North of England publishers on obstacles to regional diversity in the book industry

Independent publishers based in the north of England explore the problems faced by such presses in a market dominated by London-based corporate publishers in a round-table discussion chaired by The Bookseller at Bradford Literature Festival. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Business Brisk at 2015 Beijing International Book Fair

The five-day show boasted more exhibitors and more deals than in previous years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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To compete with Facebook and Google, publishers step up their ad-targeting game

Traditional publishers, tired of competing with Facebook and Google for digital ad dollars, are taking steps to get more personal with their advertising. Among the big topics discussed during Advertising Week was how media companies like News Corp and Condé Nast are getting into the ad tech... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of October 5, 2015

Jennifer Wiener goes kid friendly, taking a middle-grade trilogy to Aladdin; Viking nabs the new novel by Ruth Ozeki; Wattpad bestseller Kirsty Moseley lands at Forever; and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Industry Stocks: September 2015 Performances

The Publishers Weekly Stock Index slipped 2.5% in September, a slightly worse performance than the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which dipped 1.5% in the month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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HarperCollins signs three-book deal with Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo has signed a three book deal with HarperCollins and the first new title will be published later this month. Eagle in the Snow, released 8th October (h/b, £12.99), was inspired by the true story of Henry Tandey, the most decorated British soldier of the First World War and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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UK publishers mixed on how to combat ad blocking

New research from the U.K.'s Association of Online Publishers shows that 65 percent of publishers count ad blocking as a serious threat. We asked publishers including Condé Nast and the Economist, how to solve the problem. The answers range from a call for industry standards to moving toward a... Continue reading at Digiday

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Mina Holland moves to W&N for next book

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a new book from Mina Holland, writer and editor of Guardian Cook. Amanda Harris, deputy publisher of non-fiction at Orion Publishing Group, bought UK & Commonwealth rights from Jon Elek at United Agents for Mina Holland’s Mama: The Food that Makes... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Ingrid Law's 'Switch' Book Tour: A Photo Essay

To celebrate her new book, 'Switch,' Ingrid Law criss-crossed the country on a book tour that spanned Colorado to Georgia. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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2015 Texas Teen Book Festival in Photos

On September 26, nearly 4,000 readers of all ages came from all over Texas to the campus of St. Edward's University in Austin to meet 32 YA authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Get to Know the 2015 German Book Prize Shortlist

The winner of the German Book Prize, Germany’s most prestigious literature award, will be chosen from these six shortlisted novels just before the Frankfurt Book Fair. The post Get to Know the 2015 German Book Prize Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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UK rights for banned YA book still available after US rights sold

UK rights for Ted Dawe’s divisive award-winning YA novel, Into the River, are still available, Penguin Random House NZ has confirmed, after US and Canadian rights were sold to independent American publisher Polis Books. Polis Books also acquired the rights to Dawe’s earlier novel Thunder Road... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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South Carolina Welcomes New Book Festival

Deckle Edge, which will launch in Columbia, South Carolina Feb. 19-21, hopes to fill the void left when the South Carolina Book Festival was cancelled in July. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Josh Tyrangiel, One of the Industry's Most Influential Editors, Is Leaving Bloomberg

Josh Tyrangiel, who oversees all media content for Bloomberg—including digital, TV, radio—and is editor of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, is leaving the company. "I've spent 6 years working with some of the smartest and most creative people in journalism, and it's time for me to take some... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Children's picture books get an internet-era makeover

Remember those customized children's books that the rich kids in school used to get, featuring a story with their name and face pasted onto the pages? It turns out that these things are still going, but now the companies that make them are harnessi... Continue reading at Engadget

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Classic children's books on coding reprogrammed for a new generation

Author Lisa Watts, who helped to teach a generation of children about computers a quarter of a century ago, hopes new books will inspire tomorrow’s programmers“Back in the 1980s, the big question was: what are we going to do with these computers? We were empowered – we had a ZX81 or a BBC Micro... Continue reading at The Guardian

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A manifesto for flexing the publishing model

"Ultimately, publishing comes down to six irreducible elements." And in laying out those elements for us in her FutureBook 2015 manifesto, it takes publishing consultant Alison Jones only to element No. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Big Publishers to Online Advertisers: Trust Us (and No One Else)

Big online publishers have a message for marketers: Stop putting so much faith in technology and realize that we're the only ones you can trust.This argument runs counter to one of the core principles of online advertising. For several years now, the advertising industry has been increasingly... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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YA Book Prize teams up with Hay Festival

The Bookseller is teaming up with the Hay Festival for next year’s YA Book Prize, whose submissions open today.   The Bookseller launched the 2016 prize at its children’s conference in London today (29th September), alongside the winner of the 2015 prize, Louise O’Neill. Submissions are now... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hungary Draws Fire at the Göteborg Book Fair

Representatives from Hungary, a market focus at this year's Göteborg Book Fair, were openly criticized for the country's harsh treatment of refugees. The post Hungary Draws Fire at the Göteborg Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Karen Finley, Banned Books Week and the responsibilities of art

It's only fitting that the 25th anniversary edition of Karen Finley's “Shock Treatment” (City Lights: 144 pp., $15.95 paper) should come out in time for Banned Books Week, the literary holiday about which I feel most consistently ambivalent. If Banned Books Week represents, in many ways, a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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