Amazon is planning to open a bookstore in a Century City mall, its first brick-and-mortar bookstore in Los Angeles. The online retailer, credited with causing a crisis in the physical bookselling industry, has opened five brick-and-mortar bookstores in the last 18 months and has announced plans... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the Bologna Children’s Book Fair today, BolognaFiere, the organizer of the event as well as 75 other trade shows around the world, announced plans to start a new trade show focused on rights and licensing in New York City in spring 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Responding to growing concerns over the spread of misinformation online in the weeks and months before Election Day, Facebook and Google have announced plans to restrict sites that publish fake news from using online advertising. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Abrams has announced plans to launch an as-yet-unnamed imprint with a focus on narrative nonfiction. Jamison Stoltz has been brought aboard as executive editor, effective immediately. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson Plc moved closer to an exit from business publishing as it announced plans to dispose of its stake in the 172-year-old Economist magazine, just days after the sale of The Financial Times newspaper. Discussions with The Economist Group& ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The government has announced plans to improve literacy by promoting public library membership in primary schools. But the move has had a mixed reaction, with campaigner Laura Swaffield describing the news as a “bad joke for World Book Day”. The government has put together an action plan,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egmont Publishing, which put its U.S. division up for sale in October, has announced plans to close the unit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Based on the number of indie booksellers that have announced plans to expand in the coming year—five this week—it’s clear that 2014 has been a strong year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Netflix has announced plans to adapt Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events as a drama series. Netflix has teamed up with Paramount to produce the series and a search for the director is underway. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
At New York Comic Con, Vertical Inc., a New York City publisher specializing in Japanese prose works and manga, announced plans to launch Vertical Comics, a new imprint focused solely on manga and anime-related titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Illustrators, the organizer of MoCCA Arts Festival, the annual indie comics show, announced plans to move the show to a new venue in 2015 in addition to releasing names of the initial guest artists for 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Changes are coming for millennial-targeted publisher BuzzFeed. The company announced on Monday that it received $50 million in series E funding from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and planned to restructure the company with the funds. "Today we think the time is perfect to grow our... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
DC Entertainment has announced plans for a year-long celebration of the 75th anniversary of Batman, the iconic Golden Age comic book character that debuted in 1939 and helped launch the superhero genre. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the ALA Midwinter Conference this past Sunday, Lee Rainie discussed the latest Pew Research Center Library survey and announced plans to develop a widget that will provide librarians with community-specific data. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Upset by the 'not guilty' verdict in George Zimmerman's murder trial, one Twitter user started the online campaign that ended Martin Literary Agency's representation of Juror B37, who announced plans to write a book about the trial. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newcastle City Council has announced plans to close 10 of its 18 libraries as it looks to make... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has announced plans for the creation of a digital one-stop shop to aid the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rakuten's $315 million buyout of Kobo will bear some e-reader fruit come July. The e-tailer's CEO and chairman, Hiroshi Mikitani, announced plans to release the Kobo eReader Touch Edition in Japan next month for 10,000 yen (on par with its $130 US sticker price). Timing is key, of course --... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic Children’s Books has announced plans to close its existing Horrible Histories... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 05/10/2011 - 08:50 Doncaster council has announced plans to hand 12 libraries over to volunteer-running, some as early as November, the BBC reports. The development, which comes after a year's moratorium on library cuts, comes despite a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]