According to AAP's StatShot program, industry sales were up 5.6% in the first half of 2024. Sales of adult titles rose 6.7%, but sales in the children's and young adult segment fell 2.7%. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The pair of books that Penguin Random House recently bought by Barack and Michelle Obama, for a reported $65 million, will be released globally by the publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Consultant and blogger Thad McIlroy talks to PW about his recently released report on startups in the book business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the publishing world gathers for the London Book Fair, now ten years after the birth of the iPhone and the Kindle, Kristen McLean surveys the storytelling landscape. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW talks to Daniel Berze, senior v-p of academic publishing for Glasstree, who says the traditional scholarly publishing model is broken—and self-publishing can help fix it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Luiz Schwarcz, the recipient of the London Book Fair’s Lifetime Achivement Award, is a behemoth of Brazilian publishing: he tells Tom Tivnan of the trials and tribulations of his home country’s book market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wildfire has signed a three-book deal with former Royal Air Force technician and graphic designer Zack Scott. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot air and rightwing controversy fuel social media and fill column inches, but there’s no evidence they make people buy books. Quite the oppositePublishing has always been a controversial industry. Its history of banned books, lawsuits and angry letters wouldn’t look out of place in the most... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sandstone Press is to publish The Passion of Harry Bingo: Further Dispatches from Unreported Scotland by Peter Ross. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers that include advertising within their Facebook Instant Articles will soon have more flexibility when it comes to placement. Product manager Harshit Agarwal announced in a Facebook Media blog post that starting next week, ads can be placed up to every 250 words within Instant Articles.... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First Republic of Consciousness award to honour small presses recognises the London independent for short story collection Counternarratives by John KeeneSet up to reward “brave, bold and brilliant” small presses for taking risks on “niche fiction”, the inaugural Republic of Consciousness prize... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Swedish company Bonnier is launching a new self-publishing platform, Type & Tell, in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With Frankfurt's agents and scouts center an early sell-out, the fair recommends quick bookings in the Publishers Rights Corner, scheduled for October 10. The post Frankfurt Book Fair’s LitAg Sells Out; Publishers Rights Corner Is Open appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mental Floss co-founders stepping down, VPs of communications named at People and EW, and more... The post New York Media Names New CRO and Publisher | People on the Move — 03.08.17 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former President Barack Obama, in Manhattan last month. Many questions about the Obamas’ books deal are unanswered — like the size of the advance and whether they are both memoirs. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crowdsourced news site Blasting News has built big numbers by paying 1,000 Facebook closed-group owners to distribute content within their groups. The post How one viral publisher uses Facebook groups to grow big numbers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Loganberry Books in Ohio has reorganised its fiction section so all titles by male writers now have their spines facing the wallA bookshop in Ohio has made a graphic illustration of the position of female writers by leaving only books by women visible to its customers. The change, made to mark... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abingdon Press will publish 'Strong For a Moment Like This,' a collection of 365 daily devotions written for Hillary Rodham Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign, in August. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Called Type & Tell, Bonnier's new self-publishing platform has been quietly tested in Sweden. Its English edition launches during London Book Fair. The post Bonnier’s New Self-Publishing Platform, Type & Tell: Authors Keep 100 Percent of Royalties appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Less than a week after it was announced that Penguin Random House had acquired books by former president and first lady Barack and Michelle Obama for a rumored $65 million, Crown Publishing Group has been named as the PRH unit that will release the titles in the U.S. and Canada. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion imprint Trapeze is publishing comedian Sarah Millican's first book in October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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