Lena Dunham's 66-page book proposal earned her $3.5 million in her deal with Random House. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 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 ]
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 ]
Restaurant chain Pizza Hut is partnering with W H Smith and marketing communications agency... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the rush to market in Brazil, three international ebook sellers staked their claim on the same day. Why? The reasons are clear, but perhaps a bit ephemeral. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Strong differences have emerged within the trade over the effectiveness of Digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hopes that the US will follow where the UK leads in terms of Open Access for publicly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The History Press has signed two titles from the Duchess of Northumberland, creator of Alnwick... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Tony Parsons and Jane Fallon have said Curtis Brown’s new digital self-publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House US employees will all be receiving a $5,000 bonus this year due to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon only offers the lowest price on its top 20 print bestsellers, with lower-ranked titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Head of Zeus has pre-empted world rights to a book on the mysterious disappearance of Lord Lucan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus has won the Best of the Best James Tait Black Prize,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
At this point, expecting Amazon to actually divulge genuine numbers surrounding its Kindle business would be akin to expecting that so-called "fiscal cliff" to just vanish overnight. That said, the company's playing a little less coy than usual in a new press release that announces A/B testing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's been attuned to the needs of its vision-impaired customers for years, first rolling out text-to-speech technology on its original Kindle e-reader years ago. Today the company revealed plans to add to that feature set in its Kindle Fire and Fire HD (7-inch) tablets with Voice Guide and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Employees at book publisher Random House are getting a little something extra in their fishnet Christmas stockings this year, a $5,000 bonus. The bonus, which will be the same for top editors as their secretaries, follows a particularly good year for the publishing house in... Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Foyles has said it has received an "overwhelming" response, including from heads of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Through exclusive interviews with Amazon's David Naggar, author Paolo Coelho, and others, we get behind the scenes of Amazon's Kindle Store launch in Brazil this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Cairo leg of the Edinburgh World Writers Conference has been cancelled due to the violent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
BBC Worldwide may be looking to sell Lonely Planet, the Guardian has reported. The newspaper... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]