A new diversity and inclusion progress report from Hachette Book Group details internal and external commitments, including goals to increase the number of people of color employed by the company as well as make “measurable improvements” to company culture and community service. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Driven by a solid fourth quarter and good sales for the year in the U.S., Lagardere reported sales of 2.07 billion euros in its publishing division for 2013, down from 2.08 billion in 2012. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New deals for Samantha Berger, Tom Angeleberger, Kathi Appelt, Jenny McLachlan, and others. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Skyhorse Publishing broke a new record in 2013, reporting revenue up by 14% in the year, topping $26 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite the challenge of competing with online booksellers, Canadian independents contacted by PW reported that 2013 was an encouraging year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch’s publishing arm, which owns Wall Street Journal and the Times, blames ‘challenging advertising market’Dominic Rushe Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times Company said it added digital subscribers and slowed its declines in print and digital advertising revenue during the fourth quarter of 2013, a year of transition for the newspaper publisher. For all of 2013, revenue from digital ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anomaly Productions, an indie comics publisher specializing in digitally enhanced graphic novels, has released an app version of "Shifter," a sci-fi graphic novel with augmented reality technology. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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• BBC admits it 'got this one wrong'• Executive board 'applied insufficient scrutiny'• 'Governance arrangements … were inadequate'Read the NAO report on the BBC's handling of the DMI projectThe BBC's handling of the £100m Digital Media Initiative fiasco has come in for further criticism, with a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titan Books's pulp imprint Hard Case Crime will be releasing two new editions of Stephen King's "Joyland," which it originally published in June 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2014, as in years past, it looks as if some of the best new releases will be coming from America's smaller publishers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the past 15 years or so, poets and poetry lovers around the world have earmarked January 17 as a day to pay tribute to the late poet and pacifist William Stafford (1914–1993) with public readings from his works. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Hachette Book Group will be making a couple of big real estate moves this year as it expands its distribution center in Indiana and relocates its New York City headquarters. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The press announced the January 7 publication of its third batch of short-form digital reads, Chicago Shorts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Many independent bookstores reported holiday sales as good or better than last year's, while Amazon called the 2013 holiday season its best ever. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of security researchers has published a pair Snapchat security exploits, claiming the popular social startup has ignored requests to address them since August -- prior to any Facebook acquisition talk. The Gibson Security team is hoping ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you loved choose your own adventure books as a child - the ones where you had to turn to page 34 to ride the unicorn or page 75 to enter the Cave of Time - you may find the narrative format of the latest DC Comics digital graphic novel familiar. Today, DC launched Batman: Arkham ... Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Times Newspapers Limited pays out £14m to departing directors, including chief executive Tom MockridgeThe publisher of the Times and the Sunday Times has reported a pre-tax loss of £24m, as payouts to departing directors hit £14m, according to financial filings for the year to 30 June 2013.Times... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lindsay Lohan now has a literary agent, according to TMZ. And where a literary agent with celebrity clients goes, book deals tend to follow.Lindsay Lohan now has a literary agent, according to TMZ. And where a literary agent with celebrity clients goes, book deals tend to follow. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A computer game based on Christopher Brookmyre’s Bedlam (Orbit) – a book about... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg News has an unusual practice of paying some of its reporters explicitly for publishing "market-moving" stories. This is one of many metrics that is factored into reporters' annual bonuses. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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