Many people may have forgotten that before it became a tech and ecommerce behemoth, Amazon started as an online bookseller in 1994. Nearly three decades later, Amazon is celebrating the roots of its business with a major campaign for its books division. The goal of the campaign, titled "That... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2022-07-25 13:00:00 UTC ]
A failed attempt to shift the magazine and book publisher's business to an e-commerce model has led F+W to sell both its books division, which has revenues of $22 million, and It's communities group, which had sales of almost $68 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher has promoted Mary Ann Naples from v-p and publisher of Rodale Books to senior v-p and publisher. With her promotion, come a number of other hires, and structural tweaks to the books division at the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
It might not have had as many lives as your average cat, but Weinstein Books has gone through more than a few reincarnations. The publishing unit tied to Bob and Harvey Weinstein was unveiled in 2001, when the independent film-producing brothers were intent on creating a mini–media empire,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Connolly has worn a number of different hats in his publishing career, most recently as publisher of the books division of University Games of San Francisco, which followed his time as CEO and publisher of Bay/Soma Books, but it didnt take long for him to make the move to Council Oak... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House is the latest publisher to replace paper catalogues with digital editions. Random will begin the transition with its Random House Children's Books division's summer 2012 list which reps will start selling in January. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]