Bonnier-owned Templar Publishing has bought fellow children's publisher Piccadilly Press,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan SFF imprint Tor UK is now accepting direct submissions from authors, with editorial... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titan Books has acquired three novels by science-fiction novelist, blogger and technology... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Children’s has acquired two books in a teen series set in a sports school by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones m.d. James Daunt (above) has called on the government to address the issue... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Suzy Lucas is to be prize administrator for the newly established Literature Prize.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
In what's become a trend, Korean publishers are opening popular bookstore cafes. Should more Western publishers follow suit or is bookselling no longer part of their DNA? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last year was a big one for publishing on Kickstarter. The Web site is the most popular crowdfunding online destination, with 1,666 projects successfully funded in the publishing category, and a total of $11,057,252 pledged. In addition, $8,482,598 was raised for comics, which are listed as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Tibor Jones Pageturner Prize 2013 is calling for entries. The winner of the biennial prize... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the appointment of new executive director Andrea Vuleta in January, the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association is looking forward to the implementation of changes that will strengthen and rejuvenate the regional association. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s been a year and a half since Joseph-Beth Booksellers, headquartered in Cincinnati, emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a new owner, after founder Neil Van Uum was outbid in an auction by Robert Langley, his landlord at the Mall at Lexington Green in Lexington, Ky. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A call by Foyles c.e.o. Sam Husain for more support on margin for high street booksellers has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Annual subscriptions to Sullivan's new, independent The Dish blog are pre-selling at $19.95. Andrew Sullivan announced Wednesday, via Twitter, that his soon-to-be-self-published blog has just passed $500,000 in pre-subscription sales. The announcement comes less than a month after... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egmont UK has commissioned a new research programme as part of a wider initiative by the company... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The extra focus publishers have started to put on producing beautiful hardbacks has borne fruit,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion Children's Books has acquired a new series by TV presenter Holly Willoughby and her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the week that Foyles c.e.o. Sam Husain called for more support from publishers, US bookselling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brazil's is demanding that every school in the country house a library by 2020. To meet that goal, 128,020 libraries will have to be built—or 39 per day—if the goal it to be met. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
McDonald’s in the UK are replacing the toys that come with Happy Meals with educational books to help boost literacy; they plan to distribute 15 million books by the end of 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chatto & Windus has acquired Road Ends, the third novel by Mary Lawson, author of Crow Lake... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]