E-book sales for Hachette in the UK and Commonwealth accounted for 25% of adult trade sales in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
'We do not collect erotica,' says one staff member at a library where the books will not be stocked. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book sales for Hachette in the UK and Commonwealth accounted for 25% of adult trade sales in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rukhsana Yasmin, commissioning editor at The Westbourne Press, has won this year's Kim Scott... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Unintended Consequences' by former Bain Capital managing director Edward Conard argues that economic inequality is a good thing rather than a problem. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The announcement of a Defamation Bill in the Queen's Speech today (9th May) has been welcomed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
It would be a big surprise if one of the major publishers were to follow Stylist magazine and launch a mainstream free women's title, according to Lisa Smosarski, editor of Stylist, who believes such a move would be a "big step". Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Enhanced Editions co-founder Peter Collingridge is to join digital learning library Safari Books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Susie Harries' Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life (Chatto & Windus) and Professor Alexandra... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House parent company Bertelsmann has reported an increase in revenues in its first quarter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones and W H Smith have been shortlisted for the retailer of the year category at this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, author of the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are, has died at the age of 83. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim Brooks, the former managing director of Guardian News & Media, identifies a new sense of optimism setting into the publishing industry, after two years of concern amid sweeping change. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sainsbury's has reported a 6.8% rise in total sales in its preliminary results for the year... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although print accounts for 80% of Hearst's revenues, the publisher is spending 80% of its time on the "huge potential" of digital, according to Ella Dolphin, publishing director of Hearst Magazines UK's young women's group. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Octopus has acquired the tie-in to Lion TV's "Wartime Farm" a new series lined up... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
For all his contributions to children's literature, Maurice Sendak, who died Tuesday at 83, struck a chord with 'Where the Wild Things Are,' a dark and vivid adventure in a daunting world beyond a child's bedroom.When my son Noah was little — no more than 2 years old — his favorite book... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital analytics provider comScore has extended its media measurement services to the smartphone with the launch of Mobile Metrix 2.0. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez examine the nature of their relationship and the ways it's shaped their lives in their loving, candid new memoir.Martin Sheen was a struggling 21-year-old stage actor when his first son Emilio was born. Sheen, seventh of 10 children in a family that knew him as... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Morpurgo's publishers are building on his War Horse success with three new books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]