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 ]
Bridget Shine, executive director of the Independent Publishers Guild, has expressed caution over... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quadrille Publishing has acquired The Belle and Boo Book of Craft, a project book inspired by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan is to release a special collector's edition of the late James Herbert's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The crucial role of physical bookshops to a healthy publishing industry was underlined this week... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins UK and US have joined forces to sign a global pre-emptive bid for world rights in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop has been named as the winner of Diagram Prize for Oddest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Eat, Pray, Love' author Elizabeth Gilbert is using her Facebook page to allow fans to pick the cover of her new novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the fifth year in a row, UK book revenue is down, as consumers switch from print to digital formats and from physical shops to online retailers, even for print purchases. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Annabel Pitcher was named a "genuine literary star" this evening as she won the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has put an interactive version of the cover of Stephen King's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
US independent publisher Melville House is to open a London office with the aim of forming a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Research is showing that book sales around the world are in general decline and in some countries people are said to have simply stopped reading. What's to blame? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Philip Pullman has been elected as the new president of the Society of Authors. Pullman... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shortlist of ten children's book titles selected by Children's Books Ireland honors Irish authors and illustrators, and six final winners will be announced on May 8. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite going on quite the world tour, Google Play Books hasn't been available as close by as Mexico. That's been rectified: the online bookstore is now open in the country, with both local titles and prices in Pesos. As with some other countries, the expansion also gives Mexicans their first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
EWIP's annual Exceptional Women in Publishing conference was held earlier this month in San Fancisco. The event marked its fifth anniversary, while the organization itself notched its fifteenth year in operation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last night something strange caught my attention, nearly enough to post a late-day story. Then this morning I got a little email nudge from Amazon PR, and thought: "Yeah. Why not?" The timing and broader ecosystem implications are interesting for service "Send to Kindle". Just as Google whacks... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has three titles on the 12-strong Orwell Book Prize longlist, with the judges... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The next instalment in Sue Townsend's bestselling Adrian Mole series will be arriving a year... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]