The latest longlist for the biennial Warwick Prize for Writing (£25,000) has pitted... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House c.e.o. Gail Rebuck has been interviewed for SB.TV, the online youth channel which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate has acquired What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire by Daniel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sally Gardner, a dyslexic author once branded "unteachable" at school, wins the prestigious Carnegie Medal for her book Maggot Moon. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wiley reported adjusted revenue growth of 1% to $1.72bn in its 2013 fiscal after stripping out... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magzter, an online store front for digital magazines, is to launch an ebook store with a planned... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The free online library created for the Read for My School made children "excited" to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fairfax Media has confirmed that it will no longer publish longstanding technology titles Computerworld, Reseller News and PC World. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
JADS International creates scent for comic book iconCreate a fragrance that smells heroic with a touch of villainy — that's what Andrew Levine's Lutherville company set out to do. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
A price war has been sparked on e-reading devices as the summer holiday season begins, with many... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The relaunched Commonwealth Book Prize continues to be a key conduit of exchange between underrepresented countries and regions to the UK publishing community. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michele Young is to join Macmillan Children's Books as International Rights Director... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
A survey of 2,000 library staff by union UNISON has revealed claims of major cuts to schools... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
As city, regional and specialty titles continue to fight for local business listings and ad dollars, massive web corporations are scaling their ground-level efforts and getting into the mix. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus has brought home and export sales in-house, after eight years with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fairfax Magazines will resign the licences, owned by IDG, to publish technology titles Computerworld, Reseller News and PC World in New Zealand. In a press release sent out to the media late yesterday, the organisation says the decision is based on ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The next ebook you buy might not exactly match the printed version. And those changes are there to make sure you're not a pirate. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The coalition of librarians, archivists, and historians is using the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo to try to raise money to save the historic papers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nearly half the titles read by children in a national reading competition were consumed online, according to the charity Booktrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of Dan Brown's Inferno (Bantam Press) rocketed 48% week on week last week, sending the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]