Pearson and Bertelsmann have confirmed that Penguin and Random House are to combine into a new... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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President Obama announced today digital reading initiatives for low income students that include major ebook donations from corporate publishers, and a commitment to ensuring all students have access to a library card. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Users should not panic about a Facebook-style filtered timeline just yet, but Dick Costolo says curation will happen for ‘logged in users’ as well as passing visitorsTwitter will expand its efforts to “curate” tweets and media for its users, according to chief executive Dick Costolo, although... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Green Party is to review its policy on copyright following protests by authors and publishers. In a policy document released last week the party said it wanted to reduce copyright terms to a maximum of 14 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Mountainview Books will publish the three winners of this year's Jerry Jenkins Writers Guild Operation First Novel contest. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH's U.S. division successfully launched the program in December 2014, and received 32,000 page views and 3,600 requests for recommendations during its first month alone. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In her more than 25 years in the bookselling business in Barbados, there isn’t much that Beverly Smith-Hinkson hasn’t done. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Powerful publishing personalities partied at HarperCollins' annual London Book Fair opening night party , exhibiting the influence the publisher still holds. The post HarperCollins Hosts Home House London Book Fair Opener appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch publisher’s former UK chief, who was cleared of phone-hacking charges last year, is unlikely to be involved with the Sun, according to sourcesRupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has confirmed that it is in talks with Rebekah Brooks, the former Sun and News of the World editor... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A picture book about two male penguins raising a baby penguin again features on a list of books to have received the most complaints from library users. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Smithsonian Institution and Penguin Young Readers are collaborating on a new series of narrative non-fiction books riffing on the Smithsonian experience The post Penguin Young Readers Partners with Smithsonian Institution appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK is hoping to engage with 16-19 year-olds with targeted teen content across social media platforms. The publisher, which closed its online teen book community Spinebreakers last September, will now produce targeted content for branded spaces on Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A series of high-profile acquistions have galvanised this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, including Alex Scarrow’s sensational move of publisher, an Egmont series on coding and a science fiction twist on the “sick lit” genre. Macmillan Children’s Books announced a “substantial” three-book... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coffee House Press in Minneapolis has just received a $100,000 grant from the Bush Foundation. The press said it intend to use much of the grant money its In the Stacks residency program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Toy giant Mattel revealed its publishing plans to The Bookseller Daily at Bologna, including the dramatic shift of moving creation of Barbie assets in-house, plus new ranges for Thomas & Friends and Bob the Builder. Venetia Davie, vice-president of global publishing at Mattel, said that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Specs Age 28 Claim to fame Stars as Ezra Fitz on ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars; five-time Teen Choice Awards winner Base Los Angeles Twitter @IANMHARDING What's the first information you consume in the morning? I wake up, I'll meditate, and then I'll read something. I try to wake up 45... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The success of Penguin’s highly portable commute-sized gobbets says much about what modern readers wantReleased to mark Penguin Books’ 80th birthday, the pocket-sized, 80p-a-pop Little Black Classics have been a hit, selling 70,545 copies in the first week of publication.The commercial success... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book about a penguin who flies to the tropics with the aid of a kite is named the winner of the 2015 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin will next month release a new paperback edition of John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars for physical bookshops. The retail version of the book still features the cover design by Rodrigo Corral but on a black background, instead of blue. It will be released on the 2nd April and will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK is to launch a multi-million pound Penguin-branded consumer website in the second half of this year, but chief executive Tom Weldon reiterated the company's view that it had no plans to become a retailer, claiming that it would be "quicker for PRH to burn the money". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Companies like Amazon and Google which move their profits overseas will be charged a “diverted profits tax” the Chancellor confirmed this afternoon (18th March). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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