Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 24/03/2011 - 15:49 No Exit Press has acquired a "hilarious and satirical novel" by debut author Kevin Holohan, called The Brothers' Lot. Publishing director Ion Mills bought UK and Commonwealth English-language rights, including digital,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 24/03/2011 - 15:52 Setting books within the wider cultural scene and building collaborations are set to be key themes at this year's Book Industry Conference, as organisers revealed the event programme. BIC 2011, which takes place between... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Fri, 25/03/2011 - 00:05 A book advising dentists to manage their practices according to the leadership techniques of a legendary Mongolian warlord has been voted the winner of the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 24/03/2011 - 09:36 Sampling free content is inspiring customers to buy ebooks, with a fifth of UK readers citing it as the primary reason for purchase, according to new research. Surveys by Book Marketing Limited (BML) and Bowker Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 24/03/2011 - 15:31 Independent publisher Stacey International and its imprint Capuchin Classics have launched a new company, Stacey Publishing, with fresh financial backing. It will be headed by m.d. Patrick Kelly, previously part-time... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 24/03/2011 - 08:50 HarperCollins has signed a five book exclusive deal with Emma Chichester Clark to become her worldwide publisher. The deal with Chicester Clark, who has also had titles published recently by Andersen Press, was signed by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 24/03/2011 - 08:34 Bloomsbury's The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: the History of a Civilisation from 3,000 BC to Cleopatra has won this year's £3,000 Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History. Written by Toby Wilkinson, the book was commended by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google may seek help from Congress as it tries to salvage a book publishing settlement that was rejected by a federal judge. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the recent reports from Bloomberg News that Android is one of the fastest operating systems currently on the market, it is no surprise that the system has introduced a new appstore in partnership with Amazon.com, Inc., which launched on Tuesday. "Custome Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 24/03/2011 - 15:50 Jean M Auel's new Earth's Children title is Amazon.co.uk's most pre-ordered book of 2011. The Land of Painted Caves: Earth's Children 6 (Hodder & Stoughton), is the last in the Earth's Children series. It will be published... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Active Interest Media has acquired BoatQuest.com, adding the online classified page to its portfolio of properties, which includes Yachts Magazine and Show Management. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
There have been tons of focus groups, studies and market research done on the topic: how do you intersect content and commerce? Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adobe certainly had a solid first quarter in 2011, with record revenue of $1.028 billion reported. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 15:45 Random House Children's Books is to publish the final book in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle this autumn. The fourth title will be called Inheritance, following Eragon, Eldest and Brisingr. It will be published... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 15:24 Publishers Association chief executive Richard Mollet has said he is "delighted" at the government's implementation of a network of intellectual property (IP) attaches, announced in its Budget reforms today [23rd March].... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 07:10 Lendle, the US-based tool that allows Kindle users to lend their ebooks, has been reinstated after Amazon said that its concern related to its "Book Sync tool". The news that Amazon had locked the services out of its API caused... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 07:50 Writer, journalist and editor Peter Forbes' exploration of mimicry and camouflage in nature, art and warfare has been awarded the £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing. His Dazzled and Deceived (Yale University Press) was described by chair of judges... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 07:18 Nosy Crow has signed a four-book deal with Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winner Philip Ardagh, with Axel Scheffler to illustrate. M.d. Kate Wilson acquired world rights all languages directly in the unagented deal to The Grunts, about "a disgustingly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 15:48 Mainstream, J R Books, Pan and Faber are to rush publication of titles on Elizabeth Taylor, after the Oscar-winning film star died today [23rd March]. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
As convenient as they are, I've long worried about the many ways in which ebook purveyors restrict readers' rights. You can't resell the books you purchase for the Amazon Kindle, and you can't read them on most other e-readers. We also don't really own ebooks in the same way we own... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]