In what could presage a foundational shift in the online advertising landscape, Federated Media Publishing will shut down its direct sales business, i.e. the division charged with selling standard display ads. On Thursday afternoon (Nov. 8) the company began informing employees that it would... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Starnes might not have an extensive background in journalism, but the Alabama newspaper publisher just launched his fourth community newspaper, the Hoover Sun, last month. He also owns The Homewood Star, 280 Living, and Village Living, all of whi ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Australia's Bookworld has guaranteed that it will beat Amazon and other online competitors' prices by 10%. But are they risking losing too much profit? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Most indie booksellers who want to expand their business add more stores, and that’s the way Mitchell Kaplan initially tried to grow Books & Books, which he opened in Coral Gables, Fla., in 1982. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Seven Stories museum in Newcastle upon Tyne has changed its name to the National Centre for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of political statistician Nate Silver's book 'The Signal and the Noise' saw a surge of 850 percent – lifting it to No. 2 on Amazon – after Silver correctly predicted the 2012 election results. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The rise of easy-to-use ebook publishing platforms that distribute globally, the inherent speed of digital publishing, and the low cost and ever-rising demand for ebooks in both the developing world, as well as from developed but remote economies like Australia, offer the potential of vibrant... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Florence's English-language Paperback Exchange bookstore is as old as Christ was when he died and relies on the shop owners' good taste—and that of its customers—to stay in business. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the end of June, Amazon’s Kindle family of reading devices was used to read ebooks by 55% of ebook buyers, according to figures compiled by Bowker Market Research. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
When the digital comic Dim Sum Warriors launched as an iPad app earlier this year, married co-creators Yen Yen Woo and Colin Goh (cofounders of Yumcha Studios, an independent content developer) entered another phase of their multimedia journey. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline imprint Tinder Press has acquired two new novels by Patrick Gale, who moves from Fourth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month's starred reviews of self-published books includes a SF mystery set in dystopia where people live in domed cities and a memoir of Mexican immigration to the US. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Arts Council England libraries director Nicky Morgan has said it is not the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Friday Project has signed a series of three digital “pamphlets” by British design... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlequin is launching a competition to give a paid contract to an in-house blogger who is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has acquired a young adult title by 15-year-old Jade Ngengi. Publisher Barry... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has appointed Mike Bryan in the post of executive director of Bloomsbury Information... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Cape has acquired a new Bridget Jones novel by Helen Fielding. The novel, for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lauren Hadden is the new editor for The Bookseller’s sister consumer books magazine We Love... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a move that could provide a boost to the small but growing digital comic book business, DC Comics has signed deals to sell comics through online stores owned by Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]