Penguin Random House is to take its interactive narrative gaming experience Black Crown offline at the end of this week, with creator Rob Sherman conceding that "the economics do not stand up". The online narrative gaming project, with Sherman's story set in the shady Widsith Institute, launched in May 2013. In its first three months 6,000 people signed up to play the game, with around 5% of those paying money for in-game currency. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zane, bestselling erotica author, entrepreneur and publisher of S&S/Atria’s Strebor Books imprint, is teaming up with Verge Entertainment, a New York City transmedia production house founded by Shawn Martinbrough, Joe Illidge and Milo Stone. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British author James Dawson has beaten off competition from eight other authors, including US... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After many years as a distribution-only client of Penguin, Kensington Publishing has inked an expanded sales and distribution agreement with the newly combined Penguin Random Publisher Services, the Penguin Random House distribution unit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The acquisition, first announced in March, brings the major Spanish-language publisher into PRH Grupo Editorial. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IBM has found a new partner for its supercomputer called Watson: Bon Appetit magazine.Together the companies are introducing the beta version of a web-based cooking app on Monday that taps Watson, which beat two human contestants on "Jeopardy" in 2011, to create a new recipe every time someone... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The comics character Aaron Day, better known as Black Jack, is an African American adventurer created by comics writer, playwright and educator Alex Simmons. A Kickstarter campaign has been started to support Black Jack and the launch of AEON, a new online gaming, comics and animation platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The chairman of the Osprey Group has confirmed the company is undergoing a “strategic... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Friday Project has signed a novel from LA Times Book Prize-shortlisted author Jeff Jackson.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator Axel Scheffler has painted a bench for the National Literacy Trust’s (NLT)... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House's Crown Publishing Group has launched an automated system to make its ARCs directly available to bloggers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Norman Lidofsky will retire as the Penguin Group (USA)’s president, director of paperback sales, at the end of 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicholas Lemann has hired Camille McDuffie as publisher and Jimmy So as editor at "Columbia Global Reports," a new publishing project dedicated to coverage and analysis of under-reported global issues. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titles from Bloomsbury, Atlantic Books and Serpent’s Tail have all made it on to the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roger Tagholm bids a poetic adieu to Random House's iconic colophon, which has been replaced by a new text-based 'global identity.' Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s UK - the new PRH childrens division incorporating both... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has introduced its newly designed logo, replacing the interim PRH logo which has been in place for the past 11 months, since the merger was made official. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has unveiled its new global logo, a wordmark design described as delivering... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Legendary Comics, a division of Legendary Entertainment, announced that it has entered into a multi-year sales and distribution agreement with Penguin Random House Publisher Services. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tim Duggan, currently v-p, executive editor at HarperCollins, is heading to Crown to lead his own eponymous imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has created a consumer marketing development and operations group which will be led by Amanda Close. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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