Translating image to sound is a difficult task, but a necessary one for some readers. The team behind the audiobook adaptation of Darrin Bell's acclaimed 2023 graphic novel 'The Talk' explains how it's done. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Infernal Compass' by Lilah Sturges and polterink, is the first original graphic novel in Boom! Studios' popular Lumberjanes series and focuses on the budding queer romance between campers Molly and Mal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadians say they listen to audiobooks while doing other things. In 2018, 54 percent of those surveyed by BookNet Canada prefer to listen on their phones. The post BookNet Canada: Sci-Fi, Women Leading Audiobook Consumption appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo has been slinging ebooks for years now, but it's still pretty new to the whole audiobook craze -- the Canadian company (and Rakuten subsidiary) only added spoken-word content to its catalog about a year ago. Thankfully, Kobo recently made it a... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W F Howes general manager Miles Stevens-Hoare and Enders Analysis’ Joseph Evans are to join radio futurologist James Cridland as the keynote speakers at The Bookseller’s AudioBook conference, held as part of FutureBook Live 2018 (30th November). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fantagraphics has acquired 'BTTM FDRS' by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore, a new graphic novel that combines satire and horror in a quirky exploration of race and gentrification. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW talks to Jason Lutes about the creation of 'Berlin,' an epic historical graphic novel set during the rise of the Nazis party in 1920s Berlin, a book he has worked on for more than two decades. 'Berlin' will be published by Drawn & Quarterly this month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new imprint will focus on graphic novels about the experiences of people of color, and be overseen by black academic and comics artist John Jennings, cocreator of the 2017 'Kindred' graphic novel adaptation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian children’s book publisher Kids Can Press will see two of its book properties transformed into television shows next fall: Ashley Spires’ graphic novels about Binky the Space Cat and a picture-book series by Geneviève Côté. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @porter_anderson... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actor Christopher Eccleston has agreed to narrate the audiobook version of A J Hartley’s Cold Bath Street, published by the student-run, not-for-profit publishing house UCLan Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Touting 6 million ebooks and a $9.99 audiobook subscription, the new Walmart partnership with Rakuten Kobo gives the Canadian retailer what it hasn't had in the US market: brand recognition. The post Canada’s Rakuten Kobo Arrives in America at Walmart: Ebooks and Audiobooks appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the Association of American Publishers' StatShot Annual is citing, BookNet Canada's English-language market sees online retail edging up on physical-store retail, though print is flat in the first six months of 2018. The post In a ‘Steady’ First Half, BookNet Canada Sees Audiobook Purchases 4... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new School Journal comic book is taking a fresh approach to teaching Kiwi kids about the Treaty of Waitangi. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic book Sabrina by Nick Drnaso is on the longlist for the prize, but it’s just the latest in a fine traditionHow am I supposed to feel about the fact that for the first time a graphic novel has made it on to the Booker longlist? As someone who loves comics, and who has championed them in this... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW will continue to offer news and feature coverage of physical and digital audiobooks, as well as monthly audiobook bestseller lists, but will no longer review audiobooks effective August 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Russian ebook distributor LitRes reports 45-percent growth year-over-year in ebook sales for the first half of this year. And Storytel, which ended its first year in May in the market, cites digital access over vast distances as a driver. The post Russia’s Growing Ebook and Audiobook Sales... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women's fiction publisher Choc Lit has agreed a deal with unabridged audiobook publisher Soundings to co-brand audiobooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The creator of television's 'CSI' franchise and his wife create a new series of teen-told tales as graphic novels, Simon & Schuster distributing. And Sweden's still young Thunderful Publishing has a new acquisition in Rising Star Games. The post Industry Notes: Zuiker Press’ Issue-Based... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK audio production sector trade association The Radio Independents Group is relaunching as AudioUK, and with a broader remit, in the wake of the audiobook and podcasting boom, "to put audio production at the heart of the UK’s successful creative industries". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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