HarperCollins is in early talks about merging with Simon & Schuster, according to reports in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jeet Thayil’s Man Booker-shortlisted novel Narcopolis (Faber) has reached the shortlist for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
From self-publishing and selling out of the trunk of a car to millions of dollars in sales and a blue-sky spot in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the creators of Elf on the Shelf discuss how they packaged up a new American tradition. Innovators often have those “blue sky” moments, times where... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's book publisher Scholastic Corp. slashed its 2013 profit guidance and said revenue will be $1 billion lower than expected because schools are spending money on curriculum and holding back on orders, fearing federal spending cuts. Shares fell $6.34, or 20%, to $25.50 in light... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robert Macfarlane is to chair the judging panel for the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
An unlikely band comes together to heroically achieve a goal. A writhing sequence of events beset with bloody struggles, mysterious moments, and difficult obstacles overcome. This is the story of how Houghton Mifflin, HarperCollins, and Yudu brought Peter Jackson's production of Tolkien's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel, James Meek, Stephen May and Joff Winterhart are in the running for best novel in the Costa Book Awards shortlists Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newcastle City Council has announced plans to close 10 of its 18 libraries as it looks to make... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zoe Lofgren wants Netizens to help craft laws that protect the future of the Net itself. Zoe Lofgren, Chair of the House Ethics Committee, has published a thought-provoking article about the legal tactic of seizing of domain names when the owners are accused of copyright infringement. She... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Perhaps the muse only came to you at the same time those first few gray hairs popped up on your head. But when you pick up the odd book review or magazine, you are disturbed by the cult of youth.You’re a writer of a certain age. Perhaps you started a family when you were younger, and now your... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new app 'Put Me in the Story,' released by publisher Sourcebooks, will allow older readers to add the name of a younger one to Sourcebook titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canadian bookshop The Monkey's Paw has unveiled the Biblio-Mat, a random book dispenser built by Craig Small as an artful alternative to sidewalk discount bins. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jeff Kinney's seventh Diary of a Wimpy Kid novel, The Third Wheel (Puffin), has become one of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Yinnon Ezra MBE as a part-time advisor... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Atlantic imprint Corvus is set to republish a 1980s “bonkbuster” by controversial... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebury has bought a new erotic romance trilogy by Portia Da Costa, author of In Too Deep.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
J K Rowling has been overlooked in the nominations for the Literary Review’s Bad Sex award... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Kids are really up against time. Carefree childhoods are nonexistent. People read what I tell them to," says bookseller Francine Lucidon, owner of The Voracious Reader. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last month, as storm surges from Hurricane Sandy inundated lower Manhattan, Datagram, a New York-based media ISP, watched as its basement full of severs took on over five feet of water, causing major outages for prominent online publishers like Gawker Media, BuzzFeed and the Huffington Post. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Forsyth’s follow-up to last Christmas’ runaway hit The Etymologicon has been... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]