Bertelsmann, the majority owner of Penguin Random House, has reported a 6.4% year-on-year rise in its group profit to almost €700m for the first nine months of 2017. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacqueline Wilson’s sequel to Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree books is to launch in May, with publisher Hachette Children’s Books making big plans to celebrate the series’ 80th year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-22 17:59:02 UTC ]
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Pearson has seen full-year group sales up 8% in 2021 with profits expected to boom by a third, the company revealed in a trading update. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-18 18:17:49 UTC ]
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Macmillan has released a golden edition of the children’s classic as the beloved children’s book turns 40 this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-15 17:45:43 UTC ]
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Leading library service provider OverDrive this week reported that a total of 121 public libraries and consortia across seven countries and from 37 U.S. states surpassed one million digital lends in 2021, a significant jump from 2020, when 102 libraries hit the mark. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent academic publisher Boydell & Brewer has appointed Mark Kavanagh as group publishing director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-12 02:18:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic’s Kate Newport is joining Hachette Children’s Group in the newly created role of publisher for non-fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-09 18:55:54 UTC ]
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Bethanne Patricks' January picks cover train wrecks, political drama, enraging inequality, the complications of polyamory and the joy of the ampersand. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-01-07 14:33:51 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association (BA) has announced Little Wing by Freya North (Welbeck) as its first Fiction Book of the Month for 2022 and Jummy at the River School by Sabine Adeyinka (Chicken House) as its children's choice for January. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-04 08:48:17 UTC ]
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Dark Horse Media, an independent comics publishing house and entertainment media company, has been acquired by the Embracer Group, a Swedish videogame development company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen is getting an early jump on Nielsen One, its cross-platform tool that will enable publishers and marketers to transact on a single metric across linear and digital platforms. While the metric isn't set to roll out until next December, Nielsen will be debuting the first version of the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2021-12-21 12:30:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Livre owner Lagardère has raised its publishing division's profitability outlook to 13.5%. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 11:14:48 UTC ]
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Reporter Peter Robison explores the compromises and flaws that led to fatal crashes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-17 13:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is participating in "five days of giving" this week, to highlight the charities and causes it is supporting this Christmas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 14:56:31 UTC ]
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The combined company still won't be the biggest digital publisher on the block. But it will be more well-rounded than most. The post ‘Breadth and depth’: Observers see more pluses than minuses in Vox Media, Group Nine merger appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2021-12-15 05:01:00 UTC ]
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Shannon Cullen is leaving Ladybird to join Quarto as group publisher for children's trade. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-14 03:27:34 UTC ]
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Digital media companies Vox Media and Group Nine Media are planning a merger, people familiar with the matter tell Adweek. The combined company would instantly become one of the largest digital media publishers in the U.S., helping it compete more effectively against the scale of social... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2021-12-13 22:11:18 UTC ]
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The narration of ‘Carnival of Snackery’ is wonderful. Other great listens: ‘The Five Wounds’ and ‘Psycho by the Sea’ Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-05 12:00:00 UTC ]
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If you missed Amazon's standard e-reader when it was on sale for $50 on Black Friday, you have another shot to grab it for less. The regular Kindle is back on sale for $55, and you'll get three months of Kindle Unlimited along with it. It may be a bit more expensive than it was one week ago, but... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-12-03 17:32:03 UTC ]
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A newly formed investor group led by David Steinberger has acquired Open Road Integrated Media for a purchase price reported to be between $60 million and $80 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Siena and her artist-husband Mark revisit her 2006 young readers memoir 'To Dance' in 'Tiny Dancer', a new and more expansive autobiographical work for older readers on her passion for dance and her career in ballet. An eight-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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