News Corporation is said to be in advanced talks to hire Lex Fenwick as the chief executive of Dow Jones, filling a six-month vacancy created when the publisher’s top executive resigned amid the phone-hacking scandal in Britain. Mr. Fenwick ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading authors' representatives have called for high discount clauses in publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
US retailer Barnes & Noble is "developing a partnership with Waterstones to add the Nook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has called for “dynamic and innovative” authorities to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers launching titles on the new Apple interactive textbook platform [part of the iBooks 2... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has announced publication of an enhanced ebook of bestseller Game of Thrones by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Barnes & Noble fights for its future, the publishing industry is holding its breath. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Will Apple's recent attempt to break into the textbook market, and other rapidly evolving ebook distribution models, help to moderate soaring textbook prices? From what I've seen so far, it could do just the opposite. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishers have welcomed the launch of Apple’s iBooks Author self-publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury is to launch a new literary imprint, Bloomsbury Circus, to accommodate its expanding... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Buoyed by a strong finish to 2011, indie booksellers celebrated their independence at this year’s seventh annual American Booksellers Association Winter Institute held at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, January 18–20. Some who recently opened second stores, like Peter Makin at Brilliant... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Getting into the app space can be a daunting prospect for publishers, but a wide range of developers have sprung up to help houses steer through what is still an uncertain new frontier for book interactivity. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins imprint The Friday Project has acquired more than 50 titles by prolific author, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that certainly held true for the issues facing librarians at the American Library Association’s 2012 Midwinter Meeting, held January 20–24 in Dallas. In a climate of stretched budgets, ever-more-complex technology, copyright and legislative issues, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last Monday, the American Library Association announced its annual Youth Media Awards at its Midwinter conference, held this year in Dallas. The 2012 John Newbery Medal went to author Jack Gantos for Dead End in Norvelt (FSG), a semiautobiographical story set in the town of Norvelt, Pa. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has repeated his assertion that secretary of state Jeremy Hunt will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has pre-empted a historical novel about Typhoid Mary for a six-figure sum.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Founded in 2002 by the husband and wife team of Robert Lasner and Elizabeth Clementson, Brooklyn independent Ig Publishing is celebrating its 10th anniversary against all the odds. The house debuted with For Fuck’s Sake, a novel by Lasner, which did so well at the time, Lassner said, “We both... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Accent Press will be publishing a celebrity bakebook featuring recipes from contributors... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Users of the Bloomberg Terminal are among the richest demographic in the world, and advertisers will soon be able to reach them via a new luxury lifestyle magazine. The first issue of Bloomberg Pursuits launches next month and will reach most of the ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]