E-book enquiries from schools have gone "through the roof", according to library... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book enquiries from schools have gone "through the roof", according to library... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations for the last six months of 2011once again highlight the challenges facing traditional publishers in the digital era. The business - in the UK at least - is not for the faint hearted, but it remains full of opportunities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are continuing to experiment with ebook pricing, as sales and marketing teams balance... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A story told through the texts of two lovers is up against tales written by bestselling authors... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tracie McMillan takes us to agricultural fields, Wal-Mart and Applebee's, where she works short stints and tries to eat healthfully on meager pay.The American Way of Eating Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thomas Mallon's novel deftly paints a picture of 1970s America and adds an imaginative back story to the characters.Watergate Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
'The Lifespan of a Fact' lays out a thought-provoking debate of the issue between authors John D'Agata and Jim Fingal.The key passage in John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's "The Lifespan of a Fact" (W.W. Norton: 124 pp., $17.95 paper) comes late in the book, during an exchange on the role of fact in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Orion have acquired My List of Desires, pre-empting the novel in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Top Cow Productions, having survived for two decades as a comics publisher, is mixing it up, experimenting with genres and crossover series, as well as rebranding. And of course, digital delivery is a big part of it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The approximately 30 publishers exhibiting at the 2012 New York International Toy Fair, held at the Javits Center, February 11–15, saw full aisles and strong orders for the first time in several years. The Toy Industry Association’s preliminary figures estimated attendance was up 4%, to 34,000.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The word synergy, in the world of book publishing, feels like a term that died in the ’90s. Back then, almost every publisher housed within a media conglomerate was touting the ways it would use its TV-making or movie-making sister companies to sell books. Fox would boost HarperCollins.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author's short stories paint vivid pictures of growing up Filipino American.In a smoke-stained San Francisco hotel room, Felix Starro is making fake blood. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Disney Book Group, Hyperion Books, and Marvel have signed a preliminary agreement to move to the Hachette Book Group for book distribution services. Disney Book Group and Hyperion Books will move their distribution to Hachette, while Marvel will expand its existing relationship with Hachette,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell 0.8% in 2011, the slowest rate of decline since bookstore sales peaked at $17.18 billion in 2007, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Since 2007, bookstore sales declined a total of 9.6%. The modest drop in 2011 comes with one big caveat—December... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Fraser Ross opened his first trendy Kitson clothing and accessories store in West Hollywood in 2001, it was a magnet for celebrities and the paparazzi that stalked them, a most unlikely retail candidate to capture the attention of New York publishers. But one decade and an additional 12... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The leading French cultural products chain Fnac has reported a dismal performance in 2011, even... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Collins has bought a book about forgiveness co-authored by South African churchman Desmond Tutu... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hesperus Press has acquired UK and Ireland rights in a Swedish debut, The Hundred-Year-Old Man... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
In September, British newspaper The Guardian was one of the first publishers to build an app designed specifically for its content to be consumed (and shared) within Facebook. The upside: The prospect of added visibility to 850 million users. The dow ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]