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 ]
In another hopeful sign that the magazine industry—or, at least, some segments of it—may be turning an important corner, Hearst’s Elle brand is preparing to relaunch an extension, Elle Accessories, to include a projected 200-page, oversized print edition published twice per year, along with a Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 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 ]
Irish book, newspaper and stationery retailer Eason made an operating loss of €5.3m in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Further evidence of the rise of digital and the decline of print comes from the US where,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gardners has said it will not join Google's affiliate scheme for ebooks once the giant... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The struggling conglomerate, which has a 30 percent market share in Australia, publishes The Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review and The Age in Melbourne. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has signed a petition calling on Manchester City Council to halt... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
As online publishing grows increasingly social, publishers are eagerly trying to foster community on their sites. But when everyone gets a voice, things can easily go too far. Thus, among several top Web publishers, the role of comment moderator is becoming that much more demanding. Justin... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rielle Hunter writes that Edwards was 'temporarily insane' when he denied paternity of her child. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arianna Huffington speaking at the party last week for Huffington, the new iPad weekly magazine. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck is to restructure along divisional rather than geographic... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon Trewin has been made head of the WME UK literary division, taking over the role vacated by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Susan Hill has been awarded a CBE for services to literature in the Queen's Birthday... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thirteen novels, including "The Good Earth,'' which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932, will be published in ebook format by Open Road Integrated Media. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The satirical TV host's faux children's book, inspired by Maurice Sendak, inspires and turns out be remarkably patriotic."I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" (Grand Central: $15.99), Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert's bestselling satirical jab at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thanks to blockbuster sales of The Hunger Games trilogy—fed by the release of the Hunger Games movie—sales for the children's/young adult category surged in the first quarter and were the only print books to show growth at all in March, according to industry figures released Friday. For the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A group of Israeli authors launch a battle to stop the country's leading bookstores from slashing prices, claiming it reduces their royalties. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new novel from bestselling novelist Marian Keyes, The Mystery of Mercy Close, is being... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
When it comes to digital, the state of the ebook grabs all the headlines. But digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media, the greatest impact technology holds for publishing may be in the way ebooks are now marketed. “I’m a huge believer that the entire time you are the publisher of an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]