Simon & Schuster has signed a two-book deal with Always On My Mind author Colette Caddle. S... 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 ]
Hot Key Books has signed two-books by journalist Dawn Porter, as the author follows her editor... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 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 ]
A man has been arrested and bailed in connection with a £1.9m fraud alleged to have taken... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors, poets and librarians are among those hailed for their work in the New Year Honours List... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers are discounting books and ebooks by up to 80% in post-Christmas promotions. Amazon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette has reported a "blockbuster Christmas for ebooks", selling more than 100,000... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie booksellers have reported a “surprise” increase in sales over Christmas in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy has won the Costa Poetry Award for The Bees (Picador), and debut... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
At just five years old, the Savannah Book Festival, in the genteel coastal city of Savannah, Ga., is carving a space for itself among the book festival big leagues, boasting not one but two of the nation’s current #1 bestselling authors: Stephen King (for 11/22/63) and Walter Isaacson (Steve Jobs). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gulf state Qatar has raised its stake in Lagadere to over 10%, becoming the company's largest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The number of apps downloaded on Google and Apple surged 125% worldwide to 242m on Christmas Day... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The cannibalization of print by digital accelerated in 2011, with unit sales in the outlets tracked by Nielsen BookScan falling 8.9% with one week to go in the year. The drop in print sales was double that of 2010, when units fell 4.5%. The decline from 2010 to 2011 sped up in all major... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Printed book sales soared by 10% (£6.9m) week-on-week during the week before Christmas Day... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three stores in PW’s informal coast-to-coast survey of bookstores—Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass.; Beaverdale Books in Des Moines, Iowa; and Skylight Books in Los Angeles—called this their best holiday season ever. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new translation of the Bible has taken the top spot in Norway's bestseller list, selling 75... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com has said Christmas Day was the "biggest ever day for Kindle book downloads,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]