Editors and marketing and publicity managers from Little, Brown, Random House and indies,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House will focus on international partnerships, engage directly with customers and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The major trade publishers do not appear in imminent danger of fading away. With Random House’s release of 2011 financial results late last month, the four large trade houses that report results all posted operating margins that topped 10%. Although the four companies—Lagardère Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The lucrative James Bond novels return to Random House, their original publisher, through a new deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oddly, Random House deciding to triple the price of its ebooks for libraries is being considered a compromise. While others, like Penguin, are pulling their electronic tomes from the virtual shelves of our lending institutions, Random House is at least willing to still play ball -- even if it's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin drops over-the-air downloads; now only Random House gives libraries unrestricted access to purchase and loan ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bridget Marmion, who has had long tenures in sales and marketing at FSG, Random House and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has started her own firm, Your Expert Nation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House, Canongate and Macmillan Children’s Books are the latest publishers to send... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has released the first direct-to-digital fiction title by bestselling author Katie... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House is diversifying into author management with the launch of an international speakers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has released two more Nigella Lawson cookbooks as ebooks today (20th December),... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House is extending its digital team, and has promoted Dan Franklin, current digital editor... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House of Canada is experimenting with a different kind of book tour this fall--one that guarantees book sales from every person attending a launch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 08:20 Google has launched its ebook store in Canada, with the regional arms of Random House, HarperCollins, Penguin and Simon & Schuster signing up to the digital service. The publishers join Canadian houses such as D&M... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 01/11/2011 - 09:30 Harvill Secker has acquired a Swedish crime trilogy by television scriptwriter Alexander Soderberg. Publishing director Liz Foley bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, in the series, The Andalucian Friend,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 26/10/2011 - 15:07 Social networking site Anobii has signed retail partnerships with 10 UK publishing companies, including the UK's four biggest publishers, meaning the site will sell their ebooks from the end of October. Penguin, Random... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 21/10/2011 - 08:25 Anthony Cheetham will unveil his new publishing company, Head of Zeus, in the summer of next year, with a biography of Catherine the Great by Robert K Massie bought from Random House US. The venturewhich Cheetham had planned... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster, Random House and the Hachette Book Group said they would allow authors to access book sales data online, a service Amazon began providing last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 19/10/2011 - 10:09 Random House is reprinting 75,000 copies of Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending this morning, following its victory at the Man Booker prize last night, with Random House c.e.o. Gail Rebuck heralding... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 09:18 Hot Key Books has hired HarperCollins' head of children's sales as its new sales and marketing director. Kate Manning will join the publisher on 2nd January 2012 and will be responsible for a fiction list comprising between 30... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]