Author G.P. Taylor says 'children's literature has gone too far' and advocates a ratings system like that for movies or video games. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frederick Forsyth has been awarded the Crime Writers Association's Diamond Dagger award at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Banks have been blamed for failing to support small businesses, with four more indie booksellers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of the Fifty Shades trilogy have passed 19m in the US since publication in March. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Germany’s Catholic Church has taken Weltbild—one of the largest publishing groups and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Directors of learned societies say clarity over the timing of transition to open access... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite a troubled print advertising market, publishers still believe in the power of glossy paper and ink: They launched 114 magazines in the first half of 2012. That puts the year roughly on par with 2011, when 111 new titles appeared during the same period, according to online database... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
A single good-sized book will provide you with many hours of entertainment, it will make you think about some aspect of the world around you and make you reconsider that aspect a little. And even better, that single book can be acquired for practically nothing. Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2012-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Picador has won an 11-publisher tussle for a début by Lottie Moggach, daughter of novelist... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blackwell is to operate a bookshop at the University of Northumbria, following the departure of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Begg, CEO of digital publisher Mindshapes, explains how his team turn traditional children's books into digital, interactive ones. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cornerstone thriller writer James Patterson has become only the third author to break the £... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has reprinted its record-busting Fifty Shades trilogy a further three times... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Led by big dollar gains at Amazon and Walt Disney Co., the Publishers Weekly Stock Index rose 16.7% in the first six months of 2012, almost triple the increase posted by the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has bought world rights to the autobiography of singer Cheryl Cole and will publish... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books, plus the consumer downturn, have taken a £50m bite out of the print book market... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the Web and social media at their fingertips, the style-minded need not wait for the fashion establishment to dispense its monthly advice. Increasingly, they’re taking matters into their own hands, blogging, creating collections on Pinterest and other social sharing sites, or, to use the... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The front page of the New York Times Book Review has always been—and continues to be—a much coveted spot for authors and publishers alike. But just how much does a Book Review cover affect a book’s sales in today’s publishing climate—does the revered paper publication still move units in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Herald Sun, Australia´s favorite daily newspaper – read by 1.3 million Victorians every weekday – has selected WoodWing´s multi-channel publishing system Enterprise and its Digital Publishing ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
While there has been some grumbling in the industry about the ethics and logistics when literary agents start acting as publishers, many firms are now offering a suite of services in this area. Only a handful of agencies are actually publishing titles by their clients through in-house divisions,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]