Leaver and Smith’s Welbeck Acquires Carlton; Books International Acquires Marston

In two moves announced within days of each other, new consolidation can be seen in both nonfiction and in distribution and manufacturing services in publishing. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Leaver: ‘An Excellent Springboard’ ormer Quarto CEO Marcus Leaver and Mark Smith have joined forces in creating Welbeck Publishing, with Carlton Books becoming the first in an anticipated series ... The post Leaver and Smith’s Welbeck Acquires Carlton; Books International Acquires Marston appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Twitter Acquires Mobile Ad Exchange MoPub

Google's got an ad exchange. So does Facebook. Twitter is said to be working on one too. But in the meantime, the company has just purchased MoPub, a burgeoning mobile ad exchange business.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed. MoPub has built an ad exchange through which mobile publishers... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smashwords Reaches a Milestone: Publishes 250,000th Book

The Smashwords self-publishing platform has published a quarter of million books containing 8.5 billion words in six years in business. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strong Moscow Book Fair Still Offers Mixed Signals

Title production hit 56,000 copies for the first six months of 2012, though overall sales are lower, according to news out of this year's Moscow International Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Jim Carrey will release a children's book later this month

Carrey's book, titled 'How Roland Rolls,' centers on a wave who soon learns he is part of something bigger than himself by being one section of the ocean. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Yves Bonnefoy Wins $150,000 Guadalajara Book Fair Prize

Following a controversial choice last year, FIL comes back with an august winner for it's $150k prize for literature: French poet, essayist and critic Yves Bonnefoy. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Macmillan Children's Books hunts for 'Busy Bookshop'

Macmillan Children's Books pre-school imprint Campbell Books wants to feature the UK's... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Starry media launch for Books Are My Bag

Model Lily Cole, journalist Jon Snow and "Britain's Got Talent" judge Amanda Holden... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Storify Acquired by Web Publishing Services Company Livefyre

Storify, a digital storytelling tool used by journalists to surface conversations that originate on social media, has been acquired by the Web publishing services company Livefyre. Livefyre plans to fold Storify into its StreamHub product, which offers Web publishers tools for commenting, live... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Livefyre Acquires Storify to Expand Its Social-Media Curation Platform

Livefyre, a provider of comment-hosting tools for online publishers that has been expanding into other areas of social content, has agreed to acquire Storify — a service that allows users to curate conversations from Twitter, ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Heads up, bookworms! Oyster is Netflix for books

The all-you-can-eat Netflix model of media consumption is now available for ebooks.Oyster, a year-old Flatiron-district startup with $3 million in backing, launched its iPhone e-reading application and subscription service on Thursday. For now, the service is only available by invitation (users... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carlton to publish Springsteen title

Carlton Books is to publish a book chronology of Bruce Springsteen’s 17 studio albums to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With Oyster, Keep 100,000 Books In Your Pocket For $10 A Month

Whether for movies, music, or magazines, the all–access model has proven it's here to stay. Now, what Spotify has done for music and Netflix has done for movies, a startup called Oyster is trying to do for that most analog of relics: the book. The basic premise of Oyster's invite–only iPhone... Continue reading at Fast Company

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Schama history book up for prize

A history of Judaism, a biography of Margaret Thatcher and a book about the importance of bees are all nominated for this year's Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. Continue reading at BBC News

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Hodder Children's Books buys YA debut

Hodder Children's Books has bought two novels from debut author Carla Spradbery, acquiring... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Coloring Book Star Takes Stab At U.S. Market

Mel Elliott, who lives in the U.K., self-published Colour Me Good: Ryan Gosling on a lark. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster: A Gorgeous New App Offering Unlimited Books for $9.95 a Month

Can a Spotify-like service created by ex-Googlers shake up the publishing industry?     Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boston marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman to publish book

The wounded man in one of the most memorable photos of the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, Jeff Bauman, will publish a book in April 2014, on the event's anniversary.The wounded man in one of the most memorable photos of the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, Jeff Bauman, will... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Boston Marathon bombing survivor has a book deal

A man who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombings but managed to help identify the perpetrators is working on a memoir.Jeff Bauman has a deal with Grand Central Publishing for "Stronger," scheduled to come out in April, one year after the attacks that killed three and injured many others.... Continue reading at Crains New York

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Amazon's New Offer: Discounted Kindle Versions of Print Books You've Already Bought

Amazon said on Tuesday that it will unveil a program that will let Amazon customers purchase the digital versions of print books they've already bought -- or will buy -- from Amazon, for $2.99 or less. The initiative, called Kindle MatchBook, will launch in October with at least 10,000... Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Who Died in Syria Wins Arab American Book Award

The late New York Times Reporter Anthony Shadid, who died in Syria last year, is among the winners of the 2013 Arab American Book Awards. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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