) was formed as a strategic merger to reshape educational publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlequin, a publisher of books for women, is owned by the Torstar Corporation, a media and publishing company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the publishing industry dealing with problems caused first by the Great Recession and then by the transition to a more digitally oriented marketplace, it is easy to think that environmental concerns have been pushed far down companies’ to-do lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The son of T Rex frontman, Marc Bolan, is suing a UK music publisher for $2m, alleging the company has violated copyright laws. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
While I was doing reporting for this big story about GitHub, a side discussion came up with Scott Chacon, one of GitHub’s founders and the tsar of their new office, known to GitHubbers as Office 3.0. As we talked about the architecture of the new space, a “blank slate” industrial building where... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Forbes Media has launched Forbes Wine Club, a new subscription and e-commerce site that connects subscribers with fine wines they are likely to enjoy. The company has partnered with Lot18 to create ForbesWineClub.com, a customizable wine buying experience. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is one of the world’s largest providers of educational products and solutions for pre-K–12 learning, with a 40% global market share. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
AST was established in 1990 by Alexei Gertsev, Sergei Derevianko and Tatiana Derevianko as "Creative Cooperative Association AST" (Russian: Творческое кооперативное объединение, or АСТ). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Informa is a professional information provider, with a focus on academic and professional publishing, and informational events. Informa has 150 offices in 40 countries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although an ongoing economic crisis has brought a new love of books to Spaniards, budget cuts are effecting the abilities of libraries to meet the public's needs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet has confirmed that 15 roles in its London office will be made redundant as part of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Belgium-French group Média Participations is the largest publisher of comic books in Europe. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Klett Group is a private German educational resource company, which operates 59 subsidiaries at 40 locations in 17 countries. The portfolio comprises traditional textbooks, digital interactive learning solutions, professional literature, and fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins is a subsidiary of News Corporation, a diversified global media company with operations in cable network programming, film, television, direct broadcast satellite television, and publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egmont is one of Scandinavia’s leading media companies, producing magazines, books, movie theatres, movies, TV, comic books, school books, communities, games and game consoles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bungei Shunjū Ltd. was established in 1923 by the best selling writer Kan Kikuchi. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Livre (Lagardère Publishing) is a leading publisher in three key languages: French, Spanish and English. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Italy’s De Agostini SpA is a family-owned international group, founded in 1901 and controlled by B&D Holding. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]