B&N Education to Begin Strategic Review

Barnes & Noble Education's board has approved the hiring of a financial advisor to help the company review its strategic options as it continues look for ways to keep pace with a rapidly changing market for college materials. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rundown: The Facebook shakeout begins

The Facebook algorithm shakeout has arrived, and publishers and agencies are struggling to adapt. The post The Rundown: The Facebook shakeout begins appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agent Nermin Mollaoğlu: The French Market Is Beginning To Open Its Doors to Turkish Books

Taking note of the fact that two of the six shortlisted titles are Turkish in this year's EBRD Literature Prize–to be awarded during London Book Fair–Istanbul's Nermin Mollaoğlu looks at the rights scene in 2018. The post Agent Nermin Mollaoğlu: The French Market Is Beginning To Open Its Doors... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Left Behind'’s Jenkins Begins New Fiction Series

Jerry Jenkins, co-author of the bestselling Left Behind series and a variety of other novels and nonfiction titles, opens a new fiction series set in Jordan during an archeological dig. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPG Consolidates Chicago Review Press, Triumph Books Personnel

Independent Publishing Group, parent company of Chicago Review Press and Triumph Books, is consolidating the marketing, publicity and production departments of the publishers. Eight people have left the company in the move. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McGraw-Hill Opens Ebook, Textbook Rentals with B&N Education, MBS, Chegg

Promising as much as 70-percent savings over 'the costs of traditional bound print textbooks,' McGraw-Hill Education is teaming with Barnes & Noble Education. MBS Textbook Exchange and Chegg on an ebook and textbook rental program. The post McGraw-Hill Opens Ebook, Textbook Rentals with... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charkin tells IPA Congress: 'Big tech companies need copyright education'

Bloomsbury executive director Richard Charkin says the world’s biggest tech companies need educating about the importance of copyright, and that publishers must talk to them and not "just to each other". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Debuts AMP Stories for Mobile Readers

AMP Stories. Credit: GoogleGoogle has launched AMP Stories, a feature that lets publishers create content similiar to Instagram Stories, but for mobile websites.AMP, short for Accelerated Mobile Page, loads content extremely fast. The open-source project was led by Google roughly two years ago,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CLPE and BookTrust to review BAME representation in kids' books

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education is (CLPE) is teaming up with BookTrust to review ethnic representation in children’s literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brixton Review of Books among projects given RSL grants

The Royal Society of Literature has revealed the six recipients of its 2018 RSL Literature Matters Awards which provides writers with financial support to undertake a new literary project. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of GDPR laws, Facebook publishes privacy principles and promises to educate users

Facebook has published its privacy principles for the first time, ahead of the European Union's general data protection regulation (GDPR) which comes into force on May 25 -- although the company is pitching it as being part of Data Privacy Day. On top of this, the social network has also... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2018-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Harris to retire at OUP's Oxford Education

Kate Harris, m.d. of Oxford University Press’ Oxford Education division, is to retire from her role in the last quarter of this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review: Lullaby by Leila Slimani

In France, Leila Slimani is quite something. With Lullaby, only her second novel, the 36-year-old former journalist won the Prix Goncourt, the country's top literary award. It has already sold more than 600,000 since it was published there in September 2016. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine Review: Hungry Girl Leaves Me Starving for More Content and Better Design

A look inside Meredith's latest foray into celebrity-branded magazines. The post Magazine Review: Hungry Girl Leaves Me Starving for More Content and Better Design appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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City A M launches monthly book review section

City A M has launched a monthly book review section and appointed Francesca Washtell as its books editor. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Midlist authors plug big-brand gap in 2017 review

In 2017 the marginal growth was propelled not by breakout bestsellers, but by undervalued—perhaps literally—midlist writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books: The new Trump book, plus book reviews and news

For book lovers and politics fiends, 2018 has gotten off to a bang with the early publication of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” by Michael Wolff. Welcome to the new year! I’m Carolyn Kellogg with this week’s books newsletter. THE BIG STORY Excerpts from “Fire and Fury” that... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One year in, Facebook Journalism Project gets mixed reviews from publishers

Publishers give Facebook credit for listening to them, but those that are looking for tangible, meaningful benefits say the initiative hasn’t delivered. The post One year in, Facebook Journalism Project gets mixed reviews from publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Google AMP beat Facebook Instant Articles

Google's investment in AMP, its fast-loading article pages, has helped the search giant overtake Facebook in publisher referral traffic. The post How Google AMP beat Facebook Instant Articles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vice Suspends Two Top Executives to Review Harassment Claims

Vice Media Inc. suspended President Andrew Creighton and Chief Digital Officer Mike Germano while it investigates harassment claims against them, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg.Allegations against Germano will be reviewed by an external investigator, Chief Operating Officer Sarah... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McMafia review – James Norton caught in a twisted web of international crime | Lucy Mangan

The BBC adaptation of Misha Glenny’s book is more than a Bond audition for Norton, with globe-spanning scope that manages to hit the markMcMafia recap – series one, episode oneMcMafia. Sounds like a bad sketch, but it isn’t. It is, the press release assures us, “a groundbreaking international... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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