Comics retailers are embracing new titles, welcoming new readers, and shifting to a curatorial approach to stocking. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Vertigo is launching 12 new series and PW spoke with the creative teams from three of them: Twilight Children, Unfollow and Survivor's Club. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century has bought Romanian author EO Chirovici’s The Book of Mirrors in a “hotly contested” auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Axel Springer's $343 million purchase of Business Insider set a new bar for digital publishing deals. Snark about BI's editorial content aside, the deal offers a few lessons for digital media: Size matters if you're going to be an advertising play. BI got big fast with clickable content that... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German publisher, Axel Springer, agrees to buy a controlling stake in the US news website Business Insider for $343m (£226m). Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the annual Diamond Retailer Summit, held last week in Baltimore, the distributor reported that industry sales are up overall. However, comics publishers are tinkering with their publishing programs to compensate for slowing growth. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We asked our readers which traditional book authors they'd like to see writing comics. Here are a few of their suggestions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Franki Chan was once unemployed and broke. Today, his IHEARTCOMIX empire works with the likes of The Rolling Stones and Skrillex.Franki Chan is an unlikely nightlife king. Now in his late 30s and softspoken, his big professional ambition earlier in life was to work as a comic book artist. But... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster, one of the first and most prominent ebook subscription services, is shutting down, with much of its team moving on to Google Play Books. The post Ebook Sub Service Oyster Closing Shop, Google Takes Its Talent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lately, lots of traditional book authors have been writing comic books. What author do you wish would write a comic? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Calliope Gifts, the gift shop brand founded by former Borders bookshops c.e.o. Philip Downer and head of buying Andy Adamson, has announced the opening of a third retail shop, in the Orchards Shopping Centre at Haywards Heath. The 1,120 sq ft shop will open on October 10th 2015, and will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster, an ebook subscription service inspired by Netflix and Spotify, is shuttering—and Google has scooped up its top execs.Oyster, the ebook subscription service and would-be Amazon competitor, is calling it quits. In a blog post published Monday, the Oyster team announced that, in the coming... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German publishing giant Axel Springer is closing in on a deal to buy Business Insider, in a deal that would value the Web publisher at around $560 million. Sources familiar with the two companies think a transaction could close w ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German publisher Axel Springer (SPRGn.DE) may want to increase its current 7 percent stake in U.S. news website Business Insider, German Manager Magazin reported on Thursday. Citing unnamed financial sources, the magazine said the publisher of ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What to expect at this year's New York Comic Con, a four-day, one-million square feet pop culture bonanza. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While many cartoonists can be defined by a singular book or series, collections of their shorter, sometimes lesser-known works can more intimately reflect their artistic sensibilities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This is the last issue of PW Comics World. PW’s coverage of graphic novel and comics publishing will be moved to PW Daily. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New research by comics analysis site Graphic Policy finds that 53% of comic book readers are now women—and they are demanding stronger female characters. The post Think More Comic Book Geeks are Guys? Think Again appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agencies, for example, require more expensive people to work more often on smaller buys. Five full-time employees are needed to spend a $100 million national broadcast budget, one media agency executive said, while the same number would be needed for a $5 million programmatic buy. Those... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At a time when black people are disrupting presidential campaign speeches nationwide in an effort to be recognized as human beings, "Negroland," the new memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning cultural critic Margo Jefferson, offers poignant insight into what it means to have been raised in the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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