The administrator of HMV has made 190 redundancies at head office but says it remains hopeful of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Publisher's Publicity Circle has announced the shortlist for its annual awards, with... 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 ]
A new research centre at Glasgow university will examine "the changing nature of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 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 ]
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 ]
Virago Modern Classics has acquired the full fiction backlist of novelist Mary Renault, including... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc., the publisher of magazines including Time and Sports Illustrated, has begun eliminating about 6% of its head count—nearly 500 jobs—in the biggest round of cuts at the company since 2008."With the significant and ongoing changes in our industry, we must continue to transform our... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon saw record sales growth of 22% to $21bn (£13bn) over the Christmas period, with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year's coveted American children's book awards go to The One and Only Ivan (Harper), This is Not My Hat (Candlewick), and In Darkness (Bloomsbury). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Measuring social traffic should not be confused with engagement—driving a reader to a website is a long way from having them actually interact in a meaningful way with a brand’s content. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus chief executive Mark Smith (pictured), chairman David Potter and c.f.o. Colin Adams have... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A British magazine distributed by a joint venture of Conde Nast and Hearst Corporation and aimed at primary school children has been featuring images of adult-rated video games. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chorleywood Bookshop in Hertfordshire, which already runs the Chorleywood Literary Festival, is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Whatever Kindle sales were in Q4, they could have been better had Amazon not sold out of its flagship e-reader. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The year 2012 opened in dramatic fashion with magazine media-related deals. From Hanley Wood’s recapitalization to the final sell-off the remaining segments of what once was the massive Ziff Davis, 2012 saw its fair share of deals that involved traditional media brands as well as the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion has acquired a new diet title, originally a self-published ebook, to be published in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pushkin Press is launching a children’s imprint, Pushkin Children's Books, for publishing works that have had success overseas but have not found a publisher in the UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel wins the prestigious literary prize the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Bring Up the Bodies. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The American Library Association has created a scorecard that asks library workers to grade publishers on the way that they are offering ebooks for lending. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]