Written By: Charlotte Williams, Lisa Campbell and Philip Stone Publication Date: Mon, 05/09/2011 - 14:00 William Hill has now named Julian Barnes as favourite to win the Man Booker prize, with the three-times shortlisted author overtaking previous winner Alan Hollinghurst ahead of tomorrow's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 05/09/2011 - 08:00 The London Evening Standard will launch Calling London, a book about its recent Dispossessed campaign, on 7th September. The book, by chief features writer David Cohen, will tell how a conversation between Cohen and Evening... 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: Philip Stone Publication Date: Mon, 05/09/2011 - 14:05 Spending on printed books slumped 4% in August, with sales plummeting to a seven-year low for the month, according to Nielsen BookScan data. A total of £107.5m spent on physical books at UK booksellers in the four weeks to 27th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 05/09/2011 - 08:05 Buyers are being sought for Mr Men and Agatha Christie franchise owner Chorion after the company failed to renegotiate its banking arrangements to ease its £70m debt. The company breached its banking covenants earlier this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 05/09/2011 - 08:20 Orion has made a series of promotions within its fiction and non-fiction teams, appointing new publishing directors in both departments. Orion Fiction has promoted Kate Mills to the role of publishing director, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Magazines' homes title Good Housekeeping has launched a new reader recommendation tool for brands to use across marketing material and campaigns. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 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 ]
A Kindle reader on a train in Cambridge, Mass. E-book best-seller lists are full of genre novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Moscow-based optical character recognition specialist ABBYY has released a major new update of its renowned OCR application. ABBYY FineReader 11 Professional Edition, which allows users to convert images or scanned documents into editable text, boasts improved processing speeds of up to 45 per... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 02/09/2011 - 15:00 Teacher and artist Patricia Le Baudrier is using digital printing and marketing to launch her debut novel The Orphans of St Cecile, which she created using dolls she has modeled and using photographs as illustrations. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 02/09/2011 - 10:38 Icon Books has acquired a book by popular philosopher Julian Baggini and his psychotherapist partner Antonia Macaro, entitled The Shrink and the Sage. Managing director Simon Flynn bought world rights through Lizzy Kremer... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has formally opposed Amazon's attempts to merge with The Book Depository. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
IGN Entertainment, the News Corporation-owned online publisher, has appointed Mike Goldstein as its first UK publisher for men's entertainment site AskMen. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 02/09/2011 - 10:13 French author Michele Roberts has moved to Bloomsbury from Virago for her next book, Ignorance. Alexandra Pringle acquired world English rights in a one-book deal through Ayesha Karim at Aitken Alexander. Bloomsbury will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apples App Store has added another product to its portfolioMartha Steward Living Omnimedia, Inc. announced the launch of a digital subscription plan for the iPad editions of both Martha Stewart Living and Everyday Food magazines. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Half way through 2011, at least four of the major trade publishers continue to find ways to profitably publish despite the challenges posed by the digital transition and the collapse of Borders. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 02/09/2011 - 15:02 Publishers have a raft of rugby titles set for release this autumn as the 2011 Rugby World Cup kicks off in New Zealand on 9th September. Among the books coming out is Rugby World Cup 2011 from G2 Entertainment, edited by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although Books-A-Million garnered attention for its acquisition of 14 Borders locations last week, many former Borders stores are about to have other new tenants. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]