Batsford's half-million print run for Marotta

Pavilion imprint Batsford has a 500,000 first print run for colouring book Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland, to meet retail orders around the world.  The book, released today (25th June, £9.99), is the follow-up to Millie Marotta’s Animal Kingdom, which has been translated into 30 languages worldwide, with "well over one million copies in print," according to the publisher. It has sold over 152,000 copies in the UK trade via Nielsen BookScan since August 2014. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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West Berkshire to axe half its library staff

West Berkshire Council has voted to axe almost half of its library staff, with volunteers expected to fill the vacancies, Newbury Today has reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Heyday Books Publisher Steve Wasserman Discusses the Future of the Printed Word

In this week's episode of KCRW's "Scheer Intelligence," Steve Wasserman, former editor at Yale University Press and the Los Continue reading at HuffPost

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Spear Point Invests $1 Million into Salon Media Group

Four board members step down as TheStreet.com investor gains a 29 percent stake in the digital magazine. The post Spear Point Invests $1 Million into Salon Media Group appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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Kickstarter Hits $100 Million Mark for Publishing Projects

Since its launch in 2009, Kickstarter has raised over $100 million for publishing projects, $21 million of which was raised last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Facebook must pay $500 million in damages in Oculus intellectual property case

Facebook is on the hook for $500 million in damages after losing an intellectual property lawsuit Wednesday to ZeniMax Media over its virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift. ZeniMax, a video game publisher, sued the social network in 2014 in U.S. District Court in Dallas shortly after Facebook... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Canadian Print Book Sales Fell 3.6% in 2016

Sales of print books fell 3.6% last year compared to 2015, dropping to $753.4 million, according to figures released this week by BookNet Canada. Print units were off 6.4% as Canadians continued to do more of their book buying online. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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New Writing North wins bid to run £40k David Cohen Prize

The UK’s answer to the Nobel Prize for Literature – the £40,000 David Cohen Prize  - is now being managed by New Writing North. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Barack Obama book deal for presidential memoirs expected to top $27 million

A book deal for the memoirs of former US president Barack Obama is expected to set a record, with a price tag as high as US$20 million (NZ$27.6 million). Continue reading at Stuff

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Childwise report says print reading declines in teen years

Children aged 9-16 spend as much time reading online as reading print materials, although the number of young people reading books, comics and magazines drops in the teenage years, according to a new report. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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For Martha Stewart Living, Print is ‘A Good Thing’

A Q&A with EIC Elizabeth Graves on her first year on the job and the state of magazine media. The post For Martha Stewart Living, Print is ‘A Good Thing’ appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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Publishers see short-form video views on Facebook cut in half

Publisher’s short-form Facebook videos have been on the wane after the algorithm has prioritized Facebook Live and the news feed has become flooded with content. Six months ago a well-performing video from The Sun would fetch 250,000 views, now it’s good to get over 100,000. In 2016, The... Continue reading at Digiday

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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending January 8, 2017

Unit sales of print books declined 5% in the week ended Jan. 8, 2017, compared to the similar week in 2016, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Apprenticeships offered to write for Zombies, Run! game

Novelist and games designer Naomi Alderman is offering early-career writers traineeships to write for Zombies, Run!, a smartphone fitness game. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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The new Harry Potter book was by far the bestselling print title of 2016, and 'The Girl On the Train' was a major print and ebook bestseller for the second year in a row. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Print market posts 7% increase for 2016 as Wicks tops chart

The print market sold 195 million books for £1.59bn in 2016, a 7% boost in volume over the last 12 months and a 4.5% jump in volume. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Deep Vellum Books to Run Pop-up Store at Teachers Summit

This coming weekend, Deep Vellum Books of Dallas, Tx., will host a pop-up bookshop as part of the Extra Yard for Teachers Summit hosted by the NCAA College Football Playoff Foundation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Apple names Millie Marotta app one of best of 2016

The colouring app Millie Marotta’s Colouring Adventures has been selected by Apple as one of the Top 10 Best Apps of 2016 on the App Store in the UK and Nordic territories. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Analysis: Print Media’s Moment of Reckoning

How reckless circulation practices only accelerate the demise of consumer magazines. The post Analysis: Print Media’s Moment of Reckoning appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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