Apple has announced a new multimedia app called iBooks Author, allowing writers to create their... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Angry Birds creator Rovio is moving into the YA publishing sector with a new pirate adventure series. Storm Sisters is described as a “high action pirate adventure with a female twist”. It tells the story of five girls, aged 11 to 17, who sail the seas in 1780s looking for clues to why their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended January 18, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook announced yet another tweak to the algorithm that governs its users’ News Feeds yesterday. The social network has introduced a new tool that allows users to flag a post as “a false news story.” The move follows ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To promote his new book "Private Vegas," author James Patterson has teamed up with Mother New York to help the novel blow up -- literally.Launching today, for the low price of $294,038, the campaign gives one avid fan the chance to read a hard copy of the book in a mere 24 hours before it... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The CEO of Publishing Technology offers his five predictions for academic publishing in 2015, including porous paywalls and the rise of the SAMPC countries. The post Five Academic Publishing Predictions for 2015 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Dale believes he has invented new television format ahead of the general electionJohn Dale, former national newspaper investigative reporter and magazine editor, believes he has invented - or stumbled across - a new television format: constituency TV.Dale launched a Facebook page and a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German literary publisher Suhrkamp Verlag has completed a reorganisation it started almost two years ago, with a “stable financial and legal framework” for the publishing house now in place. As part of the changes, Ulla Unseld-Berkéwicz, chairman of the board of Suhrkamp, will withdraw from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Image Comics announced sales gains and 19 new titles at their fourth Image Expo earlier this month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the latest salvo from an increasingly confident conservative regime in Tokyo bent on revisionism, officials have requested that a US author and his publisher remove historic references to Japan's war time sex slaves from a history textbook. The publisher of Traditions & Encounters: A... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A crowdfunding appeal to publish a book by the late Paul Sidey, Hutchinson’s former editorial director, has been set up on Unbound. Sidey, who died in September 2014, worked at Hutchinson for 31 years before retiring in early 2012. His authors included Ruth Rendell and the late Richard... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A flurry of new independent publishers with small lists and new approaches to author relationships has launched in recent months. Hannah MacDonald, formerly of HarperCollins, has founded September Publishing, which publishes its first four titles across spring and summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week the illustrated book publisher launched the beta version of DKfindout!, a free website aimed at children ages 7-11, parents, and teachers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Single-app products will struggle to survive in children’s publishing in 2015 and the industry should shift its focus to online communities and cross-platform content, digital experts in the trade have warned. Sara O’Connor, digital fiction director at Hot Key Books, said many apps will “die... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Blue Peter" will today (15th January) launch a competition to take three children into MI5 headquarters. Anthony Horowitz, author of the spy series Alex Rider (Walker Books), will help choose the winners. Children aged 8-14 can apply online to become CBBC Intelligence Officers as part of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Keith Moerer, Director of Apple's iBookstore, revealed that Apple's iBookstore is growing at a million users per month and has seen 1 billion downloads. The post Apple’s iBookstore Growing at One Million Users Per Month appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Madeline McIntosh, who was named president of the Penguin Publishing Group last September, put her own stamp on the division last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Switzerland-based open access publisher Frontiers has launched a social network for academics which - uniquely, it says - integrates into third-party websites. The network, named Loop, is said to have been inspired by the principles of open science on which Frontiers was established, by a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended January 11, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Oxford University Press we have to balance children’s cultural and learning needs, while retaining some healthy common senseGiven that our editorial guidelines that reference pigs and pork have been in place for as long as I can remember, little did I imagine that they would attract... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers need to standardise their Open Access publishing policies to reduce confusion among authors, while steps such as aggregated billing for Article Processing Charges could help with the administrative burden, according to a newly released report from the Copyright Clearance Centre. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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