The Folio Society will sponsor the newly named Folio Prize, a literature award of £40,000 to honor the best English-language fiction published in the UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Consortium has announced six new publishers for the fall 2013 season: And Other Stories, Curbside Splendor Publishing, Gallic Books, GILES, Koyama Press, and Stockholm Text. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
World Book Night UK will be holding its main event in Liverpool this year, in a collaboration... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twitter is being used as a "commissioning channel", Random House digital publisher Dan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
LONDON: 14 March 2013: Today the Financial Times and Penguin publish Lunch with the FT: 52Classic Interviews in hardback and eBook format. The book, edited by FT editor Lionel Barber, with a foreword by CEO John Ridding, read ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eight independent bookshops have been shortlisted for The Bookseller Industry Awards Independent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shortlist for this year's Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals — among the UK's top prizes for children's literature — includes several previous award-winners, making for stiff competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Katy Perry has reportedly decided to write a book that includes details about her failed marriage to Russell Brand. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Less than 5% of all published books are available in an accessible format. Several organizations, notably Bookshare, are working to change that woeful statistic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Pearson/Penguin group and Hachette have each notched up 10 nominations for the 2013... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cloud-based CMS, ecommerce and CRM services provider ePublishing has acquired Next-Tech Markets and its advertising network of business publishers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
That is: The magazine publisher thinks his industry can come back. Here's his plan. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo and Curtis Brown have teamed up to create free scholarships for the Curtis Brown Creative... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver are among the finalists for the $45,000 Women's Prize, known formerly as the Orange Prize, which released its longlist today. Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver are among the finalists for the $45,000 Women's Prize, known formerly... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Specs Who Co-founders William Pearson (l.) and Mangesh Hattikudur What Magazine and e-commerce business Where New York offices Mental Floss is known for its engaging Wikipedia-like articles (“How Many Languages Is It Possible to Learn?”) that nourish the mind. Few realize the Dennis Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Multimedia publisher The Taunton Press and Italian publisher De Agostini have entered into an exclusive partnership agreement in which The Taunton Press will publish all Academia Barilla printed matter in North America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has entered into an agreement with Good Books for the sales, distribution and fulfillment in the United States, Canada and open market of all of its frontlist and backlist titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK bookstores are experimenting with exclusive chapters and other offers to lure customers into stores and away from online shopping at Amazon, but some doubt its efficacy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has signed a deal for two psychological thrillers from debut Canadian author Claire... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has announced the appointment of Mark Ollard as finance director, beginning... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]