The revamped four-day Paris Book Fair, now called Livre Paris, closed last night with a drop in visitor numbers of about 15% from last year’s 180,000, which in turn were 10% fewer than the year before. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits dropped 28% at HarperCollins in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 compared to the first period of fiscal 2019, while revenue declined 3%. Parent company New Corp expects HC's financial performance to improve starting in January, the second half of the fiscal year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Two digital media veterans say the industry isn’t dying, just taking a different shape. Bleak headlines about the demise of the media world seem to appear almost daily. Is it possible for digital media to even survive?Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-11-07 16:45:58 UTC ]
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Visitor numbers were up at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair with a slight rise of 1.% on trade visitor days and a 9.2% jump in weekend visitors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-20 22:04:14 UTC ]
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Two Australian online book retailers have suspended sales of Ronan Farrow’s investigation into #MeToo, following legal threats from one of the book’s subjects. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-18 08:21:31 UTC ]
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First published in English in 2011, this new edition of The Drops of God by Tadashi Agi (a pseudonym for sibling creators Shin and Yuko Kibayashi) with artwork by Shu Okimoto, will be released in a digital edition by Comixology Originals. In this 12-page excerpt, a young female sommelier (or... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has scooped the debut novel from performer, writer and Faber Academy alumna Helen Paris in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 13:58:41 UTC ]
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Battelle technology that can drop drones from the sky has been acquired by a San Francisco startup specializing in defense against unmanned aerial devices. Dedrone has acquired the assets to DroneDefender for undisclosed terms. Looking like a science fiction blaster, the device disrupts... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-10-08 16:38:06 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales in July were $646 million, down from $680 million in 2019, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lounge Marketing is kicking off its relaunch as The Empowered Author with a series of expert Q&As. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 12:00:43 UTC ]
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Jean Edward Smith tells the story of the last days of German occupation during World War II. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-22 22:47:35 UTC ]
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The magazine company has run over 200 global campaign over the last year from its centralized team of 26 people, based in London. The post 1 year in, Hearst Digital Media’s revamped global ad team doubled its revenue appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-08-14 04:01:54 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch’s Australian mastheads and Foxtel suffer drop in revenue although global profits increase after huge loss in 2018Revenue at the Australian mastheads run by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp fell by 6% last year, and the company’s pay TV operation, Foxtel, has also been hit by falling... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-08-09 01:33:05 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. Snapchat infiltrates Instagram Snapchat is running its first global paid-media campaign, and it’s using the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-31 10:11:28 UTC ]
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Scholastic Inc's operating income for the fiscal year ending 31st May fell 55% to $25m (£20.3m), despite a 2% increase in revenues to $1.65bn (£1.34bn), according to its latest financial results. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 11:40:07 UTC ]
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With all categories posting declines, overall unit sales of print books fell 4.1% in the week ended July 20, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarians gathered in Washington D.C. were treated to a slate of great author talks—and wrestled with a host of thorny issues in the professional program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of comedy tells festival that there are a ‘significant lack’ of women and an ‘awful lot’ of all-male teamsITV’s head of comedy has said she will no longer commission any show with an all-male writing team, or one that has just a “token woman”.Saskia Schuster took action after an audit of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-18 02:45:31 UTC ]
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A 40-year-old independent bookshop in London has undergone a digital transformation after its owner signed up to a Google project which pairs young people with businesses. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 12:35:21 UTC ]
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Problems obtaining visas to enter the UK could put off authors from attending the Edinburgh International Book Festival, its director has warned. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-09 05:37:20 UTC ]
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