PRH to publish last picture book from Michael Bond

Penguin Random House Children’s is to posthumously publish Michael Bond’s The Ups and Downs of the Castle Mice, a sequel to his 2016 picture book The Tale of the Castle Mice. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Ghomeshi Bio to Be First Original Title Published by Kobo

This June, Canadian ebook retailer Kobo will publish its first original ebook when it releases Kevin Donovan's 'Jian Ghomeshi: Secret Life.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Good' first quarter for PRH in Pearson results

Pearson has said trading for the first three months of 2015 has been in line with expectations, with a "good" first-quarter performance from Penguin Random House boosted by "million-copy" sales for The Girl on the Train. Pearson's underlying sales for the quarter were down 1% to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cereal Café book to Ebury

Ebury Press has signed a gift book from the founders of the Cereal Killer Café, twins Gary and Alan Keery. The brothers opened the café, which specialises in breakfast cereal, in London's Brick Lane last year, making newspaper headlines following a Channel 4 interview which questioned the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McGough deplores lack of poetry publishing

Poet Roger McGough has criticised the lack of submissions for the 2015 Children's Poetry Award, for which he is chair of the judges, saying "so few publishers are producing poetry books for children and young people."  McGough was speaking as the shortlist for the £1,000 award, made by The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conran Octopus to publish Vogue jewellery title

Conran Octopus has signed a book covering Vogue magazine's relationship with jewellery, authored by Vogue jewellery editor Carol Woolton. Vogue the Jewellery will be published as a £75 hardback printed in a large, silk-bound format and packaged in a foil-blocked clamshell case. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Banned Books Week 2015 will center on young adult titles

'These are the books that speak most immediately to young people, dealing with many of the difficult issues that arise in their own lives, or in the lives of their friends,' Judith Platt, chair of the Banned Books Week national committee, said of challenged YA books. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Markup Standards for Books and Journals: Digital Solutions in India 2015

In any standards landscape, there is diversity and not likely to be a single or permanent solution. Because content often has to connect to bibliographic and business metadata, integration with other standards can be a requirement and a challenge. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH UK partners with Hailo

Penguin Random House UK and taxi ordering app Hailo have partnered on a new scheme which will see free physical and audiobooks given away. Free books will be left in cabs which use the Hailo service, under the #BlackCabBooks scheme, while audiobook extracts will be available through the app... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Children’s Books Take Center Stage

Strong juvenile book sales and a commitment to education led the American Booksellers Association to launch a separate conference for children’s booksellers nearly five years ago, following its merger with the Association of Booksellers for Children. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackbird Books opens in Ireland's County Meath

A new independent bookshop has opened in Navan in Ireland, selling new books with a focus on children’s literature.  Last weekend husband and wife team Shane and Lorraine Breslin “quietly opened” Blackbird Books on the Old Corn Market in Navan, County Meath, which is about a 40-minute drive... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Book Deals: Week of April 27, 2015

Bennett starts ‘Feminist Fight’ at Harper and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Hearst’s Troy Young: The modern publisher needs a platform

In this week's Digiday Podcast, Troy Young, president of digital media at Hearst Magazines, joined us to discuss how traditional media companies change -- and what will determine the winners in the fast-changing digital media market. "The whole publishing mechanism for digital is very different... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Watch Creates Wrist-y Business for Publishers, Advertisers

The Apple Watch is officially out today, but the so-called wearable has already sparked an arms race among media companies vying for attention on your wrist.(Does that make it a wrist race?)Newspapers, TV news networks, magazine publishers and radio stations have introduced apps for the Watch.... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Malcolm made publishing strategy director at HC

HarperCollins has appointed Oli Malcolm to the role of publishing strategy director for fiction, non-fiction and Avon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Books-A-Million Continues to Add More Items

The sale of nonbook items rose at Books-A-Million in 2014, compared to 2013, as the retailer continued to diversify its inventory mix in response to a decline in print books, the company reported in its 10-K filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, April 27, 2015

This week: Werner Herzog walks on ice, Oliver Sacks's new memoir, and the golden age of murder. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Catalonia Celebrates Biggest Book-Giving Holiday of the Year

April 23, Dia de Sant Jordi, the Catalan festival dedicated to books and roses, accounts for 5–8% of annual book sales in Catalonia. The post Catalonia Celebrates Biggest Book-Giving Holiday of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Mobile Travel Bookings Grow, This Private Jet Charter Service Is Catching Up

While the mobile boom took off for commercial travel brands a few years ago, the private sector has been noticeably slower to make the shift to digital. But that's starting to change for high-end players like Skyjet, a private jet charter service. After launching a website last year, Skyjet... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Queen Victoria's children's book will be released this summer

The Royal Collection Trust will publish a children's story written by the monarch when she was a young girl. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Connect Books: sales drop but business 'stabilising'

Connect Books has delivered a “much improved” operational performance in the last six months, although sales were down 3% to £103.4m. The Norwich-based company, which comprises Bertrams, Dawson Books and Wordery, also saw its underlying operational profit decrease by 18.6% to £1.9m compared to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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