Close to half of Wakefield district's 26 libraries face closure by March next year unless... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 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 ]
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 ]
HarperCollins is to give Conn Iggulden readers a new ebook experience with the final volume in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Angry Robot’s ebook initiative, which sees independent bookshop customers receive a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The lawyer, who now attends the New York University School of Law, will release a memoir in fall 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 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 ]
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 ]
Reveal, the celebrity weekly magazine published by Hearst, has launched its first website, which has attracted advertising from Gap. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin c.e.o. John Makinson has said there is a "natural convergence" between... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
QuadrantOne, an online ad platform created by a consortium of newspaper publishers, including Gannett, Hearst, the New York Times Co. and Tribune, is introducing three new ad management tools intended to improve targeting and measurement of online ad ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comic book superheroes and baddies do not explain the attacks of September 11, nor the Wall Street crisis, and despite Nolan's best efforts, Batman's retirement is overdue. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of ebooks doubled in 2011. But books are still an analog business, by a wide margin. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harvill Secker has acquired the new novel by Henning Mankell, a historical thriller entitled A... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline Publishing Group has appointed Simon Thorogood to the role of non-fiction publisher,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Italian publisher RCS Libri has launched Rizzoli First, a digital-first list that will publish... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
A growing number of public and college libraries are deciding to remove paper-and-ink books from their shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
US publishers' sales of ebooks more than doubled in 2011, meaning that the digital book is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chen Guangcheng, whose nighttime escape and conflict with the Chinese government led to a diplomatic crisis for the United States last spring, is writing a memoir to be published next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Osprey has close to doubled in size with the acquisition of Duncan Baird Publishers, including... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]