Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 08:50 Belfast-born author Lucy Caldwell has won the £30,000 University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize, beating Orange Prize-winner Téa Obreht. Caldwell's novel The Meeting Point (Faber) won over Obreht's The Tiger's Wife, as well as titles from Annabel Pitcher,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 11:05 Over a fifth of North Yorkshire county council's library staff are set to lose their jobs as part of plans to hand branches over to community groups to run, according to a report in the Yorkshire Post. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 09:44 Total group sales at W H Smith have dropped by 3% in the last 10 weeks, with like-for-like sales down by 6% in comparison to last year. This morning (10th November) the company reported in its interim financial results for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 09:30 Macmillan will be making a "major investment" in a new central London campus for its UK publishing operations, with the move to happen in 2014, or later, and negotiations currently underway with property developers in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 15:52 Tony Blair's former chief of staff is writing a book for The Bodley Head about the intricacies of negotiations between governments and terrorist organisations. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 15:52 Tony Blair's former chief of staff is writing a book for The Bodley Head about the intricacies of negotiations between governments and terrorist organisations. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 08:40 Debut novelist Alice LaPLante has won the third Wellcome Trust Book Prize for her tale of a "brilliant mind in terminal decline". Turn of Mind (Harvill Secker) beat Philip Roth's Nemesis as well as titles by Sarah Manguso, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Ann... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
At a time when many magazines are lowering prices or giving content away, New York Magazine is choosing another route. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
As budget media tablets race to the bottom on price, ebook readers are the real winners receiving deep price cuts and improved features. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Audit Bureau of Circulations [ABC] released survey results Monday that reveals attitudes of the publishing industry when in it comes to working with Apple Inc. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attic Brand Media, the customer and consumer magazine publisher behind Kick and National Geographic Kids, has fallen into administration after 22 years, according to sources. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten said on Tuesday that it plans to acquire Canadian ebook and e-reader company Kobo in a bid to expand in the area of media... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 12:25 Faber Academy has launched a three-day self-publishing course, with Faber Academy director Jason Cooper saying that it does not represent a conflict of interests for the publisher. The course, "Bring Your Book to Market",... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 12:19 Faber has acquired a YA novel, The Glimpse, by debut author Claire Merle. Children's books acting publishing director Susila Baybars bought world rights in all languages in a two-book deal through Jo Williamson at Anthony... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 08:12 Amazon.co.uk has chosen Elizabeth Haynes' debut Into the Darkest Corner (Myriad Editions) as its best book of 2011, as part of a top 50 selection made "after thoughtful consideration and lengthy debate", and taking into... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
As HTML5 gradually becomes the standard for mobile content interactivity on the Web, Adobe's Flash platform is on its way out as a mobile browser experience. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 12:34 Michael Joseph has appointed Sam Humphreys to the role of publisher, in a move that will see Humphreys depart the post of publisher at Serpent's Tail just months after taking it up in March. Humphreys will report to MJ... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Stone and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 15:54 Martina Cole has become the first British female adult-audience novelist to surpass the £50m sales mark since records began. Thanks to the solid sales of her 18th thriller, The Faithless (Headline), which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Custom Content Council received a record 638 entries for its annual award ceremony this year, and 160 guests gathered in New York City last night to celebrate the winners. Gold, silver and bronze awards were given in design, editorial and strategic initiatives in print and digital custom media. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 09:15 Australias publishers have moved to compromise in the battle to protect their industry from parallel importing. According to a report from Inside Retail, the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) has made a recommendation to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]