The literary genre is white-hot in Hollywood, with filmmakers bidding on unpublished books and paying as much as $1 million for the rights to relatively modest sellers.The back-to-back blockbuster successes of "Harry Potter," "Twilight" and now "The Hunger Games" have turned the hunt for fresh... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hardie Grant UK has signed a vegetarian cookery title based on the blog Green Kitchen Stories.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Harry Potter ebooks will go on sale exclusively from the Pottermore website from midday... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The April 2012 issue of Fast Company is now available on the iTunes Store, and it's optimized for reading on the new iPad. The image below shows how much sharper the type looks when viewed on the new iPad with the Retina display. The images are in high definition, too, rasterized at four times... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comic-book nerds are about to have it all. Beginning this month, all new Marvel releases are available digitally the same day they hit shelves. But the real feat is this: Comic-book stores will be on board with the change, too. That's because Marvel has spent years developing its strategy,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marco Polo travel guides, newly launched into the UK market, will be backed with a summer radio... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers have called on retailers to come up with creative new paperback promotions in stores... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite its many bells and whistles, Apple’s new iPad 3 has been the subject of complaints since the device’s March 16th release date. Most recently, Mashable noted that magazines have a poor appearance on the iPad 3’s high-resolution screen. The reason is relatively simple. The magazines are... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Next month, Marvel Comics will release a new application to add content enhanced with augmented reality to some of its comic books. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two thirds of UK online publishers are planning to increase the number of digital roles "on the back of product growth expectations", the Association of Online Publishers reported today, compared to 55 per cent which saw growth in 2011. Acco ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blackwell’s revenue dropped in 2011, but the company continued to reduce its losses and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newspapers have until 4 May to submit an entry to the World Young Reader Prizes, the annual awards from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) that recognize success in engaging the young. The awards in five categories - E ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Justice Department's top antitrust official says she won't stand by quietly if companies make agreements with rivals on price, signaling a stern stance as the department conducts a high-profile probe into electronic-book publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Fifty Shades of Grey'' and its two sequels, which became underground sensations and attracted interest from major publishing houses, is headed for Hollywood. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson chief executive Marjorie Scardino earned almost £2.5m in 2011, down on £2.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has acquired worldwide rights in the Enid Blyton estate, excluding Noddy, from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked current chair of the Arts Council Dame Liz Forgan to step... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the first book in the 'Ascendance Trilogy,' a medieval con man trains orphan boys to impersonate a missing prince.The False Prince Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bringing to the marketplace has always been a struggle for emerging writers, but the evolution of digital publishing formats is seeing a new wave of authors skipping the print medium entirely. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A look at AT&T's Bell Labs documents what in its heyday was truly a marvelous innovation machine and focuses on a handful of compelling narratives.For generations of industry research executives, AT&T's Bell Telephone Laboratories served as an inspiration: a warren of youthful scientists... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]