Mackenzie Smith made picture books publisher at S&S Children's

Helen Mackenzie Smith has been promoted to the newly created role of picture books publisher at Simon & Schuster Children's. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Dunham’s $3.7m Advance: Everything Wrong With Publishing Today?

Lena Dunham, creator of HBO’s Girls, signed a $3.7 million book deal with Random House. Rob Spillman says it is emblematic of all that is wrong with corporate publishing today. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Content Newswire NewsCred Buys Cloud Publisher Daylife

NewsCred is a media upstart that offers a one-stop shop for high quality content from the likes of the Economist and Bloomberg. After relaunching less than a year ago with a $4 million investment, the company&rsquo;s technology-driven syndication ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australia to Play Big Role in News Corp.'s Publishing SpinOff

In splitting News Corp. into two companies, Rupert Murdoch is creating something he hasn't had in years: an Australian media company. By some measures, the publishing company to emerge from the division of News Corp. sometime next year will have ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Julie Burchill to crowd-fund new book

Journalist and author Julie Burchill is set to release her new book Unchosen: The Memoirs of a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury acquires "revolutionary" Spanish cookery book

Ebury Press has acquired a title aiming to be "the breakthrough book on accessible Spanish... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnny Depp will launch a publishing imprint

Infinitum Nihi – Johnny Depp's new publishing imprint with partner HarperCollins – will publish titles including a Bob Dylan biography and a novel by Woody Guthrie. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books Offer Silver Lining for Australians

Australian book sales have plunged 10% in 2012, but ebook sales are finally taking off, writes Andrew Wilkins. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wimpy Kid books to go digital

Puffin is releasing the first six Wimpy Kid books by Jeff Kinney as ebooks for the first time on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Geras new Arrow publishing director

Cornerstone has appointed Jenny Geras as publishing director of Arrow, with Geras moving from Pan... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hearst appoints Discovery Network's Turnbull as replacement for Macleod Smith

Hearst Magazines has appointed Amanda Turnbull as group publishing director of Esquire and Harper's Bazaar, replacing Tess Macleod Smith who left last year to join Net-a-Porter. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books as Brands

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kindle Users To Get Refunds And Lower Prices on E-Books After Settlement

Buy a lot of ebooks? Thank your state attorney general for the credit you'll get next year. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hobbit fans pay homage at book fair

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[ Stuff | 2012-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books Share of Canadian Market Pegged at 16%

BookNet Canada’s first survey of where Canadians buy books and what types of books they buy found that about 16% of purchases in the first half of 2012 were of ebooks, while paperback remained the most popular format, with a 57% share. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Printed book sales pass £1bn mark

Spending on printed books in 2012 has passed the £1bn mark, but a fortnight later than last... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Investing in Future Readers: German Children Get Their Own Newspaper

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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