The delay to Barnes & Noble's Nook launch is due to problems with its website, which was... 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 ]
Journalist and author Julie Burchill is set to release her new book Unchosen: The Memoirs of a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
William Skidelsky, books editor at the Observer, is stepping down from his post, having taken... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Individual Kindle users already have Whispernet, and Amazon has now announced another free service designed to make Kindles easier to manage for large organizations. Dubbed Whispercast, the service will let schools, businesses and other groups both distribute and manage the Kindles themselves... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Finns’ love of books has bolstered the publishing industry in spite of global economic challenges. Read our interviews with prominent Finnish publishing pros. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline Publishing Group's Martin Fletcher will leave his role as publisher at large in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Johnny Depp launches his own book imprint with publishing company HarperCollins. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson has acquired education company EmbanetCompass for $650 million in cash. EmbanetCompass... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Looking ahead to Finland's turn as Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair, lit organization FILI is offering translation support to international publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker prize today, making her the first woman and the first Briton to win the prize twice. Three years ago, Mantel won the prize for Wolf Hall; today, she won the prize for its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. The trilogy is historical fiction chronicling the life of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel has been named the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Price for her novel, Bring Up The Bodies, making her the first British author to win the prestigious award twice. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
In splitting News Corp. into two companies, Rupert Murdoch is creating something he hasn't had in years: an Australian media company. By some measures, the publishing company to emerge from the division of News Corp. sometime next year will have ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association’s IndieBound scheme is creating a consumer-facing website of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Octopus company Mitchell Beazley has acquired The Bowler's Meatball Cookbook by Jez Felwick,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins is to reprint 100,000 copies of Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a debut thriller set in west London in 1952, with publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel, winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize, has been picked as the favourite to win 2012... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
One of Germany’s largest retail groups is changing ownership in a deal that is anxiously... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Haynes Publishing is launching its first range of ebooks and selling them independently through... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]