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 ]
Waterstone's range manager Sarah Clarke, Ron Johns of Mabrecon Books (pictured) and Foyle... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
For many magazines, the majority of online traffic is derived from a key aspect of the publishing business: e-newsletters. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has acquired the autobiography of actor Sir David Jason, star of series including... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bulgarian author Miroslav Penkov has won the £15,000 BBC International Short Story Award,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson chief executive Dame Marjorie Scardino is to step down from her role in 2013, to be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dame Marjorie Scardino, the first woman to head a FTSE 100 company, is to step down as chief executive of publishing firm Pearson at the end of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Diaz, reporter David Finkel, and writer Dinaw Mengestu were honored by the MacArthur Foundation, each receiving a $500,000 grant. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 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 ]
In a whirlwind pre-Frankfurt deal, Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted high-concept novel The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Australian publisher Allen & Unwin has announced the acquisition of Murdoch Books. The sum... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
J K Rowling's The Casual Vacancy (Little, Brown) has topped the US charts in its first week... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sainsbury’s has increased book sales by 20% in its second quarter, considerably above the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adobe has released Adobe Digital Editions 2.0, its freeware application for managing ebooks on a PC or Mac. Digital Editions is required for transferring protected eBook files to compatible mobile eBook Readers using Adobe’s EPUB and PDF standards. Version 2.0 includes accessibility support for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomberg, the online business news and data service, is upping the frequency of its luxury magazine, Bloomberg Pursuits, from biannual to quarterly. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Evelyn Webster, executive vice president of Time Inc's lifestyle group, has denied long-running speculation that the company is considering the sale of the UK magazine unit, which houses titles such as NME, Marie Claire and Look, confirming "IPC is not being sold". Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some bookshops are invoking the name of Super Thursday for promotions and marketing. Chapter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
An erotic novel has become Penguin's most successful ever ebook in terms of weekly sales,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
J K Rowling's The Casual Vacancy (Little, Brown) has officially become the fastest-selling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Another prototype from DoCoMo aimed at Nihon's commuters, the i beam concept tablet forgoes any touch at all, allowing the user (once they're at the specified 'sweet spot') to navigate around apps and screens using your eyes. Two sensors along the bottom edge of the tablet track both of your... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]