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 ]
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 ]
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 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 ]
There was no shortage of debates and discussions at last week's second annual Digital Book World, where about 1,300 members of the trade publishing industry turned out in New York to explore ways to navigate the digital transition. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 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 ]
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 ]
By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Sadly, I must reaffirm my position stated during Apple CEO Steve Jobs' last medical leave, in January 2009: His health situation isn't a private matter, and, frankly, it's even less so now. The seeming suddenness of Jobs' more recent medical leave, which this time is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 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 ]
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: 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: Charlotte Williams Puffin is to publish a new picture book by The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle, his first in four years. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse will be published in October 2011, in a global, simultaneous publication with Philomel, a Penguin Young Readers... 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 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: 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 ]
Written By: Philip Stone and Lisa Campbell Retailers slashed a total of £600m from the price of books in 2010 as book-buyers enjoyed their best year for bargains since records began. The average discount given off a book's r.r.p. last year was 26% slightly deeper than in 2009, when books were... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mobile app downloads will increase 117 percent to 17.7 billion worldwide while mobile application store revenue will grow to more than $15.1 billion in 2011, a 190 percent increase, according to Gartner Inc. In 2010, app stores generated an estimated $5.2 billion from both download sales and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Independent bookshop Bookthrift in Chesham is closing after five years trading, blaming poor sales and more people buying online and in supermarkets. The four staff in the Chiltern Hills shop in Buckinghamshire will be made redundant when it closes, although its final... 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 ]