Walker Books UK has acquired world rights in two more titles in the range of graphic novels based... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Ruler of Sharjah has called on publishers to embrace digital, but make sure authors and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson has denied reports that it is about to sell off the Financial Times, with a spokesperson... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins UK has reported a strong quarter to end September 2012, despite a 48% fall in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Caffeine Nights Publishing has signed its first foreign rights deal, selling Korean translation... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Exams regulator Ofqual has said it intends to "undertake an investigation of the firewalls... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple's new iPad Mini is the best small tablet on the market and makes an amazing e-reader; the only problems are its not-so-hi-res screen and it's not-quite-low-enough price tag. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Haymarket Network are launching an app of The John Lennon Letters... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender are to star in a film about the relationship between writer... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marie Claire is to debut a near field communications (NFC)-enabled ad in its pages, after striking a deal with healthcare business Nuffield Health. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Local newspaper publisher NYC Community Media, which fled its Canal Street home last week and is now publishing from 1 MetroTech Center in Brooklyn, is putting its experience as a storm-driven nomad to use. On Friday, it will launch a weekly paper called NYC Reconnects, and a website,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Can fraudulent writers, aka Johah Lehrer, ever be forgiven? Or should they simply be cast into permanent exile from the literary world? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The PBS Off Book series interviews creators and collectors about their favorite analog formats. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The awarding of this year's $150,000 FIL literature prize to Peruvian Alfredo Bryce Echenique, an accused plagiarist, has divided writers and critics across Latin America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The University of Chicago Press has signed two new distribution clients: the American Alliance of Museums Press and the Missouri History Museum. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
SourceMedia will now offer clients access to a propriety data portal, allowing users to manipulate data behind the company's regular analytics reports. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
European Union regulators are to end a US antitrust probe into ebook prices by accepting an offer by Apple and four publishers to ease price restrictions on Amazon, two sources said on Tuesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tunisia’s ISLAMeBooks, one of several new digital start-ups in the Arab world, is looking to help explain Islamic practice and theology to a wider readership. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has signed up a book from "Made in Chelsea" star Ollie Locke. Anna... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More Info Hands-on with Kobo's Glo and Mini e-readers (video) Kobo Glo review: another illuminated e-reader lights up the market Amazon Kindle Paperwhite review While tablet and smartphone manufacturers battled it out over screen sizes, e-reader makers seem to have settled on an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]