Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Thu, 08/09/2011 - 09:00 French publishers Albin Michel, Flammarion and Gallimard appear to be dropping charges against Google for digitising copyrighted books without prior permission, at least for the moment, the trade weekly Livres Hebdo has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-08 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 ]
Miamisburg, Ohio-based NewPage, one of the largest makers of magazine-quality paper, today Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 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 ]
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 ]
Quark is now offering current users a free upgrade to QuarkXPress to version 9.1. Included with this upgrade is the App Studio, a standalone Mac OS X software for app creation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 07/09/2011 - 15:59 Ebury is launching a straight-to-digital romance list, Rouge, acquiring print rights to the titles in order to launch physical editions of the most popular titles. The first eight ebooks will be released on 29th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 07/09/2011 - 10:00 Man Booker chair of judges Stella Rimington has defended this year's shortlist, saying "take it or leave it", in a speech at the party held to celebrate the list in London's Kensington Gardens last night. Speaking to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite enormous amounts of attention directed towards digital efforts in the magazine industry, many independent publishers still count print as their main business and most reliable source of revenue. As the paper market continues to fluctuate, publishers are finding new ways to keep the price... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 07/09/2011 - 15:06 Transworld has acquired a debut novel by British scriptwriter Rachel Joyce, a graduate of Faber Academy's novel writing course, in a two-book deal. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Wed, 07/09/2011 - 08:23 The Friday Project publisher Scott Pack is to become publisher of HarperCollins' community writing site authonomy.com. Pack, who is also director of digital product development, will retain his role at TFP. Rachel Faulker, a former HC graduate trainee,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Like most industries, publishing cycles are increasingly becoming more and more automated. Even editorial actions are becoming computerized, with companies like Kapost creating products that electronically orchestrate pitches, assignments, calendars and revisions in addition to managing author... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
This Sunday will mark a decade since the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States transpired. Many publishers are marking the anniversary with cover treatments and feature stories that not only reflect on the tragedy, but share stories of its survivors. Here, FOLIO: shares how... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 07/09/2011 - 08:52 Virgin Books has appointed Kate Moore, currently Michael O'Mara commissioning editor, to the role of editorial director. Moore, who commissioned titles such as John Barrowman's Anything Goes and I Am What I Am at MoM,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 07/09/2011 - 09:31 HarperCollins publishing director Jenny Heller is moving to Quercus, where she will help to grow the publisher's non-fiction business. Heller will begin her role, again as publishing director, on 10th October, and will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 07/09/2011 - 09:50 Blackwell has revamped its website in time for the new academic year, adding online recommendations from in-store staff. The academic retailer was the first bookshop to go online in 1995 and the new site is intended to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
A recent story this weekend by The New York Times about the United States Postal Service's dire financial predicament fueled speculation about how long, exactly, the organization has until it closes Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 07/09/2011 - 15:55 Surrey council now plans to hand 19 libraries over to community management, or close them, according to local news site Your Local Guardian. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia names Ken West as its new chief financial officer. West replaces Kelly Turner, who left the company in January. MSLOs new addition comes from Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company where he held the executive vice president and chief financial... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]