Margaret Mahy could be posthumously honoured this year with an award now named after her. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the past decade and a half Tin House magazine, which began publishing in spring 1999, and Tin House Books, which started as an imprint with Bloomsbury in 2002 before becoming an independent press in 2005, have carved out a niche in the small press world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Coming from the West Coast, Reagan Arthur was not always surrounded by people who thought much of a career in books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
“The store is my crack,” says Richard Howorth, co-owner of 34-year-old Square Books in Oxford, Miss., and former president of the American Booksellers Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Why isn’t this book more famous?” asked the writer C.P. Snow about John Williams’s Stoner in 1973, eight years after it was first published by Viking Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Looking to provide info to retailers, librarians, and consumers interested in its book-format comics, DC Comics is publishing the DC Entertainment Essential Graphic Novels and Chronology 2013, a 121-page reading guide and index to the publisher’s extensive backlist of collected and original... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The New York Times is one of the initial major publishers to unveil a Google Glass app, which will allow the currently scant number of users of the wearable device to access stories on the go. The app's audio component reads headlines and story summaries aloud and provides breaking news alerts. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egyptian journalist and bestselling author Ibrahim Issa believes the Arab Spring has added religious oppression to the existing political hardships of the region. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of Online Publishers has launched a new initiative with 16 leading media owners, to demonstrate the value of premium mobile advertising, with a view to standardising formats. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Cape will publish a new novel by Thomas Pynchon this autumn, with the story set in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson has reported a first quarter in line with their expectations, with Penguin seeing “... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amina Alaoui Hachimi from the Moroccan publishing house Yanbow Al Kitab believes the internet is a viable gateway to entice North African children to read. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Based on the pre-college reading lists, freshmen syllabi, and core programs of more than 100 US colleges and universities, here are 60 books the experts believe that you should have read by sophomore year of college. How does your own literary experience stack up? Take our quiz and find... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Illustrated book publisher Quarto has announced its first quarter results, with group revenue... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has reported a 22% rise in sales over the last three months, the same growth increase as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The devout of all faiths adore their books. They mark their most cherished passages and pass them on to the next generation. Can the same ever be said for a digital edition? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are gearing up for a strong autumn, as big new releases from the likes of Paul Merton... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
SpinMedia has bought Vibe in a deal that could prove to be the end of the print edition of the famed hip-hop culture magazine.Vibe magazine was founded in 1993 by legendary producer Quincy Jones. The company has changed hands several times and like many publications, has turned its focus to its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A key U.S. lawmaker has unveiled plans for a comprehensive review of the laws surrounding copyright in the United States to determine whether they are still relevant in the digital age.Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday that his... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
It only took a few years for the Kindle to go from cutting-edge to old-fashioned. At the risk of looking like a tech dinosaur, Hannah Johnson still prefers the Kindle. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]