Glaswegian writer Denise Mina has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors and their representatives have warned that books are being devalued to the point of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Erin Morgenstern’s first novel, The Night Circus, debuted last September, PW predicted in a starred review that this magical tale was destined for bestsellerdom. The hardcover went on to sell 167,000 copies through the outlets tracked by Nielsen BookScan, and the paperback, which was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Magazines International (HMI) is set to release its Singapore edition of Esquire, which will debut as a September issue and will be the brand’s 25th global edition. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nominations for books to be given out for free at next year's World Book Night will begin on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sphere is setting up an online hub for crime, thriller and mystery ebooks, commissioning new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The world's most famous playwright was a media theorist, says the co-creator of a new "Tempest" app for iPad, Notre Dame professor Elliott Visconsi. Here he explains how you re-create the bard for the iOS age.Today the lofty Times Literary Supplement--“the leading international forum for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even with attendance capped at 130,000 by the fire marshal, the San Diego Comic-Con International remains the granddaddy of all comics conventions. It’s the biggest pop culture event in North America—comics are the core of an event that also showcases movies, toys, video games, science fiction,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Launched at the end of 2011, the ebook program of the Library of America has released eight titles so far with plans to publish about two ebooks a month for the next year. LOA publisher Max Rudin explained that the nonprofit charged with producing high-quality, beautifully designed editions of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Every summer, everyone and their uncle wants to tell you what to read at the beach. So as the summer hits mid-stride, at Jacket Copy, we've got another idea: the anti-beach reading list. Every summer, everyone and their uncle wants to tell you what to read at the beach. If they all had their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fiscal 2012 was a good year made great by The Hunger Games,” Scholastic chairman Dick Robinson told analysts in a conference call last Thursday to discuss results in the year ended May 31, in which sales rose 14%, to $2.15 billion, and net income jumped from $39.4 million to $102.4 million. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The parent company of Penguin Books, Pearson, has bought one of the biggest self-publishing companies, Author Solutions Inc (ASI). Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Fifty Shades phenomenon has propelled Random House to the top of the publisher charts for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
West Yorkshire indie Bluemoose Books is to publish the "unauthorised biography" of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish writer Belinda McKeon was awarded the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize yesterday (18th July)... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Believe it or not, but that whole ebook price fixing fiasco is still an ongoing issue for the Justice Department. New York's senior senator, Chuck Schumer wishes it wasn't however, he simply wants the DOJ to drop the case and walk away. In a lengthy (factually questionable) op-ed in the Wall... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher has bought a Bloomington, Ind.-based company called Author Solutions, which so far has attracted 150,000 authors releasing their own books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Now that the legal dust has settled and Google's publishing woes in 'ol Gaul have been swept under the rug, it's back to business as usual. Starting today, the land of Jerry Lewis lovers will have access to books on Google Play, making it the fifth European country to participate in Mountain... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxford University Press has reported a 10% rise in overall organic sales the year ending 31st... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
For two decades, Brain Quest’s curriculum-based question-and-answer game has entertained kids – lots of them. Workman, which launched the line in 1992, reports sales of close to 37 million copies of Brain Quest editions for children at the pre-K through seventh grade levels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]