On November 7, Judge Florence Pan released her memorandum opinion blocking Penguin Random House from acquiring rival Big Five publisher Simon & Schuster. In the final analysis, after a year of legal wrangling and a three week trial, it wasn’t a close case for her at all. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann is seeking a private equity partner to help it buy out Pearson's stake in Penguin Random House. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google introduced its Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) program to allow publishers and advertisers to create good-looking mobile content that loads very quickly. The company launched the program in early October with a select set of pa ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan and Orkney Library & Archive have joined forces to launch a new joint reading initiative, The Hurricane Book Club. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Don Weisberg is stepping down as president of Penguin Young Readers Group to become president of Macmillan Publishers U.S. He will be succeeded at Penguin by Jen Loja who has been senior v-p and associate publisher of the young readers group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber is closing its Faber Factory Plus sales service for small independent publishers, taking the decision with “a heavy heart” after “ a difficult year last year.” The publisher has given its clients - such as Daunt Books publishing, Lonely Planet, Murdoch Books, Pavilion Books and Pushkin... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has acquired the Dales Detective series by Julia Chapman following a three-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tesco and Pan Macmillan have partnered to raise money in support of national reading charity Readathon, working to provide books for sick children in the UK’s 30 largest children’s hospitals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Previously unpublished episodes of the comic book series Judge Dredd from the late 1970s, part of the 2000 AD anthology, are going to be reprinted for the first time by Rebellion Publishing following a change in the law. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has acquired Livia’s Kitchen, a new cookery book by London-based wellness entrepreneur Olivia Wollenberg containing recipes made entirely from natural ingredients. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Half of a Yellow Sun by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named the Bailey's ‘Best of the Best’, chosen from the past decade's winners of the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year, the expedited holiday shipping program Random House initiated for indie booksellers in 2011 will feature frontlist and backlist titles published by Penguin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK’s consumer engagement team has hired two "high profile" new people to step up its direct audience relationships with readers. Claire Wilshaw, former brand director for Vintage, and Booksandquills vlogger, Sanne Vliegenthart, are joining the Penguin consumer engagement... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time, Inc. chief content officer on how magazines can adapt to thrive on a changed playing field. The post Folio: Show Coverage: Norm Pearlstine Delivers Opening Keynote appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Noting our extended deadline for FutureBook 2015 Innovation Awards (to Friday, 2nd October), we're glad to have Molly Flatt, our BookTech Showcase Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has signed a global deal for the autobiography of musician Phil Collins, with Tricia Boczkowski buying for Crown U.S. and Ben Dunn buying for Century U.K. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The overwhelming majority of digital publishers (90 percent) have adopted or are considering adding native advertising to their sites. It’s seen as an effective tool by brands and advertisers, garnering 4.1 times more vi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The search giant’s attempt to compete with Facebook Instant Articles and Apple News is drastic – but should be welcomedIn the world of sci-fi, some genius inventor type comes up with a device which immediately disables all guns, missiles, torpedoes, everything. At the flick of a switch, the rate... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House's Viking division is to publish novelist John le Carré's memoir. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While AMP, Google is making a big push to speed up how fast publishers' content loads on mobile screens. That's good for Google, publishers and most of all readers. But others have reservations about the scheme, which they say ignores Google's role in slowing down sites through its own ad tech.... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To hear publishers tell it, Google's plan to help sites' pages instantly load on mobile isn't a shot across the bow at Facebook, which is doing the same thing. It's a shot at keeping the mobile web and the publishers on it relevant at a time when audiences' attentions are shifting to mobile apps... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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