Amazon's got a new Kindle promotion vehicle, thanks to the National PTA, which wants to boost kids' reading with their families. Amazon's Kindle is the exclusive sponsor of the new Family Reading Experience program that the National PTA wants to roll out across the U.S. to boost kids' reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has signed world rights to the autobiography of 16-year-old pop star Cody Simpson... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lewis Lapham, editor of Lapham's Quarterly, believes we are still in the experimental phase of digital media, waiting for the next online Shakespeare to emerge. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Smith & Son has seen a like-for-like sales increase of 14.3% in the year 2011-12, led by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Biteback Publishing has bought world rights to a book from Janis Sharp, the mother of hacker Gary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's literacy charity Beanstalk has published a "Charter for Children's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
MacLachlan, author of 'Sarah, Plain and Tall,' said she was inspired to write a picture book after talking with her friend, an illustrator who lives in Newtown. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Human Events, the venerable Washington-based conservative newspaper, will cease publishing its weekly print edition after nearly 70 years but will continue to operate its popular websites, the publisher announced Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
By focusing on movie tie-ins and visual curation, UK app developers of The Nudge List hope to attract book buyers not accustomed to using traditional book sites. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tribune Co. has hired investment bankers to advise the media company on the sale of its newspaper publishing unit, according to a source familiar with the matter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actor and writer Rupert Everett has won the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography with his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
This one's coming straight from the horse's mouth. Amazon is acknowledging a "known issue" with version 3.6.1 of its Kindle app for iOS -- the company is recommending that current users avoid the latest update, which hit the App Store today. According to TUAW, the new version may completely... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The BBC's flagship arts and culture programme, "The Review Show", is being cut from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of books for children surged in the UK last week, as schools broke for the spring half-term... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Formerly part of Borders, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation has given some $4.1 million to 2,700 individuals since 1996. Now, they're auctioning Borders' old signage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Every year FOLIO: conducts a nationwide survey with mid and executive-level editors. The survey maps out salary ranges across a number of demographics including gender, age, location, company size, education and more. The infographic below provides an interactive breakdown on several key trends... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
When the New York Times Co. bought the Boston Globe for $1.1 billion in 1993, many of the nation’s newspaper publishing companies happily would have paid the same price for the same opportunity. With the Globe now on track to be sold for ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
This Friday, booksellers Thalia, Weltbild, Hugendubel, as well as Bertelsmann and Deutsche Telekom, promise to announce a "really big new project in ebooks and e-reading." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Editor's Note: This story originally appears on FOLIO: sister site, minonline.com Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
TunedIn Media, the German company behind the second screen “social TV’ app TunedIn, has been acquired by European publishing giant Axel Springer. The amount isn’t being disclosed, so it’s unlikely to be a home ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]