Hachette Ireland pays tribute to 'brilliant' publicist Daly

Hachette Ireland has paid tribute to the "wonderful" books publicist Margaret Daly, who has died. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tributes paid to Ariadne van de Ven

Trade figures have paid tribute to publicist Ariadne van de Ven, who died in March at the age of 56. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HBO drama series for Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend

The first novel in Elena Ferrante's four part series, My Brilliant Friend, is to be adapted into an eight-episode Italian drama series for HBO and Italian state broadcaster Rai. Production is set to begin this summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elena Ferrante's juggernaut 'My Brilliant Friend' heading to HBO

Elena Ferrante’s bestselling book “My Brilliant Friend” is headed to the small screen, courtesy of HBO and RAI, Italy’s national public broadcasting company. Set in Naples, “My Brilliant Friend” centers on Elena Greco, as she recalls her lifelong relationship with dear friend — and dear enemy —... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nadiya Hussain pens festive cookbook for Hachette Children's

Hachette Children’s Group is publishing a second cookbook and storybook compilation by "Great British Bake Off" winner and author Nadiya Hussain, Nadiya's Bake Me a Festive Story, this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson chief Fallon awarded 20% pay rise depsite losses

Pearson c.e.o. John Fallon has been awarded a 20% total pay rise despite the fact the company made a £2.6bn loss in 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette launches The Future Bookshelf for underrepresented writers

Hachette UK has launched a new diversity initiative, a creative writing hub called The Future Bookshelf, to make publishing more accessible for writers who feel they aren’t well represented by the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson boss sees pay boost despite firm's struggles

The publisher's boss sees his pay package rise 20% in 2016 despite a difficult year for the firm. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette and Penguin Random House lead British Book Awards Books of the Year shortlists

Hachette and Penguin Random House have earned 11 shortlistings each in the British Book Awards’ Books of the Year awards, with Pan Macmillan garnering three nods and Faber and HarperCollins both winning two nominations. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Partners with Wattpad to Produce Audiobooks

Wattpad and Hachette Book Group have inked a deal to produce 50 audiobooks using Wattpad's content. The first titles created under the deal will become available this summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London’s Tribute to Agent and Author David Miller: ‘Boundless Curiosity’

Rogers Coleridge & White's David Miller is remembered in London as a deeply respected literary agent, a compelling author, and 'wonderful father.' The post London’s Tribute to Agent and Author David Miller: ‘Boundless Curiosity’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Unveils Chlldren's App Pairing Text and Music

Hachette, in partnership with startup Novel Effect, has created an app that relies on voice recognition technology to sync music and sound effects to text, as it's read aloud from select picture books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette’s new clothes

Philip Jones reflects on Hachette's acquisition of Bookouture and what it means for both parties. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette U.K. Acquires Bookouture

Bookouture, the U.K.-based digital publishing company that had a number of titles hit high on Amazon's Kindle ebooks bestselller list in 2016, has been acquired by Hachette U.K. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK acquires Bookouture

Hachette UK has acquired independent ebook publisher Bookouture, just four years since it was founded in 2012 by former Harlequin/Mills & Boon marketing executive Oliver Rhodes. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette to publish Dermot O'Leary's debut book for children

Hachette will publish a children's book by Dermot O’Leary about a Ninja Cat called Toto. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook must pay $500 million in damages in Oculus intellectual property case

Facebook is on the hook for $500 million in damages after losing an intellectual property lawsuit Wednesday to ZeniMax Media over its virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift. ZeniMax, a video game publisher, sued the social network in 2014 in U.S. District Court in Dallas shortly after Facebook... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Damian Horner to leave Hachette

Damian Horner is leaving his position as brand development director at Hachette UK to join Real Vision, a video-on-demand platform for finance, as their global chief creative officer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jim Broadbent joins tributes to Babette Cole

Actor Jim Broadbent has joined publishers Hodder Children’s Books and Penguin Random House (PRH Children’s) in paying tribute to the “irrepressible” author Babette Cole, who died at the weekend. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook stops paying publishers to stream live video

For a while, Facebook was obsessed with live video -- it even paid publishers to make sure there was a steady flow of professionally-shot streams on offer. However, Zuckerberg and company appear to be tempering their enthusiasm a little bit. Recode s... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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