Heartland Fall Forum, the joint fall trade show of the Midwest Independent Booksellers and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Associations, is taking place in Milwaukee this week—and it's been a celebration of everything that makes the Midwest book world unique. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
The trial over the alleged ad tech monopoly begins Monday in Virginia. One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.The Justice... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-09-09 13:38:21 UTC ]
If you’ve ever loved a book so much that you wanted to eat it, or driven your loved ones crazy with puns, The Edible Book Festival might be for you. The festival started in 2000 and has expanded into many, loosely affiliated annual events, all taking place around April 1st. Created by librarian... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-01 14:00:36 UTC ]
Libraries are increasingly being targeted by local and state legislators and protestors trying to ban books and block LGBTQ content. How is that affecting the people who work in them? Scratch nearly any kind of story—political, social, economic, cultural, and so on—and you’ll find a labor... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-04-14 03:00:00 UTC ]
The Interactive Advertising Bureau's annual NewFronts is almost here, which for advertisers means a week of sprinting around Manhattan to view multiple presentations from digital publishers. But for Day 3 of this year's digital content event, taking place May 1-4, in-person attendees will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2023-04-10 10:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon-owned Audible has started putting ads in audiobooks, potentially indicating a sea change within the industry. The company says it is “conducting limited testing” on a select user base with the advertisements and that this step is currently reserved for non-paying members, giving them... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-03-30 18:54:46 UTC ]
Presented by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association and taking place during the Art of Writing conference, the Christy Awards recognized the year’s best in Christian fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Elif Shafak and Bernardine Evaristo are among a roster of authors confirmed for the Manchester Literature Festival 2021, which is taking place as an in-person event in October. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-01 17:41:52 UTC ]
Between CEO Elon Musk's often erratic antics, strident competition from existing industry titans, and a public that is still not fully sold on the idea of traveling via electrical charge, Tesla's road to prominence has not been a smooth one. But facing a federal investigation into its driver... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-08-21 15:00:52 UTC ]
Scottish crime scene heavy weights Ian Rankin (pictured), Abir Mukherjee and Val McDermid are among authors appearing at the Bloody Scotland crime festival, taking place this year as a hybrid event in Stirling. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 08:39:13 UTC ]
We’ve all had to adapt to the pandemic, and some have adapted more quickly than others—maybe none more so than Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One, who is touring his new book Ready Player Two on the virtual platform Roblox. The Ready Player Two promotional event will start with a Q&A... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-24 18:01:53 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books increased 18.3% last week, an indication that the early shopping surge that retailers have been hoping for may be taking place. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
This year's Independent Bookstore Day is taking place on Saturday, August 29. More than 600 stores are participating in the day, which will feature a day-long lineup of virtual events for both children and adults. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Many of us enjoy getting lost in historical novels, often set in periods of history when great change was taking place. Contemporary fiction is usually less rooted in a specific time – often focusing on the miniate of human existence or the fallout from smaller, personal events. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-28 18:42:52 UTC ]
The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating a planned shift from print to digital at Michigan-based BNP Media, where management has informed staffers that the company will be phasing out the print editions of all of its controlled-circulation trade magazines by the end of July. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-04-28 15:18:48 UTC ]
Modern Luxury Media, publisher of more than 40 high-end regional lifestyle magazines, has furloughed a significant number of staffers across the company through at least the end of June as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO Michael Dickey—who noted that he and other executives are forgoing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-04-14 18:53:14 UTC ]
Known as a gateway into the lifestyle and culture of New England, Yankee magazine has established itself as much more than just a publication for those living in the region it covers. Now a digital publisher that labels itself as the “leading authority on New England foliage” with a reach of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-07-15 18:58:36 UTC ]
Scottish Book Trust will give away half a million books to pupils in Primary 1-3 as part of Book Week Scotland, which is taking place this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip Pullman and David Fickling will talk about the author/editor relationship at this year’s The Bookseller Children’s Conference, which is taking place in London this September. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Education has finally started moving. And like events at the edge of a black hole, where the laws of physics stop working, this transformation of education from its traditional methodology is taking place so quickly that it is already happening before we are even aware of it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]