Simply Books of Bramhall in Cheshire has been judged Independent Retailer of the Year at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo has spoken out in defence of libraries, calling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A first novel from Little, Brown¹s editor-in-chief Antonia Hodgson is among the hot deals... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Children's Publishers has acquired two middle-grade titles, Crog by Amanda... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers Aminatta Forna, Kamila Shamsie, Paul Theroux and Henning Mankell have given support to a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of American Publishers has settled a long-running copyright infringement case with Google Inc., though the issue of whether Google had the right to digitally reproduce books in copyright is still being hashed out in court. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has acquired world rights in the autobiography of comedy great John Cleese, star of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new story from Audrey Niffenegger, the author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, will feature... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google today announced an agreement that marks the end of nearly seven years of litigation, kicked off in 2005, when five members of the organization filed an infringement suit against the online giant. The deal helps bring digitized books and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline has acquired the world rights in Poirot and Me by actor David Suchet, writing with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
If there's one advantage a print magazine still has over an online publication, it's the ability to offer all manner of crazy freebies glued to its pages. Maybelline samples, CDROMs packing the latest version of WinZip, or -- in tomorrow's edition of Entertainment Weekly -- something that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber recorded year-on-year drops in profit and turnover for the 12 months ending March 2012 but... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
As one bounces from panel to panel during Advertising Week collecting lanyards, it’s hard not to notice that the digital advertising world is a bit defensive. While the medium’s share of the ad revenue pie continues to grow, the Web continues to pull in more than its fair share of direct... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Called 'the best e-reader you can buy,' the Paperwhite has debuted to almost universal praise. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book retailer Barnes and Noble announced on Thursday that its partnership with Microsoft in a new limited liability company called Nook Media LLC is complete and ready to go ahead of Windows 8's launch. Barnes and Noble first announced it was considering a spin-off of its digital content... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new sponsorship deal for the Women's Prize for Fiction, previously the Orange Prize, has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google have reached a settlement agreement over... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo’s new e-reading devices, Kobo Mini and Kobo Glo are being rolled out across 100 W H... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher of the Daily Press has been elected as president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Digby A. Solomon - president, publisher and CEO of the Daily Press Media Group since 2007 - was chosen to lead the industry association, ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has signed a non-fiction title about the nature of obsession for a significant six-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]