Pippa Middleton and David Goodwin have parted ways. Pippa Middleton's first book was a flop. But you haven't seen the last of Pippa Middleton and her writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A start-up is hoping to create a new digital publishing platform for independent authors that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children's Books has acquired new science-fiction action-adventure series,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder Children's Books has acquired a new fiction series by author of the bestselling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Were we really expecting a different outcome? Several months after Google bought Frommer's to bolster its location efforts, Skift hears that the iconic travel guide maker has completely stopped publication of print editions as its focus swings to the online realm. Authors say that many of their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has said that the internet giant is willing to launch a similar "digital publishing innovation fund" in the UK to the one it launched in France last month. When asked by the Guardian&rsquo ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yardley-based newspaper publisher Journal Register Co. Thursday won court approval to sell its assets to an affiliate of its current owner in exchange for $114 million in secured debt and about $6 million in cash, Bloomberg reported. A New York-bas ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cookbook giant Jamie Oliver is to tackle recipes on a budget for his next volume. Save with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Julie Randles is leaving Scholastic UK after nearly eight years at the company. Randles' is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The death of novelist Chinua Achebe has been confirmed. A statement from The Wylie Agency... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Neil Gaiman looks set to be one of the busiest authors of 2013, with a host of book publications... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former Pearson c.e.o. Marjorie Scardino earned £6.35m in her final year at the company and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A publication named Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop is named as the winner of the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
In one of a chain of moves across children’s publishing, Scholastic UK publishing and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Puffin has made a "major acquisition" ahead of the Bologna Children's Book Fair,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown is celebrating the 15th anniversary of Alexander McCall Smith’s The No 1... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Annabel Pitcher's Ketchup Clouds is named winner of this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz has won the £30,000 Sunday Times Short Story Award... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
True online book discovery requires serendipity, which can't be programmed. The process is more going on a blind date and then falling in love with someone else. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A preview of the 50th Bologna Book Fair includes the TOC Bologna program, Sweden as the Guest of Honor Country, and a list of award winners recognized during the fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]