Bloomsbury Academic and Oxford University Press have collaborated to enable digital cross-linking... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Joseph has acquired a debut novel, On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves, which was self-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jean Craighead George was a leading writer of novels about nature for young readers. One of her best-known works was the Newbery Medal-winning 'Julie of the Wolves.' After children's author Jean Craighead George revealed that she wanted to write a book about a girl who talks with wolves,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
CONDÉ NAST Publishing Director Bill Wackermann made a tempora-ry move to the other side of the desk by writing his first book, Flip the Script. The self-help guide is filled with examples from his years overseeing Glamour, but Mr. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
A three month long dispute over the sale of digital books between Amazon.com Inc. and a leading independent book distributor has been resolved, both parties said Friday. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
With bikini season approaching, Yahoo’s all about trimming the fat. Last month the company announced that it would lay off 2,000 employees as part of then-CEO Scott Thompson’s plan to create a “smaller, nimbler, more profitable” company. Now the company has opted to close its digital magazine... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Constable & Robinson has acquired an armchair companion to ballroom dancing, B is for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The latest story from a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer will appear in 140-character chunks. The New Yorker is publishing Jennifer Egan's "Black Box" in installments on Twitter, the New York Observer reports. The tweets, which began yesterd ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
BBC Books has acquired a further Doctor Who title, written by Stephen Baxter, featuring the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Friday Project has signed UK rights to Paramedico: Around the World by Ambulance by Benjamin... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The History Press has signed The First World War in 100 Objects by battlefield specialist Peter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has acquired a business and sport title which contains kernels of wisdom from football... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Born under a mountain of debt in late 2007, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt forced its executives to spend as much time finding ways to keep the company financially afloat as publishing educational materials and trade and reference books. That is one reason why when HMH filed for Chapter 11 protection... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Coronet has acquired The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World by Alexander Armstrong and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Aurum has appointed Jessica Axe to the role of publicity director, with Axe moving from PR agency... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Foyles is to partner with Literary Dinners to present “a unique series of intimate, pop-up... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hutchinson senior editor Sarah Norman has made her first acquisition since joining the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
International education publisher Pearson has acquired Business English language learning... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A protest demonstration has disrupted Amazon.com's latest shareholder meeting in Seattle,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones is planning to complement its newly announced digital offer by rolling out own-brand... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]