Pearson intends to sell its 47% stake in Penguin Random House and will be issuing an "exit notice" to its joint venture partner Bertelsmann, which holds a majority 53% stake in the group. Bertelsmann has responded by saying it is "open" to increasing its share in the world’s biggest trade publishing group if the "financial terms are fair". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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House, a design, decoration, food and lifestyle website, aims to reach 500,000 monthly users in four yearsCondé Nast is launching a online lifestyle offering closely resembling Pinterest, House, replacing its House & Garden and Easy Living websites.The publisher is launching House on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Between real-time bidding, buying and selling programmatic advertising, publishers have plenty to learn when forging deals in the digital advertising space. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beginning April 1, the Pearson Technology Group will take over global distribution for Microsoft Press’ print and digital products. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books by Sainsbury’s has sold the brand and social networking elements of ebook site... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of newspaper publishers, including Gannett, McClatchy, Tribune and others, has put the Cars.com online marketplace up for sale for as much as $3 billion, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Moelis & Co., which is advisin ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portland's Tin House Press, born out of the eponymous magazine, continues to foster a community of engaged readers interested in eclectic small press publishing. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK-based startup ValoBox offers an attractive revenue sharing model for those who use social media as a catalyst to sell books, empowering discovery. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The books on the shortlist for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize 2014 cover a wide range of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Anderson has been appointed the new managing director of Pearson UK. Anderson has been... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher tells Miriam Elia to stop selling satire in which Peter and Jane grapple with Tracey Emin-style conceptual artAn artist and comedian has been told by the publisher Penguin that her new satirical art book breaches its copyright, and if she continues to sell copies it could use the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the College of Charleston assigned the graphic memoir 'Fun Home' as summer reading, members of the South Carolina House of Representatives voted to cut funding to the school. The budget will be decided on by the general assembly in March. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson reported a contribution to earnings of 78 million pounds from Penguin and Penguin Random House in 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Canada will follow Random House of Canada's lead in contracting out foreign rights sales to the Cooke Agency International. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Triumph's "instant book" about the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl win fared well in its first full week on sale. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Melville House has signed a memoir from Jón Gnarr, the absurdist comedian who founded a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One week after news broke that Penguin Books India had recalled and destroyed Wendy Doniger’s "The Hindus" the negative fall out continues. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors demand their own books are taken out of circulation in India after Wendy Doniger's The Hindus was pulled last weekTwo authors have written to Penguin demanding that their books be pulped in protest at the publisher's removal of Wendy Doniger's The Hindus from circulation in India, while... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Books India agreed to withdraw the book from circulation in India as well as destroy every copy of the book. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Arundhati Roy leads chorus of protest after publisher settles lawsuit brought by militant groupConservative activists in India have pledged to continue their campaign to purge bookshelves and schools of works they say are abusive to Hinduism, as a fierce row over a 700-page academic... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher says it was forced to withdraw Wendy Doniger's book The Hindus because of law threatening jail for insults to religionPenguin India has said "intolerant and restrictive" Indian laws forced it to remove a book from sale after it tried to defend an American author's religious history... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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