Google is getting into the textbook business by selling and renting materials from the top five education publishers in the US. The new service will launch August 8. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With a major Canadian textbook publisher citing a drop from $1 million annually to $100,000, Canada's review of copyright changes may be welcome next year. The post More Copyright Fallout: Canadian Textbook Publishing Called ‘Not Sustainable’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House is set to sell Fodor’s Travel to Internet Brands, an online media and technology company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An extract from a "taboo" play by late Scandinavian crime writer, Henning Mankell, never before translated into English, has been published by quarterly freedom-of-expression magazine Index on Censorship in its latest issue. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has reached an agreement to sell its travel division, Fodor’s, to Internet Brands, a Los Angeles-based online media and technology company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Offering short, fast-paced novels designed to encourage book reading, James Patterson’s BookShots imprint sold a combined total of about 30,000 copies the first week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five artists illustrated the App Store review guidelines.One of the more unusual things to come out of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference this year is a lovely comic interpretation of Apple's app review guidelines.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2016-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Clear View Group says it will retain the 71-year-old magazine's print edition and most of its staff. The post Johnson Publishing Sells Ebony, Jet to Private Equity appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The rise of social video has changed the game for publishers like Business Insider, which owns a Facebook-based property called Insider that generates more than 1.3 billion video views a month across all platforms. In April, Facebook updated its branded-content policies that opened a path for... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gawker Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday, shortly before announcing the iconic blog network has reached an agreement with Ziff Davis to purchase its seven brands and other assets. Gawker's brands include Gawker.com, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Kotaku, Jalopnik and... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones is set to close two of its longstanding stores this summer at opposite ends of the UK – London’s Oxford Street Plaza and Edinburgh’s George Street branch. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German media's relationship with Google and Facebook has been fraught with tension. In the last nine months, eight of the 10 biggest publishing groups in Germany, including Axel Springer, have been pooling reader data from nearly 1,000 websites to create highly targeted, quality data segments... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's been three months since Google launched Accelerated Mobile Pages, its fast-loading article pages initiative, and publishers are giving mixed it reviews. Pages are loading faster, but some are seeing little traffic benefit. “I would love to see more widespread adoption,” said Slate vice... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Folio: Q&A with Glamour and Self publisher and chief revenue officer, Connie Anne Phillips. The post Selling Positivity: A Look Inside Condé Nast Aurora appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published author Adam Croft has been snapped up for a publishing deal by Amazon imprint Thomas & Mercer after releasing what he says is the biggest-selling book by a self-published author in 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liza Bernard, co-owner of the Norwich Bookstore in Norwich, Vt., reported that she and her colleagues are gearing up for the summer season, when customers visit the store to stock up on books to keep their kids entertained on vacation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers are plotting a range of spellbinding evenings across the UK ahead of the release of JK Rowling’s "eighth Harry Potter book”, the play script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Little, Brown). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s been 19 years since the events of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and boy does it show. The first images of upcoming West End stage play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” written by English playwright Jack Thorne and based on a story from Thorne and “Potter” scribe J.K. Rowling,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To provide a picture of what’s doing well in the hot-as-ever digital download arena, several publishers shared with us their top-selling digital audio titles for the year to date. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The photo Vacaville police posted on their Facebook page was telling. Behind the car’s peeling, soot-covered exterior and its hollowed, scorched interior was a lesson for parent and child alike. “Public Service Announcement,” Vacaville announced. “As the drought continues and we head into summer,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers have been criticised for not featuring books by black, Asian and minority ethnic authors prominently enough in their stores. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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