Cambridge University Press has seen its digital revenues rise 70% over the past year to account... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of Fifty Shades of Grey, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloodaxe Books is publishing pocketbook and ebook editions of poetry taken from its bestselling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp.'s board of directors voted late Wednesday night in favor of a proposal that would separate the media conglomerate's publishing assets from the rest of its entertainment holdings, according to a person familiar with the situation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch outlined plans to split the media conglomerate's publishing and entertainment operations into two publicly traded companies, a decision he hailed as "the next transformative phase" in his empire's history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp has confirmed reports that the company will be split into separate publishing and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rupert Murdoch will be chairman of the divided News Corporation empire but will not be chief executive of the publishing arm, home to The Sun and The Times newspapers, the media company today (28 June) confirmed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber's latest app, The Sonnets by William Shakespeare, has been released worldwide today via... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the app market evolves, a publisher’s success is measured less by the number of downloads and more by the engagement level and number of returning customers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Constable & Robinson and the University of East Anglia have set up the Corsair Bursary, an... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Erotic book Fifty Shades of Grey has become the fastest adult paperback novel to sell one million print copies, smashing previous records. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
While big-name magazines have held a presence on Apple’s Newsstand since its inception, small to medium-sized publishers have had a harder time breaking through. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google took a cue from Amazon's Kindle Fire announcing the Nexus 7 tablet optimized for content from Google Play including books, games, TV shows, movies, apps, and magazines. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive, confirmed Thursday that the company was spinning off its publishing division. He defended his newspaper assets, vowing to "unleash their real potential.'' Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp. board backs splitting company's entertainment and publishing businesses Continue reading >> [ Source: MarketWatch.com | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magazines have embraced the iPad but generally dissed the Google Android OS. Google wants to change that will the opening of Magazines on Google Play. With scores of titles across many of the major publishing houses on tap for this launch, the sectio ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guinness World Records is launching its first digital-only title next week, Totally Bonkers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has partnered with Co-operative Food to install collection-lockers in some of its stores... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
E L James' Fifty Shades trilogy has once again shattered records, as The Bookseller reported... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The board of Fairfax, publisher of the Herald, has rebuffed Gina Rinehart's bid for a seat because she will not agree to its charter of editorial independence. In an explosive statement released late yesterday, Fairfax chairman Roger Corbet ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]