Ali Muirden's 'Adventures in audio', first delivered as a speech at the Independent Publishers Guild's annual conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling author Francine Rivers was among those honored during the 2015 American Christian Fiction Writers Awards, taking home the top Lifetime Achievement Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers heading to the Booksellers Association’s annual conference this weekend do so in better shape than they have been for years. There is growth in the market and confidence in the air. As conference chair The Bookseller’s own Cathy Rentzenbrink noted in a Twitter Q&A recently: “I’ve... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of Writing Programs and Writers held its annual conference from April 9-11, and effectively took over the city of Minneapolis for four days. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amid debate over its usefulness, teachers and students who attended the enormous AWP conference in Minneapolis had only good things to sayMore than 11,000 writers, publishers, students, teachers and dreamers thronged the Minneapolis convention center last week for the annual conference of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Print book sales showed "continuing resilience" in 2014, with overall spending on print and digital titles increasing across the year. Meanwhile, online book buying overtook in-store book buying for the first time last year. In 2014, sales of print and ebooks stood at £2.2bn, up 4% from the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
PubWest's decision to move its annual conference from the fall to February met with high marks as 170 attendees turned out in Pasadena February 5-7. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Choc Lit has acquired a contemporary romance novel, recommended to the publisher by WH Smith Travel fiction buyer Matt Bates. Lyn Vernham, m.d. of the independent women’s fiction publisher, bought world rights to Sheryl Browne’s book, currently called For the Rest of My Life, direct from the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Things are "only going to get tougher for traditional publishers unless we can show ourselves to be very good at what we do,” Ursula Mackenzie told the Society of Young Publishers (SYP) at its annual conference on Saturday (8th October). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 1980, Romance Writers of America held its first annual conference. It was joined in 1983 by the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention. Known respectively as RWA and RT, these two events host thousands of authors, readers, agents, and publishers each year, providing attendees opportunities... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the annual conference of the International STM Association just before the Frankfurt Book Fair, Jim Griffin advised publishers to get serious about exploiting the rights they own. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Daily Mail's Marcus Rich is among the executives lined up for the Professional Publishers Association's annual conference, which will examine how to boost digital revenues and explore whether content is still king. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Professional Publishers Association (PPA) has announced the line-up for Publishing+, its annual conference, taking place on 9 May, which will address the key topics influencing magazine and media publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the second time since Hurricane Katrina, the American Library Association held its annual conference in New Orleans, June 2328. And despite a faltering economy, stressed library budgets, high gas prices, and the somewhat out-of-the-way host city, the conference blew past expectations,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]