The Man Group, which also sponsors the Man Booker Prize, has withdrawn its support from the Man Asian Literary Prize, which will be unable to go on after this year if another sponsor isn't found. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder Children's Books has acquired a new series by The Winter Trilogy author Ruth Warburton... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digitization proponents and library advocates hailed the October 10 decision in the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust case as an unequivocal, emphatic victory for fair use. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arcadia Books has been bought out of liquidation by photographer Basil Hyman, with its publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is said to be negotiating to acquire Saraiva, Brazil's dominant bookseller, with 102 stores. Is it realistic? We break down the facts and scenarios. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ed Wood, senior editor at Sphere, has signed three more books by Outlaw author Angus Donald, in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Growing up, Cosmo was my lifeline to the world,” says Joanna Coles, the freshly installed editor-in-chief of the largest women’s magazine. “A world that I wanted to be in but couldn’t get to yet.” Piloting a global magazine, married to a notable author, throwing "dream" dinner parties, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In some ways, Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians are the prototypical independent publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yesterday will not be remembered as a great day in Google's history. As well as the vertiginous stock slide, which sliced 9% off its share value before trading was halted for a couple of hours, the search engine firm threatened war with the French media. L'horage dans le teacup is over a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has been approaching UK publishers ahead of the launch of its Kindle lending service, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of adult and children’s trade titles rose 13.8% in the first six months of 2012, according to statistics released last week by the Association of American Publishers as part of its StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Friday Project has signed up a self-published crime writer who sets her novels among London... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hot Key Books has acquired three debuts. Natalie Whipple's Transparent follows an invisible... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seven current and former heads of major American publishing houses have published a joint statement opposing hate speech in Saudi textbooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The selection of Mo Yan as the 2012 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature surprised most Americans in and out of publishing, but one man who would not have been caught off guard is the late Dick Seaver, the cofounder of Arcade Publishing, which published five of the author’s novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK has seen a slight slowdown in ebook sales growth over the last year. Does this mean ebooks have reached a plateau among readers? Michael Bhaskar examines the situation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
(Reuters) - Germany's largest newspaper publisher will introduce a paywall for its flagship national daily Die Welt by the end of this year and is confident competitors will follow suit, Axel Springer Chief Executive Mathias Doepfner said. In an ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
A huge majority of respondents to the government’s consultation on the future of Public... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber and Stylist magazine have picked a winner in their crime fiction competition, with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has acquired two novels by Channel 4 News culture editor Matthew Cain, with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]