HarperCollins wins eight-publisher battle for Fowler's adventure series

HarperCollins Children’s Books has triumphed in an eight-publisher UK auction for début author Aisling Fowler’s Middle Grade magical adventure series Fireborn. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Blink Publishing to launch 'Reality' imprint

Bonnier's Blink Publishing is launching a new imprint, Blink Reality, to focus on "compelling true stories and relevant real life issues". The imprint will be headed by newly appointed publisher Emily Thomas, and will begin releasing titles in summer 2015. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faxel Named Publisher of Dreamscape Media

Midwest Tape has appointed Tammy Faxel publisher of its audiobook and video division, Dreamscape Media. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Firms Up Publishing Operations Team

Penguin Random House announced the senior management appointments of its now-unified publishing operations group, which will be headed by Sue Malone-Barber as senior v-p, director, publishing operations, PRH. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon goes head to head with Wattpad in battle for fanfic writers

The retail colossus is aiming to recruit fan fiction writers with their own ambitions to sell, but Wattpad is winning users who want to shareIt’s a cheerful orange giant stuffed with fan fiction and smileys which can garner a billion reads for an erotic One Direction story – scoring 25-year-old... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Author C.J. Daugherty on Adapting Book-to-Web Series

Author CJ Daugherty discusses the release Night School the Web Series based on her bestselling YA novels — the first of its kind in the UK. The post Author C.J. Daugherty on Adapting Book-to-Web Series appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Publishing Exec Donald W. Jones, 92

In 1996, the Association of American Publishers awarded Jones a lifetime achievement award for his work in the higher education publishing field. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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'Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book' series gets two more titles

Love- and Disney-themed titles in the series by Diane Muldrow, which offers life lessons based on the Little Golden Book series, will be published. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Animal Kingdom wins Educational Writers' Award

A book about animals illustrated with infographics has won the 2014 Educational Writers’ Award. The £2,000 prize was presented to Jon Richards and Ed Simkins for The World in Infographics: Animal Kingdom (Wayland) by Tristram Hunt, shadow secretary of state for education, at a ceremony... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Anne Marie Métailié: “Publishing Requires Bulletproof Stubbornness”

France’s Anne Marie Métailié, winner of the Guadalajara Book Fair’s (FIL) publishing merit award, describes working in publishing as an imperfect love story. The post Anne Marie Métailié: “Publishing Requires Bulletproof Stubbornness” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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HuffPo, Dennis, Mashable, Quartz to speak at Digiday Publishing Summit Europe

The Digiday Publishing Summit Europe is set to kick off in early February with in-depth discussion on hot topics like native advertising, the shift to programmatic and minding the mobile gap. The post HuffPo, Dennis, Mashable, Quartz to speak at Digiday Publishing Summit Europe appeared first on... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NAL To Publish 'Lost' Ayn Rand Novel

'Ideal,' the first Ayn Rand novel to be released since 1957's 'Atlas Shrugged,' is set to be published by Penguin Random House imprint NAL on July 7, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Panelists Tell Religion Scholars How to Get Published

At the recent annual meeting of religion scholars in San Diego, publishing professionals gave aspiring academic authors cold-eyed advice on how to--and how not to--get published. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown to publish Rowling speech

Little, Brown Book Group is to publish an illustrated edition of a speech J K Rowling gave to Harvard University. Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination uses the speech Rowling made to graduating students at Harvard in 2008. It will be illustrated by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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December 2014 Top Reviews of Self-published Books from BlueInk Review

Our monthly selection of reviews from BlueInk Review, a service which reviews self-published books, includes several nonfiction titles in history, science and more. The post December 2014 Top Reviews of Self-published Books from BlueInk Review appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why is American book publishing so white?

If squabbles over format, pricing and Amazon have led the US publishing industry to neglect an ever more diverse audience, we have forgotten why people read books in the first placeThe true price of publishingAt the recent National Book Awards ceremony in New York City, presenter and bestselling... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Idea: Publishing Must Continue To Diversify

By Marcelle Soviero The publishing industry is busting out of business models as quickly as we can devise new ones. I think in 2015 we will see more product differentiation and more product offerings. These... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

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Rowling Commencement Speech to Be Published

Little, Brown will release 'Very Good Lives,' a book version of J.K. Rowling's 2008 commencement speech at Harvard, on April 14, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mentoring helps close publishing 'chasm'

Mentoring for writers is essential as editors, publishers and literary agents become ever busier, authors have told The Bookseller, claiming that everyone in the publishing process benefits from writers having guidance from others in the industry who can act as a sounding board, and champion... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Guha wins Luke Bitmead Bursary 2014

Unpublished author Tara Guha has won the 2014 Luke Bitmead Writer's Bursary, winning £2,500 and a publishing contract with Legend Press. Guha won the bursary for her debut novel Absent, which will now be published in November 2015. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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In Russia, One Textbook Publisher Rules Them All

In Russia, a recent tender for school textbooks was so lopsided, with Prosveshcheniye dominating, that several competitors are already announcing lay offs. The post In Russia, One Textbook Publisher Rules Them All appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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