Brazil’s Prestige Publisher Cosac Naify to Close

Disagreement between business partners leads to the sudden closure of Brazilian publishing house Cosac Naify and an uncertain future for 1,600 titles. The post Brazil’s Prestige Publisher Cosac Naify to Close appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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The PDF is firmly entrenched in corporate culture, but as digitally savvy employees push for a sensible way to consume long documents at work the ebook format will take hold. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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A True Princess of the Publishing Industry

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TechRadar Sees Heavy Traffic While PTOM Closes Down

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Maurice Sendak: “Publishing Is Such an Outrageously Stupid Profession”

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Carlos Fuentes’s Last Novel to be Published Posthumously

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EU regulators to accept Apple and book publishers' offer of cheaper ebooks

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In Japan, Kindle May Finally Push Publishers Into E-books

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Brazil: As “Sophisticated as the US and UK,” says Penguin CEO

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UK publishers caught up in Sandy chaos

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It’s no secret that the job description for newspaper publishers is evolving, often on a day-to-day basis. As readers and advertisers are presented with an increasing number of outlets to direct their attention and dollars, newspapers have ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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