HC's Killer Reads makes 'open submission' buys

Killer Reads, HarperFiction’s new digital-first crime and thriller list, has made its first acquisitions through an open submission process it held last summer. Sarah Hodgson, deputy publishing director and Kate Stephenson, editor, have acquired three new titles from the hundreds of submissions, as well as a further three titles through literary agents. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Emma Thompson opens Peter Rabbit library

Actress and writer Emma Thompson has today (29th September) opened a new Peter Rabbit children... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Western Great Lakes: Publishers Make the Heartland Vibrant

Some in book publishing may dismiss the region that lies between and fans out from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan’s southern shores as “flyover country.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French Embassy to Open NYC Bookstore

On Saturday, Albertine bookstore and reading room, with books in English and French, will open its doors across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Millennial Media Buys Nexage for $107 Million

Millennial Media has acquired mobile ad exchange Nexage for $107.5 million in cash and stock to boost its programmatic offerings. Under the deal, Nexage’s real-time bidding tools and mobile Web and app inventory across publishers will be used to build out Millennial’s automated media buying and... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrate the Week: Read a Banned Book!

September 21-27 is Banned Books Week. Here we offer a list of titles that have been challenged, restricted, removed, or banned in 2013 and 2014. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What Makes for a Brilliant Book Cover? A Master Explains

If you find yourself in a bookstore, Peter Mendelsund can be hard to avoid. The post What Makes for a Brilliant Book Cover? A Master Explains appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PIPCU shuts down On Read

E-book download site On Read has been shut down by the City of London's Police Intellectual... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Wall Street Journal’s guide to making great native ads

At the Digiday Publishing Summit, Trevor Fellows, the Journal's global head of advertising sales, outlined five key elements to making that process less "painful." The post The Wall Street Journal’s guide to making great native ads appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4 ways magazines are making video work

For traditional publishers, creating video efficiently without stepping on brand toes is a tricky process. The post 4 ways magazines are making video work appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What makes Apple such a success? -- Free ebook

Love it or hate it, you can't deny that Apple is a phenomenally successful company. But how has it managed to achieve this from a business that started in a garage? Mostly it hasn’t been by innovation but by taking technology that already existed and turning it into the devices that people want... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Makes Senior Sales Appointments

New appointments at the Penguin Publishing Group include Lauren Monaco as v-p, director of sales, paperback and Berkley/NAL. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You’re using analytics wrong: five mistakes publishers make with their data

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[ Digiday | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin buys second from Fishman

One, an imprint of Pushkin Press, has acquired the second novel by Boris Fishman, author of A... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Glaister in Book People management buy-out

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nook builds on partnership for 'Get London Reading'

Nook Media has signed a multi-platform partnership with ESI Media, the commercial department of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize: Two American writers make the cut for the shortlist

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stretchable Shelves Hold All Those Books You'll Never Read

Just get a Kindle already. You're insufferable.It's the conundrum of any Ikea visit. How big do you go? Do you buy enough storage for right now, or do you pad it out? One way, you have a bunch of tchotchkes sitting on the floor in two years. The other, you live in an abandoned library.Read Full... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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