Kit de Waal and Andrew McMillan are among the names contributing to Dead Ink's crowdfunded anthology on the working class entitled Know Your Place. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Established authors Ann Cleeves and Peter James and newcomer Paula Hawkins were among the winners of the inaugural Dead Good Reader Awards. The awards, given out on Friday 17th July at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, were voted on by readers and members of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A lawsuit accusing Author Solutions of seeking to make money from authors, rather than for authors, has been denied class certification by a judge in the US. New York-based law firm Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart filed a class action lawsuit against Author Solutions in New York in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a 30-page written opinion, Cote ruled that the plaintiffs failed to produce evidence to back up their fraud claims. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A collection of essays from Zadie Smith, a novel critiquing the concept of romantic love by Alain de Botton and Marina Lewycka’s first book in four years are among the highlights of Penguin General’s spring 2016 list. Authors and staff from Penguin General – which comprises of imprints Penguin,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pinterest is a visual discovery tool focused on the future, making it ideal for publishers, the company’s marketing manager Zoe Pearson told delegates at today's Bookseller Marketing and Publicity Conference. “There are a lot of common misconceptions about what Pinterest is. We’re not a social... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While Comixology continues to dominate the digital comics marketplace, some publishers are adding their comics to the Madefire digital platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarians from the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Pennsylvania Avenue Branch, at the epicenter of the protests in Baltimore this spring, were honored for their work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Italy’s De Agostini S.p.A. is a family-owned international group, founded in 1901 and controlled by B&D Holding. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Through the deal, Image will expand the availability of its digital comics to retailers and libraries in North America, the U.K., Europe, South America and China. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The novelist is contributing her own cartoons, detailing her experiences as a young woman, to Kickstarter-funded The Secret Loves of Geek GirlsMargaret Atwood is taking a short break from writing acclaimed and award-winning literary novels to contribute a series of cartoons to a crowd-funded,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Argentine writer Pablo Katchadjian could face jail for remixing Jorge Luis Borges’s story The Aleph – but his is a thoroughly Borgesian experimentIn the short story Pierre Menard: Author of Quixote, Jorge Luis Borges writes of an author’s quest to reproduce Cervantes’ masterpiece, word by word,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library content service Hoopla Digital is broadening its recently launched comics category with new graphic novel content from DC Comics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Catalonia, which sits in the northeast region of Spain, counts 7 million inhabitants. But, with a population that reads as readily in Spanish as it does in Catalan, local publishers face numerous hurdles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For better or for worse, news sites’ most popular digital offerings have been interactive games and quizzes. Now Time magazine has created a new home for its interactive stories -- like its quiz to see how much time you wasted on Facebook -- which have been the site’s most popular for the past... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New abstractions from Mark Bradford. An artist who remixes literature with pop culture. A street art temple inspired by Indian graphics. Plus: the story of two men connected in death, a performance about the end of men, and a panel about keeping L.A. creative. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's been five years since NieR last arrived on consoles, but at today's Square Enix E3 press conference, the publisher announced that a new title is in-development for the PlayStation 4. Fans of the franchise will be pleased to know that Platinum Ga... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paula Hawkins, Steve Cavanagh, Clare Mackintosh and Jo Nesbo are among the writers who have picked up two shortlistings apiece for the inaugural Dead Good Reader Awards. The awards, nominated and voted for by readers, will be presented in Harrogate this July at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Just as it has for airlines, yield management -- controlling inventory availability in a way that affects prices and maximizes revenue -- will significantly improve revenue for online publishers. A unified yield management platform will give publishers a unified marketplace in which all buyers... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic UK has signed a new deal with author and illustrator Liz Pichon for world rights in two new front-list titles and a companion book in the Tom Gates series. The deal was struck by Scholastic fiction and picture book publisher, Samantha Smith with Caroline Walsh at David Higham Associates. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As long as technology companies such as Facebook and Twitter exist, publishers will have to navigate relationships with them. This theme pervaded a panel Monday at the 67th World News Media Congress in which industry thought leaders discussed ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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