Lead by 'White Fragility,' the Boston-based publisher has a number of books that have sold more copies in two weeks than they did in the last year, said director Helene Atwan. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The University of Wisconsin Press has named Dennis Lloyd its new director. He will assume his new position in May Lloyd currently is deputy director for sales, marketing, and acquisitions at the University of Florida Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster will be reprinting 10,000 copies of revered 'New York Times' critic and columnist David Carr's 2008 memoir following his death last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elsewhere in this, the Digital Issue of Advertising Age, my colleague Michael Sebastian writes about digital publishing companies -- specifically, a half dozen upstarts in various stages of youth, including BuzzFeed (born 2006) and Vox (2011).It's an eye-opening report that looks beyond the hype... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Robson Press has signed the memoir of novelist and screenwriter Frederic Raphael. Publisher Jeremy Robson signed UK and Commonwealth rights to Going Up in a deal with Maggie Phillips at Ed Victor. The book follows Raphael from his schooldays at Charterhouse, through to his time at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After becoming one of the press' s biggest sellers to date, Andrew Maraniss’s 'Strong Inside' has become the first title from the press to hit two 'New York Times' bestseller lists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Nation Media Group, the International Press Institute and prominent African journalist Joseph Odindo support The EastAfrican, and say that e ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boom! Studio celebrates a decade publishing original graphic novels and comics, as well as recent movie and TV deals and a push for diversity. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An increase in Prime membership subscriptions helped Amazon to a fourth quarter profit. The e-commerce giant has been under pressure from investors to return a good result after reporting a loss for the previous two quarters of its financial year, but shares recovered yesterday (29th January)... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple has recorded a quarterly net profit of £18bn for its first fiscal quarter, said to be the biggest ever for a public company. The company’s results, for the quarter ending 27th December 2014, also showed quarterly revenue of £74.6bn, up 29% from $57.6bn in the same period the year... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carmen Callil’s publishing company has set about proving that there are many excellent but neglected women writers well worth publishing and reprintingMore women than men buy books; more women read books and more women write books, especially novels, and they always have. Yet women writers are... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlie Hebdo is printing 7 million copies of its "survivor's issue," published one week after terrorists attacked the magazine's Paris office Jan. 7, killing 12 people. To print the additional copies, Charlie Hebdo, which usually puts out 60,000 copies per issue, received financial help from... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline imprint Tinder Press has partnered with The Reading Agency to hold an open submissions period for unagented manuscripts. Unagented authors will be able to send their manuscripts direct to the imprint for two weeks in March, with the event being held to celebrate two years of Tinder Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global Spanish-language ebook retailers are racing to capture Latin American readers and bolster ebook sales before Amazon makes a big push into the region. The post Global Ebook Retailers Race to Beat Amazon into Latin America appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pluto Press has acquired a study of curation by author and critic David Balzer, titled Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else. Editor David Shulman bought World English rights, excluding North America, from Coach House Press in Canada. Curationism is described as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liu Ruilin discusses her innovative Beijing-based publishing house Imaginist Press and shares her views on design, culture and China's publishing future. The post Liu Ruilin on Imaginist Press and China’s Publishing Future appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Legend Press has signed a novel from Sophie Duffy in a sea with Broo Doherty at DHH Literary Agency. Commissioning editor Lauren Parsons signed world rights to Bright Stars, and will publish on 1st October 2015. The book follows four university friends, whose lives are ripped apart by a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kampmann & Company has acquired Spencer Hill Press. Located in New Hampshire, Spencer Hill was founded in 2010 as a publisher of fiction for young adults and has since added titles in the adult, new adult and middle grade fiction categories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Galley Beggar Press will launch a new short story list in 2015 to help lesser-known writers, for whom “getting a collection out there is still something of a battle”. Galley Beggar Press co-founder Eloise Millar told The Bookseller that “publishers have an obligation to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2012, Cali Dawson and Gordon Ross, a pair of expats living in Bangkok, made plans to start a new publishing company in Thailand. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Toronto-based Second Story Press celebrated its 25th anniversary this month, the room at a community center in downtown Toronto was filled with authors and illustrators who have helped the press pursue its goal of publishing important feminist and social justice books for young readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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