HarperCollins has promoted Sam Hancock to digital product development manager. In his new role... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Allison & Busby has acquired two crime writers for this November. Publishing director Susie... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books by Francesca Simon, Anthony Horowitz, Shirley Hughes and Lauren Child will be included in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Maxim magazine is cutting the paid circulation it guarantees advertisers from 2.5 million to 2 million next year, a 20% drop, and reducing its publishing frequency to 10 issues next year from 11 this year. Last year Maxim published 12 issues. Maxim President Ben Madden said the magazine... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comixology, a digital comics distributor and marketplace, marks its fifth anniversary this year as it emerges as the clear leader in the digital comics space. The company’s Guided View technology, a much imitated function on its Comics by Comixology app, which allows readers to read digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and retailers need to better understand each others businesses in order to improve a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anova has acquired the first cookbook by "Masterchef" finalist, Stacie Stewart.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Black Dog Publishing is kicking off a new series in association with London Underground's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children's Books has acquired an illustrated young fiction series, Monster and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new survey found that more than 70 percent of parents still prefer print books to the iPad when it comes to reading to children. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European Commission said it was prepared to drop its investigation after Apple and four publishers agreed to let retailers sell ebooks at a discount for two years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Publishing has appointed Phil Earle to the newly created role of children's sales... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Popular children's book character Waldo will soon be spotted in a lot more places around the world as his 25th anniversary kicks into gear.Where's Waldo? He won't be difficult to find once the 25th anniversary kicks off for the bespectacled, and beloved, children's book character. England will... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The deals between four publishers, Apple and the European Commission over its ebook price-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourth Estate has acquired a new erotica title from Nikki Gemmell, whose book, The Bride Stripped... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comedian David Walliams has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize for the third... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple and four major publishers have offered to let retailers such as Amazon sell ebooks at a discount to settle an EU antitrust investigation into their pricing deals and avoid possible fines. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the first biography of Roger Bushell, better known as "... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of the six novels in contention for the Man Booker Prize trebled week-on-week following the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The teenage author of a vampire fantasy novel who is a vegetarian with a morbid fear of blood has become the latest internet sensation to land a global publishing deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]