Non-human cover stars are two-a-penny in the publishing industry. Just check out Miley with Bubba Sue on the new issue of Paper magazine. But, as many celebrities past and present show, you have to pick your companion with care…In the competitive world of magazine covers, you’re nobody unless... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
What a difference a year has made with BookCon, with this year's literary fanfest featuring not one but two author panels specifically addressing issues of diversity in books and in the publishing industry itself. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Teri Hayt has worked for both large and small news organization during her 35-year career in the publishing industry. She’s worked for Time-Life Books, Inc., the Arizona Daily Star, Sports Illustrated, Newsday, the San Diego Union-Tribune ( ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Figures from across the publishing industry are limbering up for the Virgin London Marathon this Sunday (26th April). Nick Coveney, head of digital at Blink Publishing, will be running to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society and the Albert Kennedy Trust via his fundraising page. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry is constantly evolving with improved workflows and processes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors has said that a “publishing industry which does not reflect society fails writers, readers and itself”. Nicola Solomon, the organisation’s chief executive, and HarperCollins’ director of people John Athanasiou have backed a new report calling for improved diversity across... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new publishing model has launched, offering authors a 50% share of revenue on book sales. Lightning Books, the fiction imprint of the newly created Eyestorm Media, operates a co-publishing model. It was founded by Eye Books owner Dan Hiscocks, a former director of the Independent Publishers’... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The last 10 days have been an especially busy period for all parts of the publishing industry, with major events taking place in London, Minneapolis, and Austin. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thomson, a founding editor of the London-based online daily newsletter and website about the publishing industry, will leave her post after the London Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Through countless discussions, experiments, challenges, and conferences, the digital transition has been front and center in the publishing industry for over a decade now. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Ron Matejko A fter speaking to numerous professionals within various segments of the publishing industry, there's a clear consensus about the key trend for digital magazines in 2015 and it can be summed up in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books are a serious business, but the publishing industry had a little fun on April 1 to commemorate April Fools' Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The real-time lyrics feature that Spotify added to its desktop app this past week hasn’t impressed the U.S. karaoke industry. Joseph C Vangieri, the CEO of DigiTrax, has called it “unfair competition for us American ‘Karaoke’ companies.”Lest you think that he has a beef with Spotify, know that... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Denis Wilson Yes, data has become a buzzword and anyone with a little extra hot air will be eager to tell you it's the cure to what ails your business. The collection of articles in this issue of Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2015-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Drawing on her panoramic reading and her experiences of the authorly life cycle, Atwood surveys her trade with a mix of seriousness and gentle fun“You may find the subject a little peculiar,” warns Margaret Atwood, before she discusses the writer’s relationship with mortality. “It is a little... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The novelist Robert Harris was right to call the BBC’s lack of a books show a ‘disgrace’. There’s plenty the corporation could do to make a popular literary programme on TVWith injury, there is always a little insult. When a BBC spokesperson, responding to Robert Harris’s complaints at the Costa... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson, already among the world's best-selling authors, plans to shake up the publishing industry with the launch of his new novel, Private Vegas, which will self-destruct within 24 hours. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers believe that the publishing industry still views them largely through a prism of ethnicity, but industry insiders say that there is no pigeonholing based on race. Authors told The Bookseller they are still defined by their racial identity for marketing purposes and receive more success... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google removed its news aggregation service from Spain a few days ago, but the Spanish Newspaper Publishers’ Association (AEDE) is already asking the government to bring it back. AEDE claims the removal of Google News will be bad business for the publishing industry overall and will have more of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
If squabbles over format, pricing and Amazon have led the US publishing industry to neglect an ever more diverse audience, we have forgotten why people read books in the first placeThe true price of publishingAt the recent National Book Awards ceremony in New York City, presenter and bestselling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]