Our Rights Roundup features work from both English- and French-language Canada, Sweden, Finland, and the Czech Republic. The post Rights Roundup: Bologna Hosts Book Fair Directors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-07 22:47:57 UTC ]
Lawsuit filed by publishers including Axel Springer allege Google ‘abused its dominant position’ in digital ad-techAlphabet’s Google was hit with a €2.1bn ($2.3bn) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted on Wednesday, alleging that they had suffered losses due to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-02-28 19:24:36 UTC ]
Following Slovenia, Italy, and the Philippines, the Czech Republic will be guest of honor at the 78the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2026. The post Frankfurt’s 2026 Guest of Honor: The Czech Republic appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-10-02 15:12:55 UTC ]
Valve has failed to convince a court that it didn't infringe EU law by geo-blocking activation keys, according to a new ruling. The company argued that, based on copyright law, publishers had the right to charge different prices for games in different countries. However, the EU General Court... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-09-27 12:20:53 UTC ]
Valve has failed to convince a court that it didn't infringe EU law by geo-blocking activation keys, according to a new ruling. The company argued that, based on copyright law, publishers had the right to charge different prices for games in different countries. However,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-09-27 12:20:53 UTC ]
Rakuten-owned Kobo unveiled its newest e-reader today, a $400 alternative to the Kindle Scribe and reMarkable 2. The Kobo Elipsa 2E iterates on its 2021 predecessor with a better stylus, more versatile lighting / color-temperature adjustments and other improvements.The Kobo Elipsa 2E has a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-04-05 04:01:48 UTC ]
On Wednesday, Kim Godwin, an executive at CBS News, was named as the next president of ABC News, a rival network. She will replace James Goldston, and be the first Black woman to run a broadcast TV news division. As word of Godwin’s move went around, we also learned that Susan Zirinsky, her boss... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-04-16 12:27:30 UTC ]
Interviews Photo by Sonette Watt Stephanie McKenzie is a poet and scholar who works for the English Programme at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her scholarly work has traced the flourishing of Indigenous literature in... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-03-09 21:39:45 UTC ]
International literary scout Lucy Abrahams is now scouting for Leda in the Czech Republic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-10 06:37:29 UTC ]
Overall book sales in the Czech Republic are up as the number of new titles published declines slightly. Industry consolidation and a focus on high-performing books may be the cause. The post Czech Book Sales Rise Amid Ongoing Industry Consolidation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The decision of Amazon-owned website AbeBooks.com to withdraw from Hungary, the Czech Republic, South Korea and Russia has reportedly sparked an international protest of antiquarian booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Already estimated to hold some 17 percent of the Czech wholesale book market, Albatros Media this spring continues broadening its acquisitions portfolio by buying the country's oldest publisher, gaining access to the adult nonfiction market in the process. The post Czech Republic’s Children’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The country has emerged as a surprising literary force as a novel by the ‘Korean Henning Mankell’ bags a six-figure deal and sparks a global bidding warLast December, Korean novelist Un-su Kim set out on an eight-month deep-sea fishing trip as part of research for his next book. Unreachable by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Czech Republic's largest media conglomerate, Empresa Media, has just launched a book publishing division, adding to its television, radio and magazine businesses. The post A Familiar Newcomer to Czech Books: Empresa Media appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Google and Facebook control an increasing amount of ad spend, publishers realize that the only way they can stay competitive is to join forces. Enter the programmatic co-op, which Europe's publishers see as a way to combine both their audiences and data. It's all about scale. Buyers,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Irish-based newspaper publisher, Independent News & Media (INM), has appointed a former Tesco executive, Robert Pitt, to be its chief executive. The experienced supermarket executive will take up the position in the autumn. Pitt, a 43-year-old Irishman, is currently chief operations... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]