Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse (Egmont) was once again the bestselling book in the UK last... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andrew Miller has won the £30,000 2011 Costa Book of the Year for his sixth novel Pure... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion is to publish a new novel by George Pelecanos, a writer on TV show "The Wire", as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
W H Smith has reported “resilient” trading over the Christmas period, with total... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook may be the biggest social network on the planet, but social ad targeting firm 33Across says it now has the distinction of managing the world’s largest social and interest graph. The company was set to announce today that it has acquired San Francisco-based publishing sharing tool Tynt,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gareth Brookes' The Black Project has won Myriad Editions' first competition for a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
That's a dramatic change from just a few months ago and, perhaps not coincidentally, before new Nooks and Kindles lowered price of entry for both categories. Between December and January, the number of Americans owning one of the devices rose to 29 percent from 18 percent. During the same time... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The rules of the game dictate that any effort to move into America’s large and lucrative education publishing industry must be swaddled in pieties, and the electronic textbook initiative announced by Apple last week was no exception. Apple, which is normally willing to state that customers will... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo is to expand into Holland as it announces a partnership to sell its e-readers through Dutch... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Autumn Publishing has acquired the UK rights for 12 books based on CiTV character Olly The Little... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Constable & Robinson has acquired a title exploring the character of controversial Tottenham... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cornerstone marketing director Claire Round will leave the company to join HarperCollins as the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers may be falling out of love with apps, but they need to fall in love with their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins group digital director David Roth-Ey has been appointed executive publisher of 4th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The magazine publisher will more than double its digital presence, by acquiring the world's biggest food site. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A planned videolink appearance by Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival today (24th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A group of writers in India have set up a petition calling for the lifting of the country's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author of The Time Traveller’s Wife Audrey Niffenegger is to write a short story for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Ireland has promoted commissioning editor Ciara Doorley to the position of editorial... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate is to publish the complete short stories of Lanark author Alasdair Gray, after... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]