US publisher will cut staff as 'cost-saving initiative' while row with Amazon continues to hamper ability to sell booksHachette, the multinational book publisher embroiled in a public spat with Amazon, announced that it will be laying off about 3% of its staff on Thursday."Today, we had to make... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Clement Clarke Moore's famous holiday poem re-imagined by a book publisher on a bit of a bender. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
McDonald's just might become the country's largest children's book publisher for the month of November.The chain, which typically offers toys in its kids meals, will package four original children's books carrying a nutritional message Nov. 1 through Nov. 14 with its Happy Meals, the beginning... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
You might say Penguin has had a rocky relationship with libraries. That looks to be on the tentative mend, as the publisher and 3M have together cut deals with the Brooklyn Public Library and New York Public Library to bring Penguin's ebook catalog back as part of a test program. Under the terms... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]