W H Smith chief executive Kate Swann could receive a total of £5.9m before she steps down... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperFiction has secured a new two-book deal with author Rosie Thomas, continuing their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The London Book Fair will feature Korea—a top ten, yet underserved market—as the Market Focus country of the 2014 Fair. The program will showcase business opportunities in Korea. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hot Key Books has launched a free interactive writing project, "Fleur Hitchcock's Story... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
All signs point to the USPS wanting-in on the newsstand business, but it’s up to publishers now. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher Choc Lit has teamed up with National Express to market its titles over the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House publishers are to reward employees with a $5,000 (£3,103) bonus partly owing to the success of EL James's erotic trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The organisers of new book award the Literature Prize announce it has found a sponsor and will hand out its first accolade in 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has acquired the new book by Kate Summerscale, the author perhaps best known for The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jamie Oliver has retained pole position at the top of the official book charts and has increased... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wiley’s sales and operating income have been hit in its second quarter due to a weak higher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Asked what makes university presses different from commercial presses, Niko Pfund, president of Oxford University Press, U.S., answered: “University presses are harder to sell and harder to kill.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ever since Hearst Corp. sold William Morrow to News Corp. in 1999, its book publishing activities have focused on partnering with different houses to publish books based on content from its magazines. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the past decade the American Booksellers Association has been warning about the need for succession plans and the graying of booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
After years of licensing the publication of its hardcover art book collections, Archie Comics is moving some hardcover production in-house and has just released its first title, The Art of Betty and Veronica. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canadians have had to be content with a form of Kindle Store limbo until now. They could buy Kindle ebooks, but they've had to rely on a US-centric portal that scarcely acknowledges their literary tradition. As of this weekend, they don't have to cross the virtual border: Amazon Canada now has... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magazine publishers are still tightening their belts three years after the nightmare of the advertising recession shook the industry to its toes. But the itch to launch new magazines shows no sign of going away. In 2012, veteran publishers and novice entrepreneurs launched a total of 195 print... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egmont Press will be launching a new series, Fairy Animals of Misty Wood, next year, with five... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The cry has gone out that publishers need to engage more with readers. Who is the right person for the job? Editors? Marketers? Or should it be the authors? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Literature Prize, the book prize founded by Aitken Alexander m.d. and agent Andrew Kidd, has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]