With Random Houses announcement last week that it is officially dropping its print catalogues in favor of digital, the countrys biggest publisher joins the growing ranks of houses that have done away with the traditional catalogue. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 11:17 Virgin Books has acquired a title about US political firebrand Sarah Palin, written by Joe McGinniss. Publishing director Ed Faulkner bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Crown Publishers in the US to The Rogue, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell, Benedicte Page and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 09:00 Publishers have reacted broadly positively to Waterstone's requests for a higher flat rate discount on books in return for a scrapping of major promotion charges, calling the system... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 09:30 Waterstone's is to launch its own e-reader in 2012 inspired by Barnes & Noble's Nook device. Waterstone's m.d. James Daunt has spoken to BBC Radio 4's "You & Yours" programme, on the edition to be broadcast today at 12... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 11:25 Random House Childrens Books has acquired a three-book series from childrens author, poet and illustrator Laura Dockrill. Commissioning editor Lauren Buckland and editor Andrea MacDonald acquired world rights to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Tom Tivnan Publication Date: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 14:54 Oxford University Press c.e.o. Nigel Portwood has signalled a new strategic direction for the publisher by saying he will be looking to acquire other businesses more ambitiously. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 08:30 Independent children's publisher Catnip is using Twitter and bloggers to source original and out-of-print titles for its list. It will publish Katherine Roberts' out-of-print fantasy Song Quest in February 2012. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
As publishers spend more time and money on developing apps to deliver their digital content, audience demographics detailing app interaction are beginning to show how these efforts are panning out. According to a recent study from Gfk MRI, app users who install fewer apps are more likely to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 11:09 Hardie Grant UK has acquired a DIY nail art book by Sharmadean Reid, founder of fashionable nail salon WAH Nails in Dalston, east London. Commissioning editor Kate Pollard bought world rights directly from Reid. The book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 08:20 Weidenfeld & Nicolson has landed an artistic coup with a cover image created exclusively by British artist David Hockney for Bryan Appleyard's book, The Brain is Wider than the Sky. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
We Love Pop, Egmont Publishing's new magazine for teenage girls, has claimed sales of 119,000 for its first issue, despite ongoing turbulence in the magazine industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Audience profiling and driving content across mobile platforms will be the main focus of the UK publishing industry over the next 12 months, according to a new survey. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 08/09/2011 - 16:15 Waterstones is understood to be setting up a publisher liaison team to manage its relationship with publishers. The team will be separate from the buying team and is thought to consist of around eight people. The Bookseller... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adobe has announced that its Digital Publishing Suite will support the Newsstand feature in iOS. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
New opportunities abound for publishers but with that comes new challenges, including determining whats worth the time and resource investmentand whats not. Here, three very different publishers outline how theyre reinventing existing products. Government Executive Plans to Double Revenue in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 08/09/2011 - 15:50 John Wiley & Sons has reported revenue growth of 5% for its first quarter fiscal year 2012 results, up to $430m (£267.5m) from $408m, on the same period last year. Revenue for its professional and trade division grew... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 08/09/2011 - 08:45 Faber is to publish a new novel by Australian literary heavyweight Peter Carey next year, with the publisher already billing the dual-narrative title as a classic. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House is the latest publisher to replace paper catalogues with digital editions. Random will begin the transition with its Random House Children's Books division's summer 2012 list which reps will start selling in January. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 08/09/2011 - 08:56 Amazon customers based in London may soon be able to collect their orders from shopping centre-based lockers as opposed to waiting at home for deliveries. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 08/09/2011 - 08:40 Vermilion has acquired a fitness book from the trainer who worked with Natalie Portman to make her body mimic a ballerina's for her Oscar-winning role in "Black Swan". Editor Louise Coe bought UK and Commonwealth rights,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]