Amazon is said to be involved in a scandal in Germany, with a documentary accusing the retailer... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
World Book Day has signed new partners for 2013, including online social world MiniMonos.com and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Constable & Robinson has acquired a second cookery book from the 2011 winner of "The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Curation, technology and creating a cultural destination were three of the key themes... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishers of UK's Stork Books argue that major publishers and the media in the UK and USA underestimate the audience for translated books and are making a big mistake. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hardie Grant UK has acquired The Pepperpot Club: A Celebration of Caribbean Cuisine by Jonathan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline has acquired The Submissive Trilogy, which originated as fan fiction inspired by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Andrew Lownie Literary Agency has become the latest to set up an in-house digital and p.o.d.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five years old today, Paris-based literary magazine ActuaLitté has just acquired Neverending Stories, the first French website dedicated to children’s and YA books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
British writer Terry Deary, author of the 'Horrible Histories' children's series, says that libraries have 'had their day' and that there is no 'entitlement to read books for free.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
PHOENIX – Despite objections from newspaper publishers, a House committee endorsed two bills Thursday that would allow local governments to publish public notices online rather than in newspapers. Rep. David W. Stevens, R-Sierra Vista, ch ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital revenue will be foremost on the minds of newspaper publishers as three of their trade organizations converge on New Orleans next week. “It’s really important that we just keep pushing forward on how to maximize the digita ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jennifer 8 Lee needed programming help to launch her publishing startup Plympton, but she didn’t have the cash. So what did she do? She got creative. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Four Random House Group titles won at the Publishers Publicity Circle Awards last night, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
France’s leading books website Actualitté.com has acquired the children’s and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Preliminary estimates from the Census Bureau show that US bookstores as a whole experienced a 0.5 percent decrease in sales for the year of 2012. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Moray Council in Scotland has announced the closure of seven libraries as it looks to make... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A quarter of UK adults—more than 12 million people—have only picked up a book to read... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author and library campaigner Alan Gibbons has called for Terry Deary (pictured) to debate the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jeff Bewkes and company used to insist they wanted to hang on to their magazine business. They stopped saying that in September. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]