There is a new tool in the magazine publishing arsenal for delivering new and dynamic content to the readerBUT from the printed magazine! By using your smartphone, you can take a picture of a postage stamp-sized 2D barcode on a printed page of an article (or ad), and suddenly be transported to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 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 ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 08:50 The last bookshop in Southwold is closing down next week after its owner Booksource sold the lease. Selling both second-hand and new books, independent Bookthrift was the last bookshop standing in the Suffolk town after the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 16:04 David Nicholls' One Day (Hodder) remains comfortably the bestselling book in the UK. The novel, which currently tops the Amazon, Apple and Waterstone's ebook charts, sold 83,050 physical copies of its original and tie-in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 08:30 The Friday Project has acquired ten books by late American author William Wharton, with the deal including his never-before-published Second World War memoir, Shrapnel. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 07:30 The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society is the new sponsor for the annual Crime Writers' Association Dagger for Non-Fiction, awarded in July each year. The ALCS is a membership organisation which protects and promotes the rights of authors. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 08:30 Faber has entered into a partnership with The Perseus Books Group in the US, setting up a company to provide global digital services for independent publishers in the UK, Ireland and Commonwealth. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 11:18 Previous Man Booker Prize for Fiction winner Alan Hollinghurst has missed the shortlist for this years prize, which includes two debutsStephen Kelman and A D Miller and a wealth of titles from indies. Bookies favourite and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
For fans of Superman and Batman, September will be a momentous monthTime Warners DC Comics is clearing years of superhero continuity by resetting the numbering on all of its titles back to 1. More significantly, the company is acknowledging that the future of the comic books may not be on... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 15:23 Hodder & Stoughton has acquired an inside story of prison life called Gang of One by Glasgow-born Gary Mulgrew. Non-fiction publisher Rupert Lancaster bought world rights in a pre-emptive offer through Maggie... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 15:31 Rebecca McNally, fiction publishing director at Macmillan Childrens Books, is to join Bloomsbury, taking the role of publishing director and international editor-in-chief for children's books. She... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 16:00 Bookmaker William Hill has Julian Barnes as the favourite to win the Man Booker Prize for Fiction after the shortlist was announced today. Retailers Waterstone's and Daunt Books agree Barnes' The Sense of An Ending (Jonathan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 09:00 Book sales throughout the UK in August have remained "tough" according to the British Retail Consortium, as it reported general retail sales were down by 0.6% compared to last year on a like-for-like basis. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 15:31 Rebecca McNally, fiction publishing director at Macmillan Childrens Books, is to join Bloomsbury, taking the role of publishing director and international editor-in-chief for children's books. She... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 15:28 Profile has reported a 3% sales rise to £7.35m for the year to end 31st March 2011, with profits up 69% to £405,000. M.d. Andrew Franklin said the publisher was delighted to announce these "healthy" results on the day that it... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 08:55 Two French publishers have launched a public call to arms to defend independent booksellers, which continue to suffer from financial decline in the country. Le Seuil c.e.o. Oliver Bétourné wrote in Le Monde last week that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 05/09/2011 - 11:19 Fig Tree publishing director Juliet Annan has bought world rights in a new book by playwright and novelist Nell Leyshon. The deal was done at auction through Anna Webber at United Agents. The Colour of Milk is told in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 05/09/2011 - 13:05 Quercus has bought a children's book by US rapper 50 Cent. Playground, for the 12-plus age group, is a semi-autobiographical novel on the subject of schoolyard bullying. Children's editorial director Roison Heycock bought UK... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gail Kump, a former executive and director of Midpoint Trade Books, filed a lawsuit last week against Eric Kampmann, the majority owner of the distributor, and minority owner Christopher Bell. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 05/09/2011 - 08:10 People in Huntingdon and Cambridge buy the most books of any town or city in the UK, according to a list compiled by Amazon from its print and Kindle sales since the start of the year. Towns in Kent, Wiltshire and West Sussex... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]