Terry Deary's long-running Horrible Histories children's books series is coming to an end... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The famous monkey is getting a digital makeover and learning some important life lessons. After more than 70 years, Curious George is getting a reboot and entering the digital realm. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which publishes stories about the beloved, if often exasperating, monkey, is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Discussions at this year's Leipzig Book Fair proved that ebooks and self publishing are gaining wider acceptance in Germany, and readers are more open to digitization. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins and Hachette UK are the first UK publishers to introduce a refined agency model... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Spending on printed books soared by more than £2m in the UK last week, with the value of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
R.R. Donnelley said it will start adding RFID and NFC tags to such products as retail displays, product packaging, shipping labels, direct mail pieces, catalogs, magazines and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors has criticised a decision by Pearson to change the way it pays some of its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher Myrmidon has launched an e-first genre imprint for drama romance, called... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tribune Co. has promoted Kathy Thomson, president and chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Times, to the newly created position of chief operating officer of Tribune’s publishing division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Proposed cuts to Sheffield’s libraries will be debated in the city after 10,000 people... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ray Bradbury imagined a world without the printed word, a universe where firemen started fires instead of stopped them, in a quest to burn forbidden books - till one of them started questioning why. Incidentally, the act of burning books is called "biblioclasm" or "libricide", and here's your... Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
There is a 'girl power' void in new books for Kiwi kids, according to judges on a children's book awards panel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin division Michael Joseph will publish a new book by "X Factor" band Union J this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book recommendation website Goodreads has pledged to remain an "independent entity",... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Holtzbrinck's five-year-old self-publishing platform epubli is expanding to the UK amid a huge shift in attitude toward self-publishing and its potential. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Only 23 magazines launched in the first quarter of 2013, compared with 44 in the same period a year ago, but the number of titles that shut down between Jan. 1 and the end of March also dropped, according to figures released Monday by online database MediaFinder.com.The new titles include Condé... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Horrible Histories author, Terry Deary, says his book series has "naturally come to an end" after 20 years of writing the popular children's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are looking to mobile channels to sell bespoke digital content as research suggests... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan publishing director Wayne Brookes has acquired two new historical novels by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a major deal ahead of London Book Fair, Fig Tree has won a five-way publisher auction for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]