In his call for Your five-minute manifesto for FutureBook, The Bookseller editor Philip Jones wrote that part of the planning of our FutureBook Conference this year (4th December at The Mermaid) is "to take this recent history of the book business and reflect on the job still to do." To that end, he made a call for submissions: we want your manifesto for the future of the book business. Details of how to get it to us are below. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In June, Bon Appetit magazine and IBM created an unlikely alliance: The Conde Nast publication tapped the IBM supercomputer Watson to inform a web-based cooking app called Chef Watson. The app combines the computer's information on food with Bon Appetit's more than 9,000 recipes to kick out a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Murphy started at St. Martin's as a publicity associate, rising to v-p, director of publicity. In May, he was named v-p, publishing strategy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author John Grisham apologized Thursday for comments he made about what he viewed as overly punitive sentences for those who view child pornography. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jill Schoolman founded Archipelago Books in 2003 as a nonprofit focused on publishing foreign-language works in English translation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Dan Roth left Fortune for LinkedIn, the publishing world thought he was crazy. Now he holds publishing's most powerful editorial position. The post How Dan Roth became the most powerful editor in business publishing appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coverage of the dispute between Amazon and the Hachette Book Group by the 'New York Times' made its way into the Sunday column of Margaret Sullivan, the paper's public editor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Mack Carter, one of the industry's most influential magazine editors and the longtime voice of McCall's, Ladies' Home Journal and Good Housekeeping, has died at 86 following a long battle with Parkinson's. Mr. Carter was the only person in publishing history to helm all three titles.Mr.... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray has pre-empted a collection of short stories and debut novel from Irish writer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Want to know what international agents, editors and foreign rights specialists see happening in their respective markets? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary world praises Miller for his intelligence, wit and literary acumen, and lasting pride in his Scottish rootsKarl Miller, founding editor of the London Review of Books, critic and award-winning author, has died, aged 83.After stints as literary editor of both the Spectator and the New... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Father and son John and Sam Eldredge talked about everything in weekly conversations after Sam graduated from college. These talks with his father eased Sam's transition to manhood, and now they are captured in a book for the benefit of other young men. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The top three bestselling novels in France last month were new to the country’s fiction list, with Emmanuel Carrère’s "The Kingdom" coming in first. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A government-initiated inquiry into the online-physical and ebook sectors in the UK, a digital... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jennifer Hershey’s career came full circle last week when she was promoted to associate publisher of Ballantine Bantam Dell—a role that she’s taking on in addition to her current responsibilities as senior v-p and editor-in-chief. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his longest, most revealing work, King Cat Comix's John Porcellino looks at an unknown but life threatening illness and its effect on his world, a story it took him 17 years to tell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher and owner of titles like People and Time, announced another editorial shakeup Wednesday, marking its second masthead move in a week.Hunter Lewis, the executive editor at Time Inc.'s Southern Living magazine, was named editor of Cooking Light on... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cats and comics get a big boost this September with John Martz's 'A Cat Named Tim'. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Even as a high school student, Malaika Adero knew that she wanted to work in the book publishing industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stanley Hochman, editor of reference, and a translator of European literature and nonfiction, died at home of natural causes on August 10. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why did John Oliver devote 11 minutes of his HBO show "Last Week Tonight" to skewering the practice of native advertising?It was inspired by an interview he saw with Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp, Mr. Oliver told an audience at Hearst Tower in New York on Tuesday. Mr. Oliver was struck by how easily... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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