French publisher suspends reprint of Céline's anti-Semitic texts

Plans to republish controversial pamphlets by author Louis-Ferdinand Céline had sparked an outcry. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]

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French publishers' outrage over KDP teacher workshops

French publishers and booksellers are up in arms over an agreement with the Education Ministry’s multimedia arm for Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing to hold workshops in France to promote self-publishing by teachers and others in the education community. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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#ParisIsAboutLife: French Publishing World Expresses Defiance

French publishers and authors have expressed defiance in the face of Friday's murders, underscoring that publishing embodies of the values of the Republic. The post #ParisIsAboutLife: French Publishing World Expresses Defiance appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 10 Commandments of Selling Rights to French Publishers

The first commandment of selling book rights to French publishers: know their list! Nine others follow, courtesy of Anne Michel of Albin Michel. The post The 10 Commandments of Selling Rights to French Publishers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French Publisher Strikes Landmark Deal with Comixology

With the release of more than 150 English-language graphic novels, Delcourt takes a major step to raise the profile of French graphic novels in the North American comics market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French publisher income drops 1.3%

French publishers’ net income fell by 1.3% last year to €2,652m from €2,687m in 2013, although the picture is “encouraging” for the first half of this year, the book trade publication Livres Hebdo has reported. This was the fourth year running showing a decline, even though the drop was less... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas Nelson Doing New Line with Passion Publishing

Thomas Nelson has struck a deal with Passion Conferences--a Christian organization that holds conferences for college-aged youth--to partner on a line of trade books. Such conferences are a robust venue for promoting and selling books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French Graphic Novel Publishers Meet in New York

Things are changing in U.S. comics and French comics publishers are meeting in New York to discuss the U.S. market and look for ways to stoke demand for French graphic novels in North America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From bots to bottom lines: Publishers on ad fraud (Infographic)

We asked attendees at last week’s Digiday Publishing Summit to come clean on their ability to face up to the threat of ad fraud. Here’s how well they’re coping with bots, how big of a threat ad fraud will be in the next 12 months and more. Sponsor content by Distil Networks. The post From bots... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher Who Defied Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws Wins AAP “Freedom” Award

Russia's Samokat has been awarded the Jeri Laber International Freedom to Publish Award from the Association of American Publishers. The post Publisher Who Defied Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws Wins AAP “Freedom” Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing France: How Will the French Respond?

The Amazon Publishing France had hired its first employee, Clément Monjou, who will start by publishing a pair of translations under the Crossing imprint. The post Amazon Publishing France: How Will the French Respond? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Are Lining Up Behind ‘Netflix for Books’ Services. But Why?

On Tuesday, Scribd and Oyster both announced partnerships with Macmillan to bring new titles to their ebook subscription services. But how do all-you-can read platforms benefit publishers? The post Publishers Are Lining Up Behind ‘Netflix for Books’ Services. But Why? appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Police guard at Houellebecq's French publisher

A reinforced police guard has been installed at the offices of Flammarion, publisher of Michel Houellebecq's latest novel Soumission (Submission), according to the website of French daily Le Parisien. The novel, published in France today (7th January), is set in 2022 and tells of a new Muslim... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French publishers warned on ebook VAT rise

The French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE) has warned its members that France may raise VAT on ebooks from 5.5% to the standard 20% during the first half of next year to avoid a fine of several million euros from the European Court of Justice, according to the trade... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German Publishers Bow To Google’s Market Power In Ongoing Text Snippets Fight

A tug of war between Google and German publishers over how online news content is displayed in search results has ended in surrender (for now) for the publishers — who have grudgingly agreed the search giant can display snippets of their co ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'At least 20' French publishers in Scribd piracy tussle

The French digital book watchdog Groupement pour le Développement du Livre Numérique (GLN) has identified at least 20 French publishers whose books are being offered to Scribd subscribers without the agreement of the authors or publishers, according to GLN media spokesperson Elizabeth Sutton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dover Plans Line of Graphic Novel Reprints

In spring 2015, Dover Publications, which is best known for paperback reprints of classics and out-of-print titles, is launching Dover Graphic Novel, a new line of graphic novels and nonfiction comics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Martin Amis's novel 'A Zone of Interest' gets rave reviews, but is dropped by French and German publishers

Amis's French and German publishers passed on his novel about the Holocaust, but another French company will be releasing the book and Amis's agent said there will most likely be a new German publisher that is willing to publish it.  Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French book publishers risk being lost in translation without global reach

France's literary market has great potential, yet big firms remain reluctant to learn the language of international rights tradingSix thousand languages are spoken worldwide, but few have a market for books. French is the fifth-largest language pool, coming after Chinese, English, Spanish and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IDW To Publish Parker Hardcover Reprints

IDW Publishing announced plans to reprint the entire run of classic Parker prose novels, all of which will feature new painted illustrations by acclaimed comics artist Darwyn Cooke. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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