American writer Lydia Davis has won the fifth Man Booker International Prize, worth £60,000... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ingram has announced partnerships with Smoke Alarm Media, Little Pickle Press, Mouse Prints Press, and Jumping Jack Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arts Council England’s Envisioning the Library of the Future project has concluded that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson has revealed “significant changes” to its organisational structure and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book distributor INscribe Digital has added a number of new publishing partners, taking on publishers in the university press, Christian publishing, and Spanish-language areas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The digital publishing platform will let fans write, publish, and sell the stories they've written based on popular books, TV shows, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Those clinging hopefully to the old Borders books gift cards stashed in their drawers or wallets are out of luck, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Wednesday.Those clinging hopefully to the old Borders books gift cards stashed in their drawers or wallets are out of luck, a Manhattan federal judge... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The judges of the Man International Booker Prize have done what recent Nobel Prize committees have refused to do: honor an American for "achievement in fiction on the world stage." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Head of Zeus has paid a six-figure sum for a new trilogy for ages 12 and over by actor John... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Aurum Press has bought a narrative history of how the British beer industry came to flourish... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A book about Christopher Marlowe written entirely in verse makes the shortlist for the sixth Desmond Elliott Prize for best debut novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebury Press has acquired a book by journalist, author, media columnist and television host, Piers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Piccadilly Press has won a hotly contested UK auction for Holly Goldberg Sloan’s new novel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim Holman, senior vice-president and publisher of the Orbit division at Hachette Book Group in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite his early support for ebooks, Stephen King latest novel, Joyland will be published in print only, with no digital version anticipated. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A groundbreaking paperless public library system will open in Texas this year, the BBC reports.A groundbreaking paperless public library system will open in Texas this year, the BBC reports. Bexar County's $1.5-million BiblioTech project will open its first library branch without a single print... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
How can publishers optimize their social media outreach? HuffPo's Andrew Losowsky chats with Ed Nawotka on Twitter about how book marketers can maximize social media networks and influencers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson PLC's book publishing business, Penguin Group, has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a dispute in the U.S. over the way it priced electronic books, drawing to a close an investigation into the publishing industry's ebook pricing tactics. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robson Press has lined up a biography of Maeve Binchy for this August Maeve Binchy: The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Designed by Huge, the revamped, digital-only Newsweek aims to bring print mag qualities like cohesion and curation to the web. When it was announced last fall that Newsweek, after nearly 80 years as a weekly news magazine, would ditch print and go all digital, it seemed to many like an ill... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]