According to the annual VIDA Count, which analyzes gender parity at literary magazines, industry-wide improvement continues, even as the literary landscape continues to skew male in terms of publications. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A day after news broke of actor James Gandolfini's death, entertainment magazines are lining up content to commemorate The Sopranos star’s life and work. An Entertainment Weekly spokesperson said that the magazine would include a tribute to Gandolfini in its “All Time Greatest” double issue, on... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As city, regional and specialty titles continue to fight for local business listings and ad dollars, massive web corporations are scaling their ground-level efforts and getting into the mix. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When The Huffington Post’s weekly iPad magazine Huffington transitioned from a pay model to free last August, advertising was intended to sustain the tablet-native title, as consumers had resisted paying for it. Almost a year postlaunch, it looks like advertisers are rejecting it, too. A... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Looking to transform Hollywood’s pile of unproduced scripts into publishable ebooks, James West, a motion-picture industry entrepreneur, has launched Script Lit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The growth in children’s digital reading is an “opportunity for publishers rather... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By negotiating for an agency pricing model with publishers, Apple says, it was simply seeking to enter a new market and offer competitive prices. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to the University of Rochester’s translation database, 413 translated works of fiction and poetry were released in 2012, up from 370 the previous year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Not-for-profit publisher Comma Press has produced a free app aimed at helping commuters escape... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The most surprising bestseller in international markets in March was in the Netherlands, where John Williams’s classic novel Stoner reached #1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Choc Lit has acquired two new novels, Angela Britnell's The Way to a Hero's Heart and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Argentine illustrator known as “Isol” has won the world’s largest award for children’s literature, the SEK 5m (roughly $766,000) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The crucial role of physical bookshops to a healthy publishing industry was underlined this week... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A number of big print publishers have ventured onto YouTube, with mixed success. So when Mental Floss, a tiny trivia magazine put out by Dennis Publishing, decided to extend its brand to online video, it hoped to beat the odds by partnering with John and Hank Green, whose YouTube shows, Crash... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Higher ebook sales, expansion into new markets, and leveraging the wild popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey were some of the ways the publishers that made this year’s list of PW’s fast-growing independent publishers prospered in 2012. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish author Ciara Geraghty (her first name's pronounced "Keira") started writing when she was 34 and hasn't stopped since, despite the advent of children and husband. Ciara writes novels that are light and laced with humour (she rightly rejects the label "chick lit") despite hefty subject... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s been a year and a half since Joseph-Beth Booksellers, headquartered in Cincinnati, emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a new owner, after founder Neil Van Uum was outbid in an auction by Robert Langley, his landlord at the Mall at Lexington Green in Lexington, Ky. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A British magazine distributed by a joint venture of Conde Nast and Hearst Corporation and aimed at primary school children has been featuring images of adult-rated video games. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pew report assures us that, even in the digital age, libraries continue to serve a variety of functions.Perhaps the most groundbreaking aspect of “Library Services in the Digital Age,” the report released today by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project is how... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The number of children who have read an ebook has almost doubled since 2010 but children still... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The organisers of new book award the Literature Prize announce it has found a sponsor and will hand out its first accolade in 2014. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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