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 ]
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 ]
Macmillan Education has announced a global partnership with personalised learning specialists... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
J.K. Rowling and other authors are selling first-edition copies of their books with annotations, written thoughts on the book, and/or illustrations to benefit the writers' organization English PEN. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown's hotly anticipated Inferno (Bantam Press) has become one of the fastest-selling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones' managing director James Daunt has said the chain needs to "book sell its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arthur Attwell, founder of Paperight, explains why his company has leveraged the network of photocopy shops throughout South Africa to cater to hard-to-reach readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Change continues at Bonnier as the company announced its third major holdings change in the last month, agreeing to acquire nine motorcycle titles from Source Interlink Media. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Recharge your book marketing strategy, boost your outreach success and build lasting relationships with readers and customers at the Reaching Readers Conference on May 28. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stephen King said his new novel, 'Joyland,' will be released in paper format only. 'Let people ... go to an actual bookstore,' said King. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The week's web buzz: Ann Patchett encourages authors to work with traditional publishers and gets rebuffed, a map of the five paths to publishing, the true costs of author services, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip Gwyn Jones, executive publisher for Granta Books and Portobello Books, has left his post... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Granta proprietor and publisher Sigrid Rausing is to take over full operational and executive... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a new memoir from Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, author of River Cottage Veg, discusses his shift to a vegetable-based diet. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Amazon announced in March that it would acquire Goodreads in the second quarter of the year, there was much handwringing, along with tweeting and Facebooking, especially by independent booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alma Books is launching a new series of low-priced classics, and will be the first publisher in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Salman Rushdie and Jenni Fagan are among the authors shortlisted for the £10,000 James Tait... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
In its sixth year, the Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) is expanding beyond Gaza and taking a roadshow across all of historic Palestine. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]