Thousands of Angelenos braved the heat Sunday to participate in the 31st annual AIDS Walk in Los Angeles. The 6.2-mile walk began at 10 a.m. at West Hollywood Park, with the route continuing along Santa Monica Boulevard and through the Fairfax district. More than 20,000 people registered to participate,... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As temperature climb in many areas of the U.S., thoughts of grilling and eating outdoors leap to mind, and publishers are rushing in to meet the needs of grilling newbies and experienced pitmasters alike. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Mystery Writers of America’s big night was entertainingly-emceed by incoming President Brad Meltzer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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March marked the one-year anniversary of the formation of the Readium Foundation (Readium.org), an independent nonprofit started with the objective of developing commercial-grade open source publishing technology software. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author and comedian David Baddiel has written his first children’s novel. The Parent... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As soon as Arthur Frommer bought back his namesake brand from Google a year ago, he and his daughter Pauline, who is now copublisher and a 50% partner in Frommer Media, quickly got to work on the first new line of guide books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While World Book Night this year didn't go exactly as PW's Midwest correspondent anticipated it would go, missions were accomplished yesterday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Audible founder Don Katz launched the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) platform in May 2011, he said one of the main goals was to help increase the number of audiobooks released into the market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first annual PubSmart conference is set to run April 16-18 in Charleston, S.C. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last month marked the one-year anniversary of the formation of the Readium Foundation (Readium.org), an independent nonprofit launched in March 2013 with the objective of developing commercial-grade open source publishing technology software. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Though headlined by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and including a report on the progress of congressional copyright-related legislation by Rep. Jerry Nadler (Dem., N.Y.), this year’s Association of American Publishers annual meeting was really focused on the impact of... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Berkley Prime Crime made its debut 20 years ago, releasing 40 mass market cozy mystery paperbacks in 1994. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate Books has signed up Irish writer Mary Costello, a former Guardian First Book Award... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Got growth problems? Here's one way to solve it: advertising.Growth is a top-of-mind concern for Twitter and it appears app install ads are part of the strategy. In this case, a beautiful, magazine-like placement running in Flipboard this week for its six-second looping video app Vine.Digital ad... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet William Stafford was fêted February 7 in a grand celebration through Portland, Oregon’s Literary Arts organization on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The PC business isn’t the only one Sony will abandon. The electronics giant is also closing the books on its North American ebook efforts.“Wait,” you’re probably saying after reading that sentence: “Sony was making an ebook effort in North America?”And you know, that’s pretty hurtful.Still, you... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The organisers of year’s Imagine Children's Festival at the Southbank Centre are... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By encouraging the young to publish fan fiction, story-sharing startup Movellas is tackling English children's low literacy levelsLiteracy levels among English young adults compare poorly with those in other industrialised countries, according to an OECD survey last autumn which ranked England a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are very few occasions when bringing together the UK's celeb hack pack would be anything other than akin to juggling dynamite. But knives were sheathed and cutting comments zipped in a remarkable display of support for Gavin Reeve-Daniels, deputy editor of Heat magazine, who was diagnosed... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unit sales of print books fell 4% in the first week of 2014 compared to the week ended Jan. 6, 2013, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nearly half your life runs on your habits. The Power of Habit author Charles Duhigg shares how to find the most important--and most toxic ones--and turn those patterns for the better.New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg deconstructed the habits that run much of the lives of people and... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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