Publishing houses are Germany's intellectual backbone. For many years, they created a culture of literary abundance and generated healthy profits. But in the age of Amazon, ebooks and self-publishing, they could be facing demise. Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2013-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
After 45 years in Northern California, Pomegranate Press is moving its warehouse and offices to a 100,000 sq. ft. building in Portland, Ore.— both as a cost-saving measure and as a means of returning to an urban environment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
This was PW’s third year at SXSW Interactive, the annual technology festival in Austin, Tex., and it may have been the toughest year to cover. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
How do you live with the knowledge that your baby is dying? A radiant new memoir chronicles the nine months after a mother's worst nightmare came true.Emily Rapp is not one to sugarcoat hard truths, including the brutal diagnosis she and her husband received in January 2011 when they took their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has a book deal.Mr. Geithner has an agreement with Crown Publishers, an imprint of Random House, Inc. Crown announced Thursday that Geithner's book, currently untitled, is scheduled for 2014.Mr. Geithner plans a "behind-the-scenes" account of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher Caffeine Nights is making two chapters of every one of its books free to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin imprint Hamish Hamilton will publish a new short story by Zadie Smith later this year.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Joseph will publish Mary Berry¹s autobiography this autumn. M.d. Louise Moore... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Evidence is growing that a lack of skilled, knowledgable literary agents may be hindering the translation and publishing of books from developing markets in Asia and Latin America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lindsey Davis, Jeffery Deaver and Peter James are to take part in this year’s Crimefest,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two of crime's biggest names will work together for the first time next year when Peter James... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan South Africa has acquired world rights to a book which investigates the trial of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pope Who? White smoke over the Vatican doesn't stand a chance as a trending topic next to the black cloud over one of Google's most beloved products. Google Reader has landed on the company's sunset list, and will wink out of existence on July 1. Problem is, Reader is not as widely beloved as... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Asian authors come to prominence, the West should publish them, something that will be impossible without nurturing translators, says a Hong Kong literary agent Kelly Falconer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
W H Smith has defended its record on book marketing promotions, after being accused by Biteback... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The spinoff of Time Inc. to create the world's largest publicly-traded magazine publisher may be just the beginning of deals for the owner of People and Sports Illustrated.With analysts estimating an enterprise value of about $3.9 billion—a measure of what it could cost to buy a company—an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Richard Fisher, m.d. of academic publishing for Cambridge University Press, has warned that Open... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 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 ]
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 ]
Eight independent bookshops have been shortlisted for The Bookseller Industry Awards Independent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]