UIT Cambridge has bought Devon-based publisher Green Books for an undisclosed sum. Green Books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
How best to deliver digital textbooks to students and who should do it, will be two key issues up... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish bookseller Hughes & Hughes is to close its Dundrum branch this Sunday (10th March),... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said it will approve the merger of Random... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corporation’s new publishing company will get an infusion of $2.6 billion in cash and will have no debt when it separates from the company’s higher-growth cable channels and Hollywood studio this summer. In a filing with the ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Thursday, Time Warner investors were giving the thumbs up to Wednesday's announcement that the media giant would be spinning off its troubled magazine division—pushing shares up 2% in midday trading, on top of the 6% increase that followed reports last month of a sale of Time Inc.But magazine... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp.'s publishing spinoff will be armed with $2.6 billion in cash and no debt, demonstrating Chairman Rupert Murdoch's passion for print even as the new company confronts an industry in decline.The cash pile could come in handy for acquisitions or just to shore up the publishing business,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent bookshops have expressed frustration over the relationship between Scholastic Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Coffee House Press, with two finalists, and Cinco Puntos Press join FSG and Pantheon with titles on the shortlist for this year's prestigious PEN Faulkner Award for fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Basic book contracts should grant a fixed-term licence in a book rather than rights for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
It goes without saying that many book trailers and promotions are creative, but none have become truly viral. Where is the book world's viral video hit? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
FRANKFURT, March 6 (Reuters) - German publisher Axel Springer on Wednesday forecast a drop in profitability in 2013, expecting investments in its digital business and restructuring efforts in its declining printing business to weigh on results. The ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yann Martel and Alice Munro are working with Canopy, an environmental charity, to highlight forest-saving Second Harvest paper made from straw rather than trees. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
IPC Media is focusing on not being distract by events outside of its control, as parent company Time Warner unveiled plans to spin off its magazine division Time Inc last night. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
When I wrote Why I Love Kindle back in February I said I was intending to upgrade to a Kindle Paperwhite soon. Three weeks later, timed so I can buy a Kindle copy of my own book (my publisher only supplies free paperbacks), and that’s exactly what I’ve done. The Kindle is one of those very rare... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the UK a new ebook platform Boosh will allow readers to share an ebook with a fellow Facebook user to read for free after its read and deleted from their own account. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Warner Inc. will spin off its magazine business later this year, turning the nine-decade-old publisher of Time, People and Sports Illustrated into a separate publicly held company.The board authorized management to proceed with the plan after a review of options, the New York-based media... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Has the romance of publishing the way of liquor-fueled lunches, first-class book tours and boozy book parties? Or is there still enough hope and passion in publishing to sustain it? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Teenagers are selecting "easier reads" in their book choices, rather than more challenging classics, according to a survey published for World Book Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Legendary literary agent Sterling Lord shares wisdom from his 60 years in publishing and reflects the current business, which he says is more like selling appliances than art. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]