PW Star Watch Names 50 Honorees for 2019, Its Fifth Year

In the annual PW Star Watch program, emerging talents in the North American publishing markets are honored. A 'Superstar' goes to Frankfurter Buchmesse. The post PW Star Watch Names 50 Honorees for 2019, Its Fifth Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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'A Book Is a Gift Like No Other,' Says Barnes & Noble (Watch the Newest Ads on TV)

Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new and trending TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, a company that catalogs, tags and measures activity around TV ads in real time. The New Releases here ran on TV for the first time yesterday. The Most Engaging ads are showing sustained... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast Entertainment Hires YouTube Stars for Original Video Push

The Conde Nast of old aimed to sign star scribes like Christopher Hitchens and photographers like Annie Lebowitz. The Conde Nast of now has its sights set on YouTube stars.To meet the content demands of its growing millennial audience, the magazine publisher's digital-video division, Conde Nast... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Bertelsmann revenues 'highest for seven years'

Bertelsmann has reported its highest revenues in seven years, at €11.82bn for the first nine months of 2014, up 4.3% year-on-year from €11.33bn, with the formation of Penguin Random House among factors contributing "significantly" to the increase. Operating EBITDA was €1.48bn to the end of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Amazon.book and the New Top-Level Domain Names

Amazon’s purchase of the .book generic top-level domain (TLD) has prompted speculation about how the e-tailer plans to use it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Julia Donaldson makes record £10m sales five years in a row

The author of The Gruffalo earned more than JK Rowling and Dan Brown in UK, making her the fourth biggest-selling writer in British historyA dancing chorus of giants and snails, witches and Gruffalos have propelled Julia Donaldson into uncharted territory, as the former childrens laureate... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Donaldson hits £10m for a record-breaking fifth straight year

Julia Donaldson has bested fellow bestsellers J K Rowling, Jamie Oliver and Dan Brown to become the only author to record annual sales of over £10m in five consecutive years. The Gruffalo creator sold almost £239,000 last week through Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market, to bring her tally... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 17, 2014

This week, the world's first digital weapon, and an ongoing investigation of men. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Five Trends To Watch

Six months after Amazon's purchase of Comixology, new patterns are emerging in the digital comics marketplace. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Amazon wins auction for .book domain name

Amazon.com has won a private auction for the right to run the  .book domain name, according to Domain Name Wire. The e-commerce giant beat off competition from eight other companies who applied for the domain name, including Google and Bowker, according to the report. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EUP history wins Saltire Book of the Year

A book about the history of Scottish towns has won £10,000 after being named Saltire Book of the Year. The Scottish Town in the Age of Enlightenment 1740-1820 (Edinburgh University Press), written by historians Bob Harris and Charles McKean of Dundee University, was awarded the top prize at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury’s Finalists for Ebooks of the Year

The UK retail chain Sainsbury's has opened voting for its "ebooks of the year" prize, with several international names shortlisted. The post Sainsbury’s Finalists for Ebooks of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Piketty Takes 2014 'FT,' McKinsey & Co Business Book of the Year Award

The prize, which comes with a £30,000 purse, was presented to Thomas Piketty’s editor, Harvard's Ian Malcolm, at a ceremony in London on November 11. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Slightly Foxed wins Vintage Indie of the Year

London’s Slightly Foxed has been named Vintage Independent Bookshop of the Year for 2014, winning £1,000. The shop, in Gloucester Road SW7, impressed judges with its “brilliantly conceived events”, including a vintage wine and Vintage literature evening, and a phantom book group, where people... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Create Like Nobody's Watching: How An Obscure Marvel Comic Became Disney's Next Big Hero (6)

Big Hero 6 was created when Marvel's top brass was focused on X-Men. A decade later, Disney is bringing it back to life.When it was announced last year that the first-ever Marvel property that Disney Animation was going to tackle as a feature film was Big Hero 6, there was collective... Continue reading at Fast Company

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PW Talks to James and Jack Patterson

In House of Robots, the first book of James Patterson’s new middle-grade series, Sammy, a fifth grader, is humiliated when his genius inventor mother insists that he bring her latest creation, a robot named E, to school. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Igloo 'will reach £50m turnover in under five years', says Johnson

Igloo Books will achieve turnover of £50m in less than five years after its acquisition by Bonnier Publishing, according to Bonnier c.e.o. Richard Johnson.   Bonnier announced its acquisition of Igloo, which currently has annual turnover of £35m, on Friday (31st October).     Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brazil: A Year After the Guest of Honor in Frankfurt

Brazilian publishers, agents and associations reflect on how Brazil's Guest of Honor Program at the Frankfurt Book Fair impacts their business today. The post Brazil: A Year After the Guest of Honor in Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fault in Our Stars author backs literature diversity campaign

We need to reflect the reality of our communities, says The Fault in Our Stars writer John Green in video backing social media-led We Need Diverse Books campaignAll readers need to know that they too can be the heroes of a story, according to the bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Begin with a Question: PW Talks with Philip Yancey

Philip Yancey’s books have sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and include the 1997 bestseller as 'What’s So Amazing About Grace?' His new book continues Yancey's study of that favorite topic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Meredith’s Lacy Named MPA Chairman

Stephen Lacy was named chairman of the board of directors for the MPA—The Association of Magazine Media on Wednesday. Lacy, chairman and CEO of Meredith Corp., takes over for Michael Clinton, president and director of marketing and publishing for Hearst Magazines, who'd served Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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