Winter Institute offers many ways for booksellers to interact with authors, with dozens participating in Tuesday evening’s author reception and Wednesday’s closing event with writers from small presses and university presses. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thames & Hudson has created a Museum and Institutional Publishing Division dedicated to the company’s projects with its co-publishing partners. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital media is arguably making its analog counterparts less important. For instance, an old vinyl album or rare CD can be streamed -- the physical version just takes up space and can be a burden. The same can be said for books -- having a house full of bound sheets of paper is sort of... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the ABA town hall, booksellers raised a range of issues, from paying a living wage to whether cover prices should be removed from books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unit sales of ebooks published by traditional publishers fell 13% in 2015 compared to 2014, said Kempton Mooney of Nielsen during a Thursday panel aimed at examining different publishing markets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With BookExpo America set to open in Chicago this week, American Booksellers Association CEO Oren Teicher reported to the AP a 63-store increase in membership from last year. The jump marks the seventh straight year that the ABA has swelled in its ranks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The adult book and religion segments were the only categories in which sales rose last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US publishers' trade book sales were up 0.8% to $7.2bn last year compared to $7.1bn in 2014, while ebook sales declined, according to statistics released by the Association of the American Publishers (AAP). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the AAP's first report on 2015 results, the organization found that industry sales fell 2.6% in the year compared to 2014. The figures reflect sales reported by 1,205 publishers to AAP’s StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiction dominated ebook sales on Smashwords while romance sales dominated fiction; $2.99-$3.99 were the sweetspots for pricing, and social media, offering series and free samples were identified as key to building ebook sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The digital media company is ‘very comfortable’, it told the Financial Times, despite a report that internal financial targets were missed by over $80mBuzzFeed missed internal financial targets in 2015 and had to substantially cut its projected revenue by about half according to a report... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nonfiction category saw the largest boost, thanks to the popularity of coloring books such as 'Secret Garden' and 'Lost Ocean.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Post-merger integrations have yielded improved margins at the world's largest trade publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helped by savings from the further integration of Penguin and Random House, earnings at the world's biggest publisher rose 23.2% last year. 'Girl on the Train' and 'Grey' were among the house's top selling global titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue at Quarto Group rose 6% in 2015, to $182.2 million. Revenue in Quarto's children's division jumped 41%, with sales of adult coloring books particularly strong. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With sales at the conservative press down last year, Regnery is trying to diversify its list and lessen its dependence on frontlist political books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Convenience and drug stores, craft and women's magazines suffer the worst declines as North American revenues dip below $2.5 billion. The post Newsstand Sales Fell 16 Percent in 2015 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Triangle once again dominates the list of North Carolina's most visited historic tourist attractions in 2015. The list is compiled by Carolina Publishing & Associates. In the top 20, four attractions are in Raleigh and one is in Durham – giving a quarter of the attractions to the... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2016-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lagardere reported that EBIT rose by 1 million euros in 2015 over 2014, to 198 million euros, in its publishing division. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Taplin—producer of 'Mean Streets'—will lead Digital Book World's keynotes with a warning: publishing may be 'sleeping through a revolution.' The post Jonathan Taplin’s Drive for a ‘Digital Renaissance’: DBW Keynote appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When 15-year-old Alex Cooper told her Mormon parents she liked girls, she expected a bad reaction- but not eight months of captivity and abuse at the hands of a couple practicing ‘gay conversion therapy.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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