Rather than staying only in the evangelical audience lane, the head of Penguin Random House’s new Christian publishing division is eyeing the whole expressway, with plans to aggressively grow title counts, build authors into brands, and energize the backlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Hasbro veteran, who has a background in both books and comics, was tapped to lead the storied comics house following its acquisition by Penguin Random House last year. And he has big plans for its future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The challenger brand to Amazon’s hegemony has big plans to build further, starting with a new e-book initiative. Andy Hunter decided something needed to be done about the endless rise of Amazon in 2018—the year that the e-commerce giant surpassed 50% of book sales in the U.S. market. “I was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-01-28 11:30:00 UTC ]
The century-old magazine’s new owners are turning it into a lifestyle brand that appeals to hunters, fishers, Republicans, and Democrats. Many legacy periodicals that have survived the internet are husks of their former selves. New owners come in, slash costs, and squeeze what revenue they can... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-07-07 11:00:00 UTC ]
As the cofounder of BookXcess and Big Bad Wolf, Andrew Yap is the most powerful bookseller you likely don’t know. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
AnimeNYC returned to the Javits Center November 18-20 with a slightly larger crowd than last year, a bigger manga presence, and even bigger plans for the future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
After launching graphic novel lines at Andrews McMeel and Lion Forge, Andrea Colvin has joined Hachette with big plans for graphic novels at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
After launching graphic novel lines at Andrews McMeel and Lion Forge, Andrea Colvin has joined Hachette with big plans for graphic novels at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
This week's book to film deals include the first children's book by Sophie Kinsella, and big plans for the Ology series. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook still has big plans for its Instant Articles media-rich, quick-loading mobile stories from publishers, but those big plans no longer include Messenger. The social network rolled out Instant Articles on Messenger in July 2016, with vice president of messaging products David Marcus saying... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leaving behind her hugely successful How to Train Your dragon series has not been easy for Cressida Cowell. But as she tells Fiona Noble, she has big plans for her latest about wizards and warriors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
One of the oldest women’s publishing ventures in the UK has big plans for its fourth decade in the trade, its founders tell Natasha Onwuemezi. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attendance at the International Christian Retail Show, held June 26-29 in Cincinnati, fell 29.5% from last year, but the CBA president revealed a new merchandising plan to help boost Christian retailers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last year’s inaugural national Independent Bookstore Day, which coincided with Free Comic Book Day on May 2, was a huge success. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ars Technica has many things, from an audience of nearly 8 million monthly uniques to an affluent, educated readership of engaged hard-core techies. What it hasn’t had—until now—is a dedicated advertising staff. Founded by Ken Fisher in 1998 and bought by Condé Nast for a reported $25 million... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]