In 1964, Robert Cameron became well known in San Francisco when he published The Drinking Man’s Diet, the original low-carb diet allowing ample booze consumption. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Big Five have found themselves in the middle of a long-running battle between Greenpeace and Resolute Forest Products over logging practices in Canada’s Boreal Forest. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#boreal forest
#logging practices
The Book People has acquired gift company Qwerkity, heralding its “natural” expansion into the gift market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#book people
Some teams' marketers are already back on the training field in a bid to monetize an uptick in digital consumption they have so far struggled to understand. The post ‘In reality, we are a content company’: Football clubs embrace the role of digital publisher appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#digital consumption
#digital publisher
#content company
Penguin Random House has acquired a New York-based company specialising in creating and selling licensed illustrated literary-themed products called Out of Print. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The publisher has acquired Out of Print, which produces and retails literary-themed apparel, accessories, and home goods. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
A single word in the language of a law passed in Pennsylvania last year could have long-ranging implications for companies that use or provide a common service — technical support. The so-called "help desk tax" emanated from Act 84, a statute designed to levy the Pennsylvania Sales and Use Tax... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#online services
#digital downloads
TPG Capital tells Senate inquiry it would expand the business but concedes it has no experience running newspapersOne of the bidders for Fairfax Media, TPG Capital, has told a Senate inquiry that if the $2.7bn bid were successful the consortium would grow the media business and sell it off again... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#fairfax media
#media business
The Corporate Committee for Library Investment expands an effort that began last week with a letter to Congress from eight publishers and library vendors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The two-store history of Paris' bookshop Shakespeare and Company is recounted in a book the shop itself published last autumn. The post Paris’ Shakespeare and Company: Where a Bookselling Pedigree Sells appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#post paris
It's official: Time Inc. has not found a buyer -- and is no longer considering offers. In an announcement that put a cap on months of speculation over who would buy the publishing giant and when, Time Inc. said Friday morning that the "Company will continue to pursue its strategic plan."The... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#crucial source
#magazine publishers
#digital revenues
#digital audiences
#continued growth
#magazine group
#strategic plan
#friday morning
Publishers are responding to the surge in audiobook downloads by investing more in the sector, hiring new staff, upping the number of titles they publish and exploring audio-first opportunities. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#audiobook downloads
Kit de Waal’s debut novel My Name is Leon (Viking) has been optioned for TV by Sir Lenny Henry’s production company, Douglas Road Productions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#production company
#lenny henry
Chandler education technology company StrongMind has moved into a larger, custom office, expanded by 60 percent over the last year, and plans to continue hiring this year. StrongMind develops technology and content curriculum for 6th to 12th graders that online schools and blended-learning... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#12th graders
Renowned makeup artist & best-selling author Bobbi Brown talks finding her passion, leaving her namesake company, and her newest book on "No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis. Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#newest book
#staying true
#things differently
There are five of them in all, starting with the premise 'That Thomson Reuters shall at no time pass into the hands of any one interest, group or faction.' The edicts were created in 1941 in partnership with shareholders and the Newspaper Publishers Association. This week, Reuters announced that... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#thomson reuters
Bertelsmann has acquired a stake in Indian ed-tech company Eruditus Executive Education. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Google, Facebook, et al are in reality media companies and must accept the responsibilities that go with it Attention, like snow, comes in two varieties; the fun, beautiful kind, and the “wrong” kind, the kind that stops trains and freezes democracy. Recently the seemingly unstoppable digital... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#british government
#fake news
#largest repository
Tech culture has the reputation for long hours, intense competition, and little time for reflection. But Asana, a workplace-productivity management company founded by former Facebookers and Googlers, couldn’t be further from this stereotype. The company is built on the idea that mindfulness,... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#taylor lorenz
#life coach
Children’s Fun Publishing is a joint venture between Egmont Group and Posts & Telecommunications Press, so the wealth of foreign works in its 6,000-title catalogue is not surprising. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#000-title catalogue
#egmont group
#joint venture
#fun publishing
Nielsen survey finds UK ebook sales declined by 4% in 2016, the second consecutive year digital has shrunkReaders committed to physical books can give a sigh of relief, as new figures reveal that ebook sales are falling while sales of paper books are growing – and the shift is being driven by... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#4% rise
#bricks-and-mortar bookshops
#consumer survey
#ebook formats
#younger generations
#annual books