As president of Hearst Magazines, David Carey devotes most of his reading time to Hearst's 20 titles. He also finds time for personal favorites from other publishers, including Hemmings Motor News (Mr. Carey is a classic-cars buff) and The New Yorker, where he served as publisher. “It's more fun... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 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 ]
Thane Rosenbaum skillfully mixes fantasy and tragedy in 'The Stranger Within Sarah Stein,' whose heroine weathers her parents' divorce with pluck and defiance.Young adult novelists are increasingly tackling darker subjects: kidnappings, drugs, rape. But few have delved into so many dark subjects... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 8,700 attendees and over 400 exhibitors gathered in Philadelphia, March 13–17, for the Public Library Association 2012 Biennial Conference, and despite lingering discord with publishers over ebooks and ever-tightening budget constraints, the mood of the show was upbeat, with a strong... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The same problem persists—ebooks and poetry just don’t get along as well as ebooks and prose. It’s those line breaks, poetry’s defining feature. The problem is a simple sounding one, but really tough to solve. Because the same ebook has to work on many different screens and devices on which... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has acquired a book by sports writer Michael Hutchinson entitled Faster, in which he... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A surprising success occurred in Italy last month, where the collected poems of Wislawa Szymborska landed at #2. Szymborska, who died February 1 at the age of 88, has a similar collection seeing “steady sales” in the U.S. from Mariner Books titled Poems New and Collected, originally published in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Profile Books is planning to crow about the sounds of the animal kingdom as it publishes a book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 'These Dreams of You,' Steve Erickson writes incisively and movingly about issues of family and race, but the novel goes off the rails with tangents.Zan Nordhoc's unhappy family is certainly unhappy in its own ways in Steve Erickson's new novel "These Dreams of You." For instance, in a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Virgin Books has acquired a memoir by actor, musician and screenwriter Billy Bob Thornton, A Cave... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline has acquired a book by former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez, with Champions League... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxford University Press has appointed a new commissioning editor with a view to expanding its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mobiles24 has removed all ebooks from its website after Hachette UK obtained a court order... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since its launch in September 2010 by former Simon & Schuster executive Rick Richter, Ruckus Media Group had released 20 apps, but the company plans a big increase in 2012, with 100 new titles scheduled. To increase its output, Ruckus is using a mix of original stories and licensed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Like the Austin Independent Business Alliance, begun by Steve Bercu, co-owner of BookPeople, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, many early shop-local initiatives were started to keep Borders out. In Austin, Borders’s attempt to move across the street from Bercu’s store also led... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The adage “think global, act local” is an increasingly apt description for the international publishing strategies of Hollywood film studios, television producers, and digital brand owners when it comes to licensing their content. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Organisations including the School Library Association (SLA), British Education Suppliers’... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Best known for The Song of Bernadette (1941), which was turned into an Oscar-winning movie, Jewish writer Franz Werfel (1890–1945) was also the author of one of the most popular Book-of-the-Month Club titles ever, The Forty Days of Musa Dagh. First released in 1933, the work is a historical... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fan of reading, you maverick you? Well if you're rocking an Android device, head on over to the Market Google Play and hit update on that Kindle app, as the online retailer from the Northwest has some fresh bits waiting for you. New today is access to a bevy of illustrated content -- like... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim Coates, founder of online e-lending service Bilbary, has pledged to raise money to donate to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]