Supermarkets, Amazon and Waterstones have hailed successful first day sales of Dan Brown's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Fifty Shades of Grey,' having conquered the British and American book markets, has now arrived in China. But readers are discovering the book through pirated copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vanessa Clarke, previously deputy children’s sales director at Macmillan, has joined top... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book from Random House and Faber have won the £25,000 Wolfson History Prizes. Susan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip Hensher's Scenes from an Early Life (Fourth Estate) has won the £10,000 2013... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion Children's Books has acquired a debut novel described as "a fresh and exciting new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Happy publication day to Dan Brown, whose latest Robert Langdon thriller, "Inferno," officially hits shelves Tuesday. Online, it's already declared its dominance: It's Amazon's No. 1 bestselling book.Happy publication day to Dan Brown, whose latest Robert Langdon thriller, "Inferno," officially... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The upcoming version of WoodWing´s productivity plug-in Smart Styles will offer a variety of new features, further improving the productivity in print and digital publishing. The upgrade also provides compatibility withInDesign CC ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Doug Pocock will take over as the new m.d. at Abrams & Chronicle Books (A&CB), starting... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cengage Learning has said it is seeking to negotiate with creditors on a restructuring plan and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has won the Publisher of the Year accolade at the Bookseller Industry Awards 2013,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Biteback has acquired world rights to a book from Vicky Pryce, who has just finished a prison... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Given today’s digital privacy minefield, publishers and advertisers must find ways to get information from their audiences without creeping them out. Many have turned to social login tools, like Facebook Connect and more recently Google+ Sign-In, that let users easily consent to port their... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dotdotdot imagines its users as one big book discussion group, with everyone wielding the same highlighter. Instapaper and Readability have both found success offering a simple, core interaction: save an article online to read somewhere else later. With both you can also follow what friends... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft is said to have offered Barnes & Noble $1 billion to buyout the Nook Media business. Where would that leave the retailer going forward? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Like most comics publishers, Archie Comics, home to America’s favorite fictional redheaded teenager, has historically focused its distribution on newsstand sales and the comics specialty market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
After spending 37 years in the publishing industry, including the last five as chairman, CEO, and publisher of Counterpoint LLC, Charlie Winton turned over the publisher reins at the press to Rolph Blythe on May 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new children's book House of Secrets was written by a first-time novelist but there are already predictions that it will be a runaway bestseller. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
At Publishers Weekly’s May 8 discussion series on trends in consumer book-buying, held at the offices of Random House in New York City, Carl Kulo, U.S. director of Bowker Market Research, highlighted the major shifts that took place in 2012 in such key areas as sales by format and by channel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Granada Books opens in downtown Santa Barbara, Calif., next month, it will operate on a hybrid model with a for-profit bookstore and a not-for-profit event series, Pomegranate Arts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]