This week, a fistful of mystery-thrillers bump up against bios of Elizabeth II and the Obamas, as well as a fascinating memoir from the "godfather of rap." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Liverpool is the latest city to suffer library cuts as the council announced three locations will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
"The TV Book Club" returns to More4 on Sunday 29th January with author S J Watson's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
American book chain Barnes & Noble is reportedly seeking bids for its publishing arm Sterling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
"The TV Book Club" returns to More4 on Sunday 29th January with author S J Watson's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble Inc. has put its Sterling Publishing business up for sale, say people familiar with the situation, signaling a likely end to its decades-long involvement in the publishing of its own books. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple reportedly has hired Adobe exec Todd Teresi to lead its mobile iAd program. Teresi led the advertising and publishing teams at Adobe, according to his LinkedIn profile. Previous jobs include chief revenue officer at Quantcast and senior vp at Yahoo, where he ran the company's publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper has scored two of the eight spots in Richard & Judy's Spring Book Club, with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble shares under pressure as company explores Nook ebook business options Continue reading >> [ Source: MarketWatch.com | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Strong ebook sales over the festive period compensated for the decline in physical sales,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Children's Group has created the role of acquisitions manager for its media and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Daily Kobo ebook sales in the UK increased seven times in December as the company revealed one... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bangor Metro, a six-year old business, lifestyle and opinion magazine serving the Bangor, Maine region, will be sold next month to a group of investors within the city—principally Jack Cashman of Cashman Asset Management, a long-time Bangor businessman. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
National bookstore chain Barnes and Noble announced on Thursday that is considering a spin-off of its digital content business surrounding the Nook ebook software platform and its related hardware. The company says the Nook digital business is expanding so strongly that it could be separated... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
At least one publisher is looking to capitalize on some last-minute changes to Wael Ghonim's upcoming book tour to promote Revolution 2.0. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus has acquired two novels by women's fiction author Linda Green, with the author moving... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK has 16 titles making the Gourmand cookery book award shortlists this year, down on 21 in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Meredith Corporation is acquiring the assets of Disney Publishing Worldwide’s FamilyFun. Beginning in March 2012, FamilyFun and its associated special interest publications, as well as Toyhopper and other magazine apps, will be published by Meredith. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wales is set to launch its first bilingual literature festival this year. The Dinefwr... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Physical book sales in the final week of the year totalled £22.5m — down 70% week on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]