The Publishers Information Bureau (PIB) reported overall growth for magazine ad sales for 2011s first quarter. First quarter ad pages totaled 35,755 pages, a 2.5 percent increase from the first quarter of 2010. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an attempt to get readers behind their newly formed paywall, The New York Times has launched a deep discount offer to subscribers, which will run for a 26 week period. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 07/04/2011 - 16:03 Online retailer Play.com has announced it is seeking investment for European expansion. The internet bookseller and UKs market leader in online DVD sales revealed today (7th April) it has appointed Lazard to explore... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp.'s Daily tablet newspaper had a high-profile launch in February, but didn't start charging customers until two weeks ago. So how's it selling? "We're happy with where we are," publisher Greg Clayman told the Ad Age Digital conference today. What about that study showing a marked... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Each year the publishing world seems to become enamored with a new strategy that will redefine the industry. In 2011, that's marketing services. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 07/04/2011 - 16:04 read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 07/04/2011 - 15:58 A husband-and-wife team has launched an e-publishing company for new authors. Cornwall-based lawyers Nigel and Abbie Flanagan are calling on unpublished writers to submit the first 50 pages of their work to Wink Publishing.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomberg BusinessWeek is certainly seeing the fruits of its redesign labors. According to figures released by the Publishers Information Bureau, BusinessWeek experienced an increase of 49 percent in ad sales for 2011s first quarter, compared to 2010s first quarter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 06/04/2011 - 14:45 Tindal Street Press has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to a book about an obsessive ex-professional footballer's relationship with Manchester United player Ryan Giggs. Senior editor bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Bring... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Administrators have announced the closure of 16 more Borders bookshops, leading to a loss of more than 500 jobs. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
B-to-b publishers have long relied on directories (or buyers guides, depending on company terminology) to produce revenue and establish themselves as a valuable resource to their readers. Now, b-to-b publishers are finding new ways to add value to their directories, even as print is challenged... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 06/04/2011 - 07:54 Transworld has acquired two titles from TV presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle, with the first to give an account of his "compulsive pursuit of adventure". Publishing director, sport and entertainment, Doug Young bought UK... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 06/04/2011 - 09:13 Gardners will look to create a mobile phone app for Hive after its official launch. The book wholesaler has been working with e-consultancy firm Tangent One to build the Hive website, which will sell books directly to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Wed, 06/04/2011 - 14:24 Quercus has won a "keenly contested" auction to a debut literary crime novel set in Hull and East Yorkshire. Editor Jon Riley acquired UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to The Dark Winter from Oliver Munson at Blake Friedmann in a two-book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Monday, Bonnier officially launched a spin-off company called Moving Media+ which will be offering the Mag+ app creation tool to any publisher that wants to use itas a free download. The app reader and continued services, however, come at a cost. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Wed, 06/04/2011 - 09:37 Children's poetry is among the biggest losers in the children's literature sector following the recent cuts in Arts Council funding, it has emerged. As well as the Poetry Book Society (PBS) which has seen 100% of its funding... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 06/04/2011 - 14:58 Penguin group chief executive John Makinson took home £1.5m in pay in 2010, in a year when Penguin's sales grew 21% to £1.1bn and adjusted operating profit grew 19% to £106m. Makinson's pay rose by £150,000 thanks to a rise in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Advantage Business Media, a b-to-b publisher targeting the communications, manufacturing, design and science markets, has purchased the assets of Continuity Insights from Gardner Publications. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill and Katie Allen Publication Date: Wed, 06/04/2011 - 14:50 A Freddie Mercury biography and a six-figure deal signed following a trans-Atlantic auction are among the pre London Book Fair deals agented by Mulcahy Conway Associates. The agency said it anticipated a busy... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 06/04/2011 - 09:16 Independent publisher Continuum has launched an ebook store, featuring a selection of titles across Continuum's humanities, education and religion lists. Around 2,000 titles will be available for download in Adobe PDF and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]