Moffly Media, a regional publisher serving Fairfield County, CT, is launching a new publication called Fairfield Living in November 2011. Set to be a paid publication, the circulation at time of launch is expected to be 6,500. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 30/06/2011 - 13:09 Harvill Secker has acquired a non-fiction title about the work of British lawyer Clive Stafford Smith over 25 years to save those on death row in the US. Editor-at-large Rebecca Carter bought UK and Commonwealth rights... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 30/06/2011 - 13:28 J K Rowling's agent Neil Blair has left the Christopher Little Literary Agency, setting up a new company, The Blair Partnership. Rowling is moving with Blair, having "terminated her association" with the Christopher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Men more likely to own tablets, women more likely to own e-readers according to GfK MRI. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Flipboard, the social magazine iPad app, has incorporated content from another social network, LinkedIn -- adding the professional network's industry news to previous integrations with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Flickr. A new version of Flipboard to be released this morning also includes... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The longtime editor said that the coming of ebooks played a role in his decision. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robert Newman is now creative director with Readers Digest; he served as a consulting creative director with RD since December. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 30/06/2011 - 09:29 Two Living Oasis branches will be closing this Saturday, making seven staff redundant. The Christian retailer will shut up shop in Nottingham and Worthing this weekend, affecting the four staff at Nottingham and three in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mergers and acquisitions in the media, information, marketing services and tech sectors in the first half of 2011 may not be matching the breakneck pace of the first half of 2010 (which rebounded 61 percent over a dismal first half 2009) but were still up 3 percent in the number of deals (to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the heels of Google's two social media announcementsits +1 buttons and more recent Google+the company has just announced the ability to track social engagement and activity in its Analytics package. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 30/06/2011 - 09:41 Waterstones increased profit by £6.7m last year as like-for-like sales fell by 3.8%, according to financial results released today. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Though many magazines are now in the tablet game, Bonniers Sound + Vision is using this opportunity to strengthen content in a way not possible on the printed page. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you're heading to the beach this summer and you plan to read an ebook, you won't want to take your iPad. Luckily, the latest versions of the Nook and the Kindle offer glare-free screens and other reader-friendly functions. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 29/06/2011 - 14:20 The O'Brien Press has bought rights to a memoir by "X Factor" contender Mary Byrne. Managing director Ivan O'Brien bought world rights from Will Talbot, at Modest Management. The book, This is My Life, will be published in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 29/06/2011 - 09:31 Waterstones today begins its first day under the ownership of Russian billionaire Alexander Mamuts A&NN Group as previous m.d Dominic Myers officially leaves the bookseller. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 29/06/2011 - 09:21 The literary agency representing Barack Obama has become the latest to move into ebook publishing but stresses it is not trying to compete with publishers. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Republican candidate has sold his memoir to the conservative imprint of Simon @ Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 29/06/2011 - 09:16 HarperCollins has printed its one millionth copy of titles from George R R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series this year, as it announced it has sold 50,000 ebooks of the series to date. A Dance with Dragons, the fifth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 30/06/2011 - 09:28 E-books are set to "blow apart" cover design, with designers looking to create "identity packages" that can work for both print and digital editions, The Bookseller Cover Design Conference 2011 was told. Marketing strategist... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Centaur Media has confirmed a wide-ranging restructure of its publishing business that includes axing the print versions of two of its biggest titles, Design Week and New Media Age. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]