Philip K Dick's Hugo Award-winning novel The Man in the High Castle is to be adapted for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Education has appointed a locally based manager for the Gulf region, Matthew Hayes, as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries across the country celebrated National Libraries Day on Saturday (9th February), the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Printed graphic storytelling is an extension of all that has been performed for centuries across Asia, where often the word and the graphic symbol are one. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins c.e.o. Victoria Barnsley has said the idea of the bookshop as a book club, charging... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
What’s the first information you consume in the morning? It would have to be my alarm clock. That’s purely because my son has a tendency to sit on my chest—he’s not yet 3—and look me square in the eye and say, “Milk.” He’s a bit like the child from The Shining. And that’s around 5:30 in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan US has settled the consumer class action case over alleged ebook price-fixing, having... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A biography of Hillary Clinton's time as US secretary of state will be released on 5th March... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus Children's is planning to expand its list by 50% over the next two years, with growth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
One key to selling more books is to produce great books, and people will recommend and buy them. Don't be satisfied with the merely good. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Every day, publishing is finding new ways to connect books to readers, but few traditional publishers give as much control to their audience as Osprey Publishing, a U.K.–based military history publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Angry Robot has promoted Lee Harris to the position of senior editor, with immediate effect.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
With ebooks’ share of unit sales rising from 14% for the first nine months of 2011 to 22% for the same period in 2012, the biggest winners among retailers were Amazon and dedicated ebookstores and digital download sites. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin-owned Author Solutions Inc (ASI) has opened a self-publishing imprint called Partridge in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan US has done a u-turn over the Department of Justice agency model ebooks pricing case,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A few months ago, Federated Media announced it was shuttering its direct ad sales practice and essentially pushing banner-selling into the realm of machines to focus on native advertising. The move got many in the online publishing world fired up—debating whether this was an isolated incident or... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
O’Reilly Media and Publishers Weekly will hold the first Author {R}evolution Day February 12 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. Below is a discussion with co-chair Kristen McLean on what attendees can expect at the day-long event. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
One collection of short stories and four novels—including Jeet Thayyil’s Narcopolis, winner of the DSC Prize—have been shortlisted for The Hindu Literary Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Biz Stone's and Ev Williams's fledgling online publishing platform takes a few more social steps toward maturity. Medium, from the same minds that brought us Twitter, is already a new kind of online publishing platform...and now it's trying out a novel commenting system for published pieces:... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins is to merge its three non-fiction divisions into two imprints, creating a new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]