There have been a few popular books in recent years detailing Google's ascent in the digital world, notably Ken Auletta's Googled: The End of the World as We Know It and Jeff Jarvis's What Would Google Do. But there is another story, says author and media scholar Siva Vai-dhyanathan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams John Blake has acquired world rights in the "candid, harrowing and often hilarious" autobiography of "Benidorm" actress Crissy Rock. Editor-in-chief Michelle Signore bought the rights through Ken Douglas at MCLA, with John Blake to publish on 12th March. This... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Gloucestershire county council has reinvested £500,000 into its library budget, with new proposals that would see Cinderford library saved from closure. But Friends of Gloucestershire libraries said the revised plans, which would still leave 10 libraries at risk of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
After a month of negotiations, Hearst has made an offer to buy 102 magazine titles from the French publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Corporation has made a "binding offer" of 651m (£559m) for Lagardère's international magazine business, which includes a licensing agreement for fashion magazine Elle. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Picador is teaming up with The Reading Agency and Mumsnet to give away 2,500 copies of the paperback of Emma Donoghue's Man Booker shortlisted novel Room. The Reading Agency's Room Mega Read library promotion will distribute 500 copies of Room to four libraries in Bury... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Sphere has acquired the tie-in title to comedian Billy Connolly's forthcoming "Route 66" ITV show. Non-fiction publishing director Adam Strange bought world rights from Maverick Television to Billy Connolly's Route 66, winning a four-way auction. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Borders has told some US publishers and landlords it is delaying January payments to them, in a bid to complete a debt restructuring. The announcement comes just days after the troubled retailer secured funding from GE Capital. Reuters reports Borders said the move will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite pressure coming from a number of different areas on bricks-and-mortar bookstores, the American Booksellers Association's sixth annual Winter Institute, which took place January 1821 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va., was surprisingly upbeat. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Corp. announced today that it has made an offer of 651 million euros (or about $889 million) for Lagardere's international press and magazine business, including 102 titles in 15 countries, and 50 related Web sites. The deal includes publishing rights to Elle in 15 countries as well as 10... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Tim Conneally, Betanews Responding to widespread civil unrest, the government of Egypt on Thursday evening ordered all private network operators to shut down their services, both wired and wireless.At around 12:30am local time, Egypt's outbound connections to the Internet hit a brick wall,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The ebook sales milestone "has come even sooner than we expected," CEO Bezos says. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page The philosopher, author and life peer Baroness Mary Warnock has said closure of her local library, Sydenham Library, would be "barbarism". Warnock will be among the local authors and poets taking part in a read-in at the library on Saturday 5th February, as part of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan and John Bishop are among the latest big-name celebrities to have been snapped up for autobiographies, as comedians look set to dominate the hardback celebrity memoir market again this autumn. Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydons memoir is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Online retailer reports sales of its digital ebooks has outstripped those of traditional paperbacks. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Borders has finally secured an agreement for fresh funding, with GE Capital providing $550m of new cash, but only if publishers stump up $125m. Publishers Weekly reports the troubled retailer has said for the first time that it doesn't rule out the possibility of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Waterstones head of e-commerce David Kohn is leaving the company at the end of this week. Kohn has worked with the book retailer for the last two and a half years. He is leaving to pursue a number of digital investment opportunities, according to a Waterstones... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Waterstone's is cutting orders it makes on new titles from March to reduce its number of returns. The book retailer contacted suppliers this week asking them to reduce initial orders by about 20%. Publishers were asked to cancel existing pre-orders so that new orders... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Kindle ebooks have overtaken paperback sales at Amazon.com, as the internet retailer revealed sales topped $10bn for the first time in its latest trading quarter. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen E-books are to be accepted for entry for the Man Booker prize for the first time in 2011 as a number of changes are made to the rules. Publishers are being asked to submit a digital version of their submissions as judges are to be supplied with e-readers for the first... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]