Before starting his culinary career, acclaimed chef Marc Murphy wasn't sure if he would be able to find a job that he would actually be good at."I'm very dyslexic. I had a hard time staying in school," he said. "I ended up cooking because I knew I didn't have to read or write."Murphy's life in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-09-03 10:03:04 UTC ]
We are in a time of major change – following the brutal, televised murder of George Floyd – and it goes without saying that the book trade supports a movement that must succeed in establishing once and for all that black lives matter. For my new book, Slow Road to San Francisco, I drove from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 06:15:35 UTC ]
New system could destroy smaller publishers if implemented, after journalists report drop in organic reach – but users will still see their friends’ postsFacebook is testing a major change that would shift non-promoted posts out of its news feed, a move that could be catastrophic for publishers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher, currently an imprint of Perseus Books' subsidiary Avalon Group, will become an imprint of Da Capo Press in the first major change since Hachette Book Group purchased Perseus earlier this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Existing shareholder Exor increases its holding from 4.7% to 43.4% to become the largest single shareholder in the publishing groupPearson has sold its 50% stake in the Economist Group, publisher of the Economist newspaper, to existing shareholders for £469m in cash.The deal, a fait accompli... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
An advisory body to the French prime minister has predicted that ebooks are about to shake up... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]