Durham Stepping Down at Amazon Publishing

Daphne Durham, publisher of adult trade and children's at Amazon Publishing, will be leaving the company on January 16, and will be succeeded by Mikyla Bruder, current head of global marketing. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder-Williams publishing director at Lion Hudson

Andrew Hodder-Williams has been appointed to the role of publishing director at Lion Hudson.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Tompkins to Head Black Publishers Association

WASHINGTON (NNPA) &ndash; Highly-respected media and entertainment executive William G. Tompkins, Jr. has been named president and chief executive officer of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a federation of more than 200 Black-owned ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers still launching print magazines

Despite a troubled print advertising market, publishers still believe in the power of glossy paper and ink: They launched 114 magazines in the first half of 2012. That puts the year roughly on par with 2011, when 111 new titles appeared during the same period, according to online database... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Agent as (Sort of) Publisher

While there has been some grumbling in the industry about the ethics and logistics when literary agents start acting as publishers, many firms are now offering a suite of services in this area. Only a handful of agencies are actually publishing titles by their clients through in-house divisions,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP to publish 'God particle' title

Oxford University Press is the first publisher to announce it will be releasing a title... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In E-Book War, the Independent Publishers Strike Back

In the fight between Apple, Amazon, the government, and publishers to set prices for electronic books, independents were overlooked. Now, they're banding together and voicing complaints. Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2012-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury acquires visual arts publisher

Bloomsbury has completed the purchase of creative publishers Applied Visual Arts Publishing (AVA... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers: O-level plans 'unclear'

Education publishers have given mixed reactions to news leaked last week (20th June) that... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon partners with Co-op for collection lockers

Amazon has partnered with Co-operative Food to install collection-lockers in some of its stores... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. board backs splitting company's entertainment and publishing businesses

News Corp. board backs splitting company's entertainment and publishing businesses Continue reading at MarketWatch.com

[ MarketWatch.com | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch to step down from running newspapers

Rupert Murdoch will be chairman of the divided News Corporation empire but will not be chief executive of the publishing arm, home to The Sun and The Times newspapers, the media company today (28 June) confirmed. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EU publishing chiefs to discuss ebook tax

The chiefs of Europe's publishing houses will meet today (26th June) in Brussels at a round-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carlton snaps up Fiell publishing

Carlton Publishing Group arts imprint Goodman, which launched in 2009 and is headed by chairman... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Audible hits WP 7.5: gesture controlled audiobooks, but no voice control

It didn't land in the Marketplace yesterday as announced, but Amazon's Audible audio book app for Windows Phone 7.5 is now available for download. This Metro-fied version of the app is free to install (including some short samples to get you started), and signing in with your Amazon account lets... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers urged to share backroom secrets

Publishers should engage more with consumers by exposing the publishing process, delegates at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacket Copy: Amazon categorizes Rodney King's memoir as 'criminal biography'

After Rodney King's unexpected death this weekend at the age of 47, his recent book began climbing the charts. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter books land in Amazon's Kindle Owners' Lending Library

All seven Harry Potter books are now available in the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, marking the series' first availability outside the Pottermore store. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PSA: Entire Harry Potter series now available on Amazon's Kindle Owners' Lending Library

Fancy dipping back into the world of Quidditch and Dumbledore? Or maybe you shunned the whole Pottermania thing until now. Either way, if you own a Kindle, you can finally get up to speed without paying a spellbinding price -- thanks to Amazon's Kindle Owners Lending Library. All seven eBook... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Decoder Blog: Pearl Buck Novels to Be Published as E-Books

Thirteen novels, including "The Good Earth,'' which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932, will be published in ebook format by Open Road Integrated Media. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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