With the deal now done, the new executive team of Penguin Random House can begin the process of building a 21st-century publishing company, CEO Markus Dohle told PW in an interview last week from London, where he was on the first leg of a tour to visit the various global offices of PRH. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is in South Korea officially to promote her book "Lean In." But sources told the Korea Herald that she was also taking the opportunity to lean on Samsung Vice President Shim Soo-ok to form a mobile partnership with the giant... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
An artist finds out the comic books he used to make a papier-mache sculpture could have been worth £20,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British author discusses her novel 'The Pink Hotel,' set in L.A.It's almost like something out of a novel by Jack Kerouac: In 2008, Anna Stothard landed at what must have been the last scruffy hotel in Venice Beach, a dingy pink monolith at the end of the wild road trip she took after... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Perform has hired Martyn Jones, the former publishing director for Stuff and FourFourTwo, as its global brand sponsorship director as part of the company's expansion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2013-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Watkins Publishing has signed a new title on artist and poet William Blake by biographer Tobias... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hutchinson has acquired a new biography of British monarch King John by Marc Morris. Sarah Rigby... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rupert Murdoch, who began building his media empire 60 years ago, is relishing the chance “to do it all over again” with his newly streamlined publishing company that has $2.6 billion in cash to fuel acquisitions. The new News ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin (South Africa) has won four novels by Karin Brynard at auction in a "significant... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The departure of Victoria Barnsley from HarperCollins, and the appointment of Dame Gail Rebuck to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate is to launch a campaign in praise of letter writing, after signing two new books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The outgoing c.e.o. of HarperCollins Victoria Barnsley has warned publishers against trying to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebury Publishing senior publicity manager Shona Abhyankar has won the Second Quarterly Publishers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actor Ben Miles has been cast as Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The answer to keeping Britain’s high streets alive “has to be political”, a new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the next two weeks, you can snag four ebooks for whatever price you want with the second Humble ebook Bundle. As always, each contribution benefits whoever you prefer, be it the authors, charity, Humble itself or a combination of the three. If you want access to all six books, as per the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Karen Ball, head of editorial at Working Partners, is to join Little, Brown as publisher for YA... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tennis great Jimmy Connors reveals the source of the fire that burned within during his Hall of Fame career. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Williams' Book Store is considered by some to be the oldest continuously operating bookstore in Los Angeles. It stands to be the latest casualty in a business that has been moving increasingly online.As a little girl, Anne Gusha walked into and was charmed by Williams' Book Store in San Pedro.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebury Press has signed the autobiography of football manager Harry Redknapp in a two-book deal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]