The Big Green Bookshop in Wood Green, London, is to have its own "writer in residence... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last April Fools' Day, publishers from Time Inc. to the Washington Post Company sent fast-growing startup Zite an aggressive cease-and-desist letter. The publishers weren't joking, accusing Zite's app, a personalized news reader for the iPad and iPhone, of copyright infringement and calling it... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the amount of digital content expected to overtake the written editorial work carried out by customer publishers, plus a move towards redefining the sector as content marketing, Mike Fletcher investigates a sector that's keeping up with modern media times. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andrew Miller's Costa Book of the Year-winning Pure (Sceptre) has been shortlisted for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shadow libraries minister Dan Jarvis has called the judicial review rejection of Surrey's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new video offers Harry Potter fans a glimpse of the books and activities – the chance to be "Sorted" into a house or to duel with other users – that will be enjoyed on official Harry Potter website "Pottemore." Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Continuing to diversify beyond its role as a printer, RR Donnelley made a reported $2.5 million investment in the catalog shopping app CoffeeTable, which allows tablet users to browse and purchase from multiple retailers’ catalogs directly w Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More tablet experimentation from publishers, this time via reading apps Pulse and Zite. Zite, which already offered readers excerpts from Bonnier's Popular Science magazine, will now be doing that with 20 other Bonnier titles. And Pulse will be bring content from 8 publishers, including Venture... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A mob wife fleeing her past — and a dirty U.S. marshal — gets a little help from a mysterious stranger in Epperson's modern noir tale of revenge and greed.If I were a damsel in distress fleeing a past and people who wanted me dead, like Gina Cicala in the modern noir thriller "Sailor" by Tom... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harvill Secker has acquired a debut novel from Anglo-Afghan documentary-maker and writer, Saira... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
While 2011 saw fewer announcements of layoffs and buyouts in the newspaper industry than previous years, attrition continued quietly and relentlessly, with the nation’s biggest newspaper publishers trimming their combined work forces by 7.2 ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Judgement in the High Court judicial review into Surrey county's council's plans to hand... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
MPA, along with a bevy of C-level consumer magazine executives, released a set of voluntary guidelines to help standardize advertising within tablet editions. Publisher reps from Bonnier, Conde Nast, Forbes, Hearst Magazines, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Meredith and Time Inc. are included... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
and Matthew Flamm - The magazine industry saw slightly fewer launches in the first quarter of 2012, compared to a year ago, but—on the positive side—there were many fewer closures, according to a survey released Monday by MediaFinder, the online database of U.S. and Canadian publications. Not... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Surrey residents have won their High Court judicial review challenge against council plans to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Helen Marriage has been appointed as head of marketing at Hodder Children’s Books.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet is launching two new ebook series, one offering guidance to the enjoyable... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier Publishing has acquired the UK master publishing rights for fashion doll brand, Barbie.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following preliminary disclosures in early March, German press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) has now published its financial statements for 2011. Notwithstanding the challenges arising from ongoing structural changes in the print media mar ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers have made a flurry of "major" acquisitions and additions to their schedules... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]