Dan Shepherd has been announced as the new global sales and marketing director at Dorling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Margaret Atwood (pictured) and Naomi Alderman are to collaborate on a new fiction series... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some 20 weeks before Newsweek set the media into a frenzy with its announcement of a digital-first publishing strategy, Jason Pontin was already grappling with how to move his 113-year-old publication toward a digital future. Pontin announced in June that MIT's Technology Review magazine would... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has released the digital figures of its Man Booker Prize-winning titles Wolf Hall... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book retailer Barnes & Noble this morning revealed that 63 of its stores have been victims of PIN pad tampering, following an internal investigation of "every PIN pad in every store" (just under 700 locations). B&N calls the tampering, "a sophisticated criminal effort to steal credit... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Alex Mutter Irish book retailer Eason opened a virtual, mobile bookshop at Connolly Station in Dublin on Monday, the Silicon Republic reports. The bookshop’s ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Magazines UK's Esquire is to publish the first edition of The Big Black Book, a biannual style guide, in March next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
One of the writers behind disaster-prone Spider-Man Broadway musical, Glen Berger, will reveal all in a "fly-on-the-wall" book. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Veteran cricket commentator Henry Blofeld will release an autobiography next year after a deal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Magazines has announced the release of a new ebook aimed at the holiday chef. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European Commission is to give France one month to raise the VAT rate applied to ebooks or... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin has acquired a title by the Olympic and World Champion Triathlon stars, brothers Alistair... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pippa Middleton book: On Thursday her 416-page glossy hardback will be released in Britain. The title of the Pippa Middleton book of recipes and party planning tips? "Celebrate: A Year of British Festivities for Families and Friends" Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Alex Mutter The iBookstore has opened for business in most of Central and South America, reports The Digital Reader. Books have also gone on ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has announced major changes on its executive team as it looks to streamline its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary events organiser Book Slam is releasing its second book of short stories, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Forward Prize winner Jorie Graham is among the authors who have made the shortlist for the TS... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Singer Cheryl Cole, who rose to fame on ITV's "Popstars: The Rivals", has topped... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the Frankfurt Book Fair this year, representatives from a number of indie publishers demonstrated the impact they are having on the industry as a whole. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Celebrating 20 years, Beirut's Francophone Book Fair will honor the Goncourt Academy and launch a new book prize, despite recent escalated violence in the city. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]