Do super-sized bookstores still have a viable business model or are they being reduced to mere showrooms for ebooks? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl has returned to the summit of the Official UK Top 50 after a week... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brian Ashley, formerly Nottingham City Council's director of culture, will take on the role... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Long, editorial director for digital at Pan Macmillan, is moving to the newly created role... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The BBC's business editor Robert Peston describes how transcribing his late wife's final book helped him cope with grief following her death from lung cancer. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Publisher Services has announced a multi-year extension of its sales and distribution partnership with Quirk Books, which began in January 2011. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Historical fiction authors Ben Kane, Anthony Riches and Russell Whitfield are walking the length... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Women’s fiction blog Novelicious is to launch a new digital imprint. Novelicious Books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Taiwanese bookstore chain Eslite is aggressively expanding beyond its borders, with new stores in Hong Kong and several planned for mainland China, including one in a hotel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A complaint about books by the BBC's Simon Mayo and Mark Easton getting undue prominence on Richard Bacon's 5 live show is not upheld by the BBC Trust. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
NEW YORK--When should a newspaper stop or reduce printing? It's a delicate question underscored by a complex calculus, but one that Australia's Fairfax Media CEO Gregory Hywood said publishers can't confront without first reining in f ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble is offering the Nook Simple Touch e-reader for £29 for a limited period... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A website giving away free ebooks by self-published authors will launch tomorrow (1st May) in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins and Quercus have become the latest publishers to sign the Publishing Equalities... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Greenhouse Literary Agency has appointed Polly Nolan, currently associate publishing director... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber is to publish an account of being held hostage by Somali pirates written by Judith Tebbutt... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A price war earlier this month between two of China’s biggest online booksellers has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rufoof, an startup in Dubai, aims to make Arabic digital content more widely available by solving ebook formatting issues and providing an app-based ebook platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
World Book Night is launching a monthly book club, offering reading recommendation to its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Fickling is to leave Random House, where he is publisher at the David Fickling Books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]