Led by a 14% increase in its children’s book publishing and distribution business, revenue at Scholastic rose 7% in the second quarter ended November 30, 2014 compared to the same period last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Major deals have become the new normal in book publishing, thanks to steeper competition for fewer high-profile projects Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The reigning wisdom in book publishing is that an author’s marketing budget will match his or her advance. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
New this year at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Business Club offers exclusive networking opportunities, high-level discussions about book publishing and more. Here is a selection of events for Tuesday, October 7. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some in book publishing may dismiss the region that lies between and fans out from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan’s southern shores as “flyover country.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's suggestion that the ebook and paperback revolutions are comparable has sparked scorn, satire and indigationWhen Amazon published their rather extraordinary "Message from the Amazon Books Team" at readersunited.com last week, they got a few things right and a few things wrong. Alongside... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Crowdfunding, and Kickstarter in particular, continue to make inroads in book publishing, providing financing for everything from one-off projects to support for entire lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
PubMatch, the book publishing and international rights database founded by Publishers Weekly and Combined Book Exhibit, is introducing a new upgrade at this year’s London Book Fair--Rights@PubMatch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frozen didn't click until the main characters were reimagined as sisters with a complicated relationship. Co-director Jennifer Lee talks with Fast Company about the collaboration that resulted in the highest-grossing Disney animated film of all time.The fact that Jennifer Lee is a woman isn't... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
A bookseller, distributor, and publisher, gathered for another installment of PW's discussion series on the Future of Book Publishing to discuss the relevancy of publishing seasons. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp., the newspaper publisher that owns The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, beat profit estimates and posted gains in real-estate services and book publishing, even as advertising... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the first time the Zee Jaipur Literary Festival (JLF) has introduced a professional program to discuss the ongoing challenges to book publishing in India. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the New York Times' Drafts blog, comedian Steve Macone offered a helpful, humorous glossary of terms for the modern book business. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Format has been a long-simmering topic of debate in book publishing, and the question of when, and if, a title is published in hardcover, paperback, and/or digital has become even more pressing as bricks-and-mortar bookstores dwindle and ebook sales grow. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
While digital distribution has roiled the newspaper, book publishing and music industries, a different story may be playing out in the world of comic books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Knowledge@Wharton | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gains in its educational technology group were not enough to offset declines in the children’s book publishing and distribution unit resulting in a 5.8% decline in total sales at Scholastic for the first quarter ended August 31. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp.’s long-awaited split is official. Rupert Murdoch’s media behemoth Friday completed the separation of its entertainment from its news and information businesses into two publicly traded companies. The new News Corp (spelled with no period, differentiating it from the previous... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The future of book publishing is increasingly digital -- and increasingly tilted towards genre fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
When New Harbinger Publications cofounders Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning were establishing their small press in 1973, it was Fanning’s monthly reading of Popular Mechanics magazine that served as a step-by-step guide to book publishing for the partners. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlequin parent company Torstar has announced restructuring in its book publishing and general... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]