Written By: Charlotte Williams Sphere has acquired the autobiography of US comedy star Tina Fey, with editor-in-chief Antonia Hodgson acquiring British Commonwealth (incl. Australia and New Zealand) rights. Hodgson bought the rights to the title, Bossypants, from Hachette US, where it will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Borrowers can create a wish list queue of books they would like to read and lenders earn 1 credit for every 5 books they list on the site as available for borrowing. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Demand Media started trading on the New York Stock Exchange this week, making it one of the first IPOs of 2011 and certainly one of the largest media IPOs that will be seen all year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marty Peretz, the editor-in-chief of The New Republic of the past 37 years, is stepping down and taking the title of "editor-in-chief emeritus." Editor Richard Just takes over as editor-in-chief. Perezt, who wrote a blog called The Spine, will continue to write a column for TheNewRepublic.com. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
While it may not apply to overall advertising budgets, "big" was in for individual ad pages that ran in MPA member magazines in 2010. According to data collected by MagazineRadar, high-impact ads that ran on heavy stock were up 19 percent in 2010 and the actual ad size increased as well: the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell High street book sales at W H Smith were down by around 2% like-for-like in the weeks leading to Christmas, according to analysts briefed by the company, equating to books outperforming other categories. In its formal Christmas trading statement, out this morning... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The assets of music magazine Pastewhich folded in print last fall but kept Pastemagazine.com alivehave been sold to Wolfgang's Vault, owner of a variety of music sites including Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Penguin has been appointed the exclusive publisher for Sainsbury's Book Club, providing all titles in the promotion between July 2011 and July 2012. Authors set to feature in the club include Marian Keyes, Clive Cussler, Jeff Kinney and Rick Riordan, with exact... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
TED, known for exclusive events and online videos of speeches by celebrities like Al Gore, Bono and Malcolm Gladwell, plans to publish its own short ebooks, beginning with three that went on sale Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Faber is to release a new illustrated edition of Jo Shapcott's poetry collection Of Mutability, following its win at the Costa Book Awards last night [25th January]. A new b-format illustrated edition of the collection, priced £7.99, will be released in April.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Costa Book of the Year prize-winner, Jo Shapcott, explains her delight that poetry has been recognised by Costa two years running. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Multiple expressions of interest have been made into British Bookshops & Stationers. The bookseller fell into administration two weeks ago, blaming poor trading in the second half of 2010 and bad weather conditions over Christmas Gavin George, managing director of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Constable & Robinson has appointed Walker Books as its sales agents for Europe, the Middle East and East Africa. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Summit Business Media has joined the ranks of publishers seeking to reorganize and slash debt through a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Total revenue jumped 9 percent to $367 million for Meredith Corp in the second quarter of fiscal 2011, driven by strong advertising growth and integrated marketing services. Total advertising revenue for the first six months of fiscal 2011 jumped 11 percent to $420 million (with total revenue of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple caused a stir last week when it announced that it sold 7.3 million iPads in the quarter ended December 25, bringing the number of devices it has sold since it released the iPad last April to nearly 15 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anna Boiardi's family founded Chef Boyardee more than 70 years ago, spelling their name phonetically to help Americans pronounce it. Now, Boiardi teaches cooking classes and has written Delicious Memories, which Stewart, Tabori & Chang will publish in May. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
While all the big box stores carry books and all offer discounted bestsellers, Target competes most directly for those consumers who might otherwise make their purchases at bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bill McCreadie, the m.d. of independent publisher Aurum is to step down at the end of the month... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Organic growth will be the primary driver of the media business over the next 12 to 24 months, according to nearly 500 executives in the information, marketing services and technology sectors, according to the first annual Media Growth survey from investment banker The Jordan, Edmiston Group and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]