Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 06/05/2011 - 16:30 Independent non-fiction publisher I B Tauris has bought fine arts publisher Philip Wilson Publishers (PWP), after handling its sales, marketing and distribution over several years. I B Tauris m.d. Jonathan McDonnell promised... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Telegraph is the latest news publisher to try reasserting a paid news economy for its newspaper in digital tablet form. Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2011-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Turkish newspaper publisher Turkuvaz Medya Group whose titles include the daily Sabah are now benefiting from an upgrade to their Harland Simon press control systems. Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2011-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 06/05/2011 - 10:44 Orbit has acquired a new trilogy by bestselling fantasy author Trudi Canavan. Editorial director Anne Clarke bought world rights from Arabella Stein, acting for Canavan's primary agent Fran Bryson. The Millennium's Rule... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 06/05/2011 - 10:28 Hardie Grant UK is hoping to make a splash by publishing a healthy eating cookbook by Olympic swimmer, Australian Ian Thorpe. Pam Brewster at Hardie Grant acquired world rights to Cook for Your Life from David Flaskas of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 06/05/2011 - 16:41 Blackwell's David Prescott is aiming to revolutionise the way the company sells textbooks and overhaul the bookseller's website in his first months as the chain's new m.d. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Fri, 06/05/2011 - 08:35 Vintage assistant editor Kay Peddle has been awarded the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2011 for her Brain Shots audiobooks project for Bodley Head. She received the prize, which recognises the professional achievements of women in publishing yesterday evening... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 06/05/2011 - 10:48 Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a "major new science book" by genetics specialist and professor, Tim Spector. Commissioning editor Bea Hemming bought world rights to Identically Different from Sophie Lambert at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a big win for Apple Inc., magazine publisher Hearst Corp. has agreed to sell subscriptions to the iPad editions of a range of its publications through iTunes, beginning with three of its popular magazines, the publisher said. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 05/05/2011 - 15:55 Publisher Jeremy Robson has left Quarto and is to set up a new imprint at Biteback. Robson, who founded Robson Books in 1974, has been running his own imprint J R Books at the Quarto Group for the past five years. In his new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 05/05/2011 - 15:22 New imprint Notting Hill Editions launches today (5th May), with the aim of revitalising essay publishing. Essays by George Perec, Roland Barthes, Lavinia Greenlaw and Jonathan Keates, accompanied by introductions by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp. released its earnings report for the quarter that ended in March, and the results are a little disappointing. The company reported a decline in its operating income, which was down to about $1 billion, compared to $1.25 billion over the same period last year. The drop-off appears to... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 05/05/2011 - 09:08 Amazon.com has launched its fourth imprint, focusing on romance, as it continues to hire across its publishing business. Montlake Romance will be available to North American readers in digital and physical formats and will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Thu, 05/05/2011 - 09:14 France is bracing for battle with the European Commission with its government on the verge of adopting a bill allowing publishers to fix prices for all ebooks sold in France. The bill, which was approved unanimously by an... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble Inc. will unveil a new electronic book reader later this month, the bookseller told analysts and investors on Wednesday, according to a federal filing released after the close of trading. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has acquired Smashing Ideas, a digital media agency, in an effort to strengthen its digital publishing side, the publisher said on Thursday. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 05/05/2011 - 15:40 Bertelsmann has acquired digital media agency Smashing Ideas, with the aim of beefing up Random House Inc's digital offerings. The terms of the acquisition were not made public. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 05/05/2011 - 09:10 Operating income at HarperCollins' parent NewsCorp's publishing sector slumped $207m to $36m (£21.8m) in its latest set of results. As has become customary, the NewsCorp results do not mention HarperCollins or its book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Forbes has signed on to Flipboard, the social mag app for the iPad that is beginning to get the stamp of approval from publishers (the Oprah Winfrey Network and Oprah.com just signed on to be official partners with Flipboard on April 14). Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its fast-growing publishing business with a new line of romance books, its latest quest for original content to distinguish its print and digital bookselling services. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]