EDC Looks for Stability After Turbulent Year

Despite posting record revenues and a 35% increase in net earnings in the fiscal year ended February 28, Educational Development Corp. faced numerous challenges in 2017, including the inability to keep up with customer demand. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurter Buchmesse’s 70th Year Events Include Opening of the Frankfurt Pavilion

The new 300-seat performance and presentation space being created for the Agora at the center of Frankfurter Buchmesse is designed to be dismantled and stored from year to year. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse’s 70th Year Events Include Opening of the Frankfurt Pavilion appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund Is Open, Two Deadlines This Year

Established in June 2017, the new PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund supports international publishers who successfully apply for grants to fund translation of Afrikaans works into other languages. The post PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund Is Open, Two Deadlines This Year appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Jesus Always' Named ECPA's Christian Book of the Year

The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) recognized Sarah Young's bestselling devotional, 'Jesus Always' (Thomas Nelson), with its top award, the 2018 Christian Book the Year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BISG’s Annual Meeting: Making 2018 Our ‘Metadata Year’

'In an industry where everything is returnable, why are we out of stock so often?' is the kind of question tackled at the Book Industry Study Group's annual meeting last week, focus on the supply chain. The post BISG’s Annual Meeting: Making 2018 Our ‘Metadata Year’ appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After 17 Years of Litigation, 'Freelance' Writers Finally Collect

Payments of more than $9 million have finally been issued to thousands of freelance writers following the 2014 settlement of a class action case filed in the wake of the landmark Tasini vs. New York Times, the seminal legal battle of the digital publishing era. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheikh Zayed Book Award Ceremony Honors 2018 Winners and Cultural Personality of the Year

Hope and cross-cultural understanding were big themes at the official ceremony honoring the winners of the 2018 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Abu Dhabi. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Ceremony Honors 2018 Winners and Cultural Personality of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Amazon is priming its ad business for the next year

Amazon's brutal efficiency, obsession with automation and ruthless pricing tactics have helped it disrupt or conquer market after market, starting with books in 1997. Now it's bringing those tactics to bear on the company's latest target: the ad business.To shoulder its way into an industry... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Greece Opens Athens’ Year as UNESCO’s World Book Capital

International officials and media gather on World Book Day to open the 18th UNESCO World Book Capital program in Athens, celebrating what Greece's Prokopis Pavlopoulos calls 'the powerful potential of books.' The post Greece Opens Athens’ Year as UNESCO’s World Book Capital appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After years of chasing Facebook traffic, Mic goes for ‘deliberate distribution’

The millennial-aimed publisher has cut its editorial output by two-thirds and now measures videos and stories based on time spent rather than view counts. The post After years of chasing Facebook traffic, Mic goes for ‘deliberate distribution’ appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BIEF’s Nicolas Roche on French Publishing in the World: ‘Meetings All Year Long’

About six months into his new role as managing director of the Bureau international de l'édition française, or BIEF, Nicolas Roche is leading the French publishing industry's outreach program to open new markets and develop new readership for France's literature. The post BIEF’s Nicolas Roche on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ's Williamson to go freelance after 12 years

Sally Williamson, a senior commissioning editor at HarperCollins, is leaving the company after 12 years to go freelance. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Action Comics #1000: the 10 most important issues from 80 years of Superman

From Superman’s first flight to the issue where he lost his job (and that time he made Santa buff), a look back at eight decades of Action ComicsEighty years ago today, the first issue of Action Comics was released, with the now iconic cover showing Superman lifting a car over his head as... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In leaked memo, Apple says 12 employees were arrested last year for leaking information

Apple said 12 of its employees were arrested last year for leaking corporate information to the outside world, according to an internal company memo that itself was leaked to Bloomberg reporters. Cupertino-based Apple is notoriously secretive, but the lengthy memo, posted recently to its... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DC Marks 80 Years of ‘Action Comics’ and Superman with Hardcover Tribute

PW talks with former DC Comics president Paul Levitz about the hardcover tribute to the 1938 comic book that debuted Superman and launched a genre and the American comic Book industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bank stocks slip; oil price climbs to 3-year high

U.S. stocks are mixed Wednesday as the price of oil rose to a three-year high but banks declined along with interest rates. Stocks rallied a day earlier on signs the trade tensions between the U.S. and China were easing. Facebook stock continues to rise as CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Attenborough's Life on Earth updated after 40 years

HarperCollins has signed a “significant deal” for a new edition of Sir David Attenborough’s Life on Earth. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Booming' audiobook sales double in five years

Audiobook sales have doubled in the last five years, according to data from the Nielsen UK Books & Consumers survey. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2018: 30 Years After 'The Alchemist' Paulo Coelho is Still Making Magic

As his bestselling work turns 30, the internationally revered author is set to publish his new book, 'Hippie.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline wins debut of 26-year-old talent agent Beirne

Headline has acquired the debut novel of 26-year-old talent agent Lucy Beirne, The List That Changed My Life, at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Frankfurt Has Two Wild Cards This Year; PW Star Watch Welcomes Canada

This year, Frankfurter Buchmesse offers a Wild Card free stand to both a German and an international exhibitor. And the PW Star Watch program opens to young talent in publishing in Canada, as well as in the United States. The post Industry Notes: Frankfurt Has Two Wild Cards This Year; PW Star... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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