Dohle Thanks PRH Employees for Great Start

In a brief year end note to Penguin Random House employees worldwide, CEO Markus Dohle thanked everyone for putting merger distractions aside did give the company a solid start. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Great Hill Partners Acquire SheKnows.com

SheKnows.com, a women's lifestyle site, has been acquired by Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm specializing in high-growth companies. Formerly under the umbrella of Evolve Media Corp., SheKnows.com was a hallmark property of the brand, responsible for over 41 million unique visitors... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2012-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon starts Boxing Day sale on Christmas Day

Amazon.co.uk will begin its Boxing Day sales on Christmas Day this year, responding to the fact... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Clark leaves Piccadilly to start own agency

Former commissioning editor of Piccadilly Press Anne Clark has left to start her own literary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beyond the Story re-starts with Anne Frank

App developer TradeMobile is to rebrand as Beyond the Story as it prepares to launch one of its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A New Era for Books: The Random House-Penguin Merger Is Just the Start

The biggest publishing companies have an easy plan to save their industry: Get bigger Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Islam: Tunisian Start-up Targets Muslims with E-books

Tunisia’s ISLAMeBooks, one of several new digital start-ups in the Arab world, is looking to help explain Islamic practice and theology to a wider readership. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Makinson, Rebuck, Dohle reassure staff and clients

Random House and Penguin chiefs have moved to reassure staff, authors and agents as news of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite coming to the UK on October 25th, starting at £109

Amazon has found a relatively clear day in the calendar on which to launch its excellent Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in the British Isles. The ad-supported basic model will knock you back £109, while an extra £60 will get you the 3G version. Amazon's Lending Library service will roll-out at the... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus makes second US push with 'start-up'

Quercus is to make a second move into the US with a "startup operation" that will begin... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Dollar Radio Starts Nonfiction Journal

Eric Obenauf, the publisher and editor-in-chief of Two Dollar Radio, the indie press headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, wants the seven-year-old company to publish more nonfiction, but he doesn’t want to produce more than the five or six titles—primarily fiction—that the publisher currently... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Templar starts digital picture book releases

Templar is readying its first ebook picture book releases for this autumn, as it... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones starts readying stores for Kindles

The first digital units are beginning to be built into the Waterstones bookshop branches, as the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Great Year, Scholastic Tries For Encore

Fiscal 2012 was a good year made great by The Hunger Games,” Scholastic chairman Dick Robinson told analysts in a conference call last Thursday to discuss results in the year ended May 31, in which sales rose 14%, to $2.15 billion, and net income jumped from $39.4 million to $102.4 million. The... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Play Books starts a new chapter in France

Now that the legal dust has settled and Google's publishing woes in 'ol Gaul have been swept under the rug, it's back to business as usual. Starting today, the land of Jerry Lewis lovers will have access to books on Google Play, making it the fifth European country to participate in Mountain... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Launches Nexus 7 Tablet Starting at $200

Google took a cue from Amazon's Kindle Fire announcing the Nexus 7 tablet optimized for content from Google Play including books, games, TV shows, movies, apps, and magazines. Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK bookseller Waterstones to start selling Kindles

The UK's biggest bookstore chain has announced that it will start selling Kindles alongside other digital services from Amazon. Waterstones stores will let Kindle owners digitally browse books in-store and link up with special offers, tying into the chain's plans for substantial renovations that... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Knockout Start For Lookout Books

Emily Smith, executive director of Lookout Books, has been in and out of the office more in the past few months than she has been in years, thanks to the success of her imprint’s very first release, a collection of new and previously published work from a 75-year-old master of the short story,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Solid' start to 2012 for Quarto

Quarto has announced "solid" first quarter results for 2012, with revenue up 4% year on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling's Website Starts Selling Harry Potter E-Books

It didn't take a Hogwarts magician to know this day would eventually come. The bookstore feature of J.K. Rowling's Pottermore website went live Tuesday, enabling English-language readers to buy the digital editions of all seven Harry Potter novels—and the audiobook editions—from anywhere in the... Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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