Publisher cancels Woody Allen's memoir a month before publication

On Friday, a day after a walkout, Hachette announced it will return all rights to the author. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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Century to publish Skinner's Times columns

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 10:52 Century has acquired world rights to a book by comedian Frank Skinner, set to feature columns selected from those he has published in the Times newspaper in the past two years, plus some fresh and previously unseen... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AAA will not expel agents turned publishers

Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Thu, 16/06/2011 - 11:39 The Association of Authors Agents will not expel those agents who have begun publishing their clients' work, after a meeting of agents held last night came to the view that it was not a conflict of interest. The issue was... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ladybird to publish Peter Andre

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 14/06/2011 - 15:12 Ladybird Books is to publish a series of pre-school children's books in collaboration with singer and TV star Peter Andre. Publishing director Eric Huang, who bought world English language rights, excluding North America,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheema Mookherjee appointed LP India publisher

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 14/06/2011 - 15:10 Lonely Planet has appointed Sheema Mookherjee as publisher for its Indian publishing arm. Mookerherjee's most recent role was looking after HarperCollins India's non-fiction and reference lists, and she started work at... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distribution: WS Publishing Moves to Perseus

WS Publishing Group, formerly known as Wedding Solutions Publishing, is moving to Perseus Distribution for sales and distribution in the U.S. and Canada as of July 1. Best known for its wedding planning and wedding related books, WS Publishing also publishes in the categories of baby and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Apple Backed Down in Fight With Publishers

Maybe Apple isn’t so untouchable after all. The device maker, which has been locked in a battle with publishers, made a surprise concession recently, dropping a pricing requirement for its App Store that irked publishers. Before, publishers couldn't undercut the subscription price they offered... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2011-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thames & Hudson to publish Spielberg title

Publication Date: Thu, 09/06/2011 - 09:02 Thames & Hudson is to publish the retrospective of the work of "Jurassic Park” director Steven Spielberg announced at London Book Fair. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Angry Robot to publish Feyre quadrilogy

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 09/06/2011 - 08:00 Angry Robot is to publish its first "quadrilogy", with publishing director Marc Gascoigne acquiring two further books in Mike Shevdon's Courts of the Feyre series. Gascoigne bought world rights through Jennifer Jackson at... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins to publish digital exclusives from MacBride

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 08/06/2011 - 09:07 Stuart MacBride is to write two digital exclusive projects after signing a deal with HarperCollins. Sarah Hodgson, deputy publishing director, bought rights from Philip Patterson at Marjacq Scripts. The first book, Sawbones,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann's Club to open to public

Written By: Anja Sieg Publication Date: Tue, 07/06/2011 - 12:10 Bertelsmann's Direct Group is to open to the public all of the retail stores operated by its ailing German book club operation Der Club. Previously the group allowed only members into the chain, a strategy which impacted a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin signs up Walliams memoir

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 08:55 Penguin has signed one of its big non-fiction titles for Christmas 2012, winning a hotly contested auction for a memoir by "Little Britain" star David Walliams. Katy Follain, Michael Joseph non-fiction publisher, and Louise... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Settlement revision due next month

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 13:02 Google, American publishers and the US Authors Guild have been given until next month to revise a book-scanning agreement for out of print titles and orphan works. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AOL Outlines How New AOL Advertising.com Group Will Serve Publishers

In May, AOL launched the AOL Advertising.com Group, a b-to-b advertising division focused on serving publishers. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Data Shot: Bonnier Led Ad Page Growth Among Six Major Publishers in 1Q

Bonnier showed the biggest jump in ad pages (up 19 percent) while Meredith showed the largest drop in ad pages (down 10 percent) among six major publishers in the first quarter of 2011, according to data from MagazineRadar. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Metamarkets Raises $6 Million To Help Big Web Publishers Corral Big Data

A ad tech startup that promises to help Web publishers make sense of all the data their ad sales generate. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2011-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Starting to Name-Check iTunes "Top Grossing Apps"

From Yahoo's The Cutline: At a panel during the TechCrunch conference in New York last week, Greg Clayman, publisher of News Corp.'s Daily iPad publication, said the application had "almost a million downloads" since its launch in February. "This puts us in the large pantheon of large apps,"... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chiki Sarkar appointed Penguin India publisher

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 27/05/2011 - 10:18 Chiki Sarkar, former editor-in-chief of Random House India, has been appointed publisher of Penguin India. Chiki had worked at Random House India since 2006, working with authors including Anita Desai, Salman Rushdie and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2011 U.S. Newspaper Publishing Industry - Jobs & Wages Report

Research and Markets report features 2011 current and 2012 forecast estimates on the median wages and salaries nationally and for all 50 U.S. States. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2011-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's publishers welcome Waterstone's sale

Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 27/05/2011 - 12:26 Children's publishers have welcomed the acquisition of Waterstone's by Russian businessman Alexander Mamut. Francesca Dow, m.d. of Penguin Children's Books, said: "The Waterstone's takeover is good news for children's... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC acquires Alan Partridge memoir

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 27/05/2011 - 10:50 HarperCollins has acquired a memoir by comedian Steve Coogan of his most famous character, Alan Partridge. The title has moved publishers even before publication, having previously been listed on Nielsen BookData as being... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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