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 ]
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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Morgan Entrekin, holding book, publisher at Grove/Atlantic, met with booksellers at the Winter Institute book fair last week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 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 ]
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 ]
The New York Times will roll out its much-anticipated digital subscription package, probably next month, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 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 ]
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 ]
In 1919, the young E.B. White, future New Yorker writer and author of Charlotte's Web, took a class at Cornell University with a drill sergeant of an English professor named William Strunk Jr. Strunk assigned his self-published manual on composition titled "The Elements of Style," a 43-page list... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2011-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sanchia Berg reports on the publishing company Pearson who have bought a majority stake in an Indian online tutoring company Tutorvista Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2011-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Top executives of some of the leading fulfillment companies were assembled for FMA's annual President's Panel yesterday to provide an update on their companies and how the market is evolving. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
NewPage, the largest maker of coated paper in the U.S., is scrambling to keep the owner of paper rival Verso Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
That might be the best news yet, as long as publishers remember why they went into bankruptcy in the first place. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
If the old adage that 10 percent of your staff does 90 percent of the work rings true, the same could be said for your Web site traffic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ten years ago, as the prospect of monetizing Web sites started becoming a reality for publishers, different departments butted heads over prime real estate: editorial wanted it for content; sales wanted it for advertising; marketing wanted it for promotion. Today, as the emphasis shifts away... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson, the publisher of the Financial Times, said it expects its headline company operating profits to balloon by around 20% in 2010, helped by the performance of its flagship business newspaper. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]