Head of Zeus has acquired a "fast-paced thriller", Conspiracy by crime writer Michael... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton's Sue Fletcher will be retiring from publishing at the end of this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has launched new microsite The Dark Pages, intended to be an online crime... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite challenges faced by the publishing industry and past predictions, the written word has not seen its last day Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Wiley is proposing to close its Edinburgh facility in June 2013, expanding its outsourcing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new subscription-based digital audiobook service has launched with ambitions to double the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
All seven Harry Potter books are now available in the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, marking the series' first availability outside the Pottermore store. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The president of Dow Jones & Co., Todd Larsen, resigned Tuesday after more than two years on the job and 13 years at the company. Dow Jones is the unit of News Corp. that publishes The Wall Street Journal. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mail Newspapers group advertising director John Teal is to leave the newspaper publisher in the autumn after 25 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble said Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter loss narrowed as the company continues to invest in its Nook e-reader business.Barnes & Noble said Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter loss narrowed as the company continues to invest in its Nook e-reader business. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nearly two years after launching a digital publishing company for mobile devices, Nomad Editions founder Mark Edmiston is still figuring out how to make a business model that works in the electronic age. Edmiston—who was president/CEO of Newsweek before going into media investment banking—was... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
New York, NY − June 18, 2012 − The Online Publishers Association (OPA) has released “A Portrait of Today’s Tablet User – Wave II,” a study unveiling a range of trends on the attitudes and be ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins imprint The Friday Project is to publish a new novel by W P Kinsella, author of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fiction Uncovered will be running a four-day pop-up radio station, Fiction Uncovered FM at Foyles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
E L James' Fifty Shades of Grey (Arrow) has smashed the weekly sales record for a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fancy dipping back into the world of Quidditch and Dumbledore? Or maybe you shunned the whole Pottermania thing until now. Either way, if you own a Kindle, you can finally get up to speed without paying a spellbinding price -- thanks to Amazon's Kindle Owners Lending Library. All seven eBook... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble has reported revenues for its Nook digital business for $933m for the full... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
I surely don't. Perhaps even I am too influenced by all the pro-Apple propaganda. But the figures come from a reasonably reliable source, Online Publishers Association, which puts US iPad adoption at 52 percent and Android at 51 percent. Okay, I'll pause so you can wipe off coffee, or whatever... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Puffin is offering Charlie Higson fans the chance to appear as a zombie in the trailer to promote... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Academic library managers should support staff in acquiring new teaching skills to help break... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]