At the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair, PW caught up with Kim Hyung Joo, head of webtoons at Munpia, one of Korea's leading digital publishing platforms, about the growth of the billion dollar Korean webtoon business. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Canadian bargain book wholesaler Book Depot has acquired the Chicago children’s book publisher Kidsbooks, its second purchase of a book publisher in two years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Catholic priests in northern Poland burned books and other objects they believe promote magic. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2019-04-01 21:44:32 UTC ]
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In two moves announced within days of each other, new consolidation can be seen in both nonfiction and in distribution and manufacturing services in publishing. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Leaver: ‘An Excellent Springboard’ ormer Quarto CEO Marcus Leaver and Mark Smith... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Smith and Marcus Leaver, two publishing veterans with lots of trans-Atlantic publishing experience, have formed a new U.K.-based company, which has already made the first of what the two said are likely to be several acquisitions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Catholic group burns books and artefacts it judges to be symbols of evil sorcery. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A rare first edition of a "Harry Potter" book featuring a misspelled title fetched about $90,000 at an auction last week, the Independent reported Friday. The copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (published in the U.S. as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"), the first book in... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Health provider Kaiser Permanente paid Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh more than $100,000 to buy about 20,000 copies of her “Healthy Holly” children’s books during a period when the company was seeking a lucrative contract to provide health benefits to city employees. Kaiser confirmed Monday to... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baseball’s annual rite of literary passage each spring is never shy of more rewrites. To get a clear read on why book publishers put on their straw hat and usher back Major League Baseball with dozens of new titles, note that all sorts of revisionist history, personality-driven essays or bios... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poor working conditions for book editors are ingrained. It’s time for that to change – no matter how much we love our jobsBook editors love their jobs, perhaps more than the average worker. We work diligently with motivated and inspiring peers on projects we are proud of. You may not realise... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Republic of Consciousness prize honours Will Eaves and Alex Pheby, but says awards make us wrongly consider a sole winner ‘the best’A novel about James Joyce’s troubled daughter, Lucia, and a reimagining of the chemical castration of Alan Turing have been named the joint winners of the Republic... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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St. Martin’s pays up for a book on the afterlife, Lupita Nyong’o writes a picture book for S&S, Graywolf celebrates 45 years with another from Claudia Rankine, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zaffre has bought two new novels from Stacey Halls as TV rights for her debut, The Familiars, have been snapped up. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers in French-language Canada are required to carry extensive backlist titles but say sales of them are slow and require staff training. The post In Québec: New Report Cites Book Sales Uptick; Booksellers Debate Backlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gov. Larry Hogan said Friday more facts need to come out about the University of Maryland Medical System’s business deals with its board members, including Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s role. “I’m not confident that we do know all the facts,” Hogan said at a State House news conference that... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mayor Catherine Pugh apologized Thursday for upsetting the people of Baltimore over a book deal with the University of Maryland Medical System, as she for the first time produced evidence that 60,000 of her “Healthy Holly” children’s books have been printed and distributed. But she also said that... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Ladies Who Punch" details some of the never-reported scandals that plagued the hit TV talk show. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2019-03-28 01:55:17 UTC ]
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Scams are rife, particularly when some authors can rake in thousands each month – but high-profile victims of plagiarism warn ‘day of reckoning is coming’Nora Roberts is one of the world’s most popular authors. She’s written more than 200 novels, tackled topics from romance to murder and sold... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent book publisher Rowman & Littlefield has acquired the publishing imprints of Finney Company, a 73 year-old publishing house based just outside Minneapolis, Minn. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Square Peg is publishing a book, More Orgasms Please, from the writers behind “The Hotbed Collective”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The more we know about what other people earn, the more we can understand our own circumstancesI was paid a £12,500 advance to write my book, Open Up. Sharing this publicly, even as the author of a book about our emotional relationship with money, was initially petrifying, but I ended up... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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