A “scratch and sniff” front cover for The Twits and more details about Jacqueline Wilson’s reworking of What Katy Did Next were some of the highlights of a Penguin Random House Children’s showcase, held yesterday (25th March) at Foyles Charing Cross. The event was the first media presentation from PRH Children’s as a combined company and m.d. Francesca Dow said that “when two fantastic publishers come together, the sum of the whole is better than the parts”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont has acquired two YA titles from Kevin Brooks, the winner of the 2014 CILIP Carnegie Medal... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From #Girlboss to #Scandal, publishers are discovering a new marketing hook for hard-copy as well as online readingCan a book go viral in the same way a cat video on YouTube can? Unless its Harry Potter or Fifty Shades of Grey, probably not. So rather than simply trying to reach mass audiences,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter users are subbing in 'Thrones' themes for famous children's book titles. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Melville House UK will launch its first titles this autumn, starting with a novel by Goldsmiths... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Young Readers Group has partnered with NFL Players Inc., the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association, to create a range of books inspired by National Football League athletes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eight writers have been chosen as winners of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, with two... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The debut novel by S.E. Grove has earned almost unanimous critical praise for its originality and the fascinating world in which it takes place. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray Publishers is to publish a book accompanying a major new BBC Radio 4 series on plants... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paul Crichton will be leaving his post as v-p, director of publicity at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing on June 27. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon and Schuster Children’s Books has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to a YA... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A “Britain’s Got Talent” style online audio competition to read text aloud and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The main theme emerging in The Bookseller Rising Stars list—the annual run-down of the best... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lonely Planet is relaunching its children’s list, Not for Parents, as a cross-platform... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has a 78% market share of Hachette Livre ebook titles in the UK and a 60% share in the US... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nonfiction house Square One Publishers is breaking into the true crime category with a hybrid nonfiction work that looks at the relationship between Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the legendary serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At its annual awards ceremony, Children’s Books Ireland honored, among numerous others, Mary-Louise Fitzpatrick's "Hagwitch" as Book of the Year. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-11 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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Bloomsbury is combining its marketing and publicity departments, led by two newly created roles... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The just-concluded Asian Festival Children’s Content (AFCC), which ran from May 30 to June 4 in Singapore, hosted around 100 speakers from 16 different countries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House U.K. has created a single children's division, led by Francesca Dow. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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