Children's publisher Bonnier is planning to expand into India, with its trading operation in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Peters Bookselling Services is to refocus part of its business into schools following the loss of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Singer Charlotte Church and her parents have settled her phone-hacking damages action against the publishers of the now defunct News of the World for 600,000 pounds (NZ$1.1 million). Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emerging authors and illustrators have made every category of the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards this year, alongside their better known counterparts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
In early January, Apple released iBooks Author, a groundbreaking drag-and-drop ebook authoring environment that promises to democratize the production of complex, structured books, notably including textbooks. But iBooks Author could also presage something else: the eclipse of open ebook standards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Specialist publishers are expanding their digital strategies, with Wiley, Aurum, Icon and Lonely... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the many goodies Nokia unveiled in its presser at MWC 2012 is a new hub for consuming your favorite written content. Called Nokia Reading, it brings your news feeds, ebooks, and audio books together in a unified, digital magazine-like format that can be accessed on- or offline. The app... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
CHESTERFIELD, MO, February 22, 2012 – Newspaper Data Exchange (NDX), innovators in media data aggregation in the publishing industry, will now have an exclusive license to enroll new affiliate members for the Audit Bureau of Circulations (A ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder has acquired two new sports titles, including the autobiography of medal-winning athlete... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pottermore has entered into an exclusive worldwide ebook and digital audiobook distribution... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Educational publisher and FT owner, Pearson reports a rise in profits thanks to improved digital sales and growth in emerging markets. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
BARCELONA, Spain--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--At Mobile World Congress, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that more than 16 million digital publications were powered by Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite across tablets o ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin has reported sales of £1.04bn in 2011, growing 1% on an underlying basis, though... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
With care and craft, the novelist and essayist seeks to summarize Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 art film 'Stalker,' finding elements that will keep the non- cinéaste onboard.Zona Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The late American publisher Barney Rosset led the charge to push back against literary puritanism, championing writers like Henry Miller and William S. Burroughs.Barney Rosset, who died Tuesday at the age of 89, was the most important American publisher of the 20th century. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A creepy professor eavesdrops on a woman's therapy sessions and becomes obsessed with her.By Blood Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's gearing up a Brazilian launch for the Kindle this summer. Their strategy? Sell their product for far cheaper than the local competition, take a hit in import duties, and watch the profits roll in.The Amazon Kindle is an ubiquitous piece of tech in the United States, Canada, and Europe.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple confirmed yesterday that they have acquired the San Francisco-based software company Chomp Inc. Chomp’s feature product is their application search engine that sifts through hundreds of thousands of apps and narrows it down to just a few options for its users. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The death of language is explored via plague-carrying children and their horror-struck parents in a wildly inventive tale by Ben Marcus.Spend too much time with 24-hour news networks and it's easy to feel that exposure to that much talk can make you sick. Taking the idea a few steps further,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children’s Books has agreed world rights for two new Octonauts picture books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]