My friend, Roger Boore, who has died aged 82, was a Welsh-language publisher and author. He will be remembered for his dedication to the Welsh language and its propagation, particularly among children. A chartered accountant, returning to his native Cardiff in the late 1960s, and with a growing family to educate, he noticed how few children’s picture books were available in the Welsh language. The result was the creation of the publishing house Dref Wen.He exploited the possibility of co-productions with European publishers to produce the very best available, including Welsh versions of Tomi Ungerer, Philippe Fix, Maurice Sendak and Astrid Lindgren. He himself translated several Asterix and Tintin titles. Other projects included Llyfr Hwiangerddi y Dref Wen (the standard Welsh nursery rhyme collection), and Y Geiriadur Lliwgar (the Welsh children’s picture dictionary). Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The “New Hollywood” era of the late 1960s and early ’70s has inspired shelves of showbiz history books about how visionary filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg fused their personal experiences with the stuff of old B-movies,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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For Thinkingdom Children’s Books, the main goal in creating its first series of original children’s picture books goes beyond “helping every kid to become a book lover,” which has been the company’s motto since 2003. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seventy-eight percent of 103 European publishers surveyed by Digiday said their programmatic inventory prices remain unchanged since GDPR. The post Digiday Research: GDPR has not reduced programmatic ad revenues for European publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Rights Fair has announced the winners and honorees in the “Talking Pictures: Selected Books” program; awards were given in five categories for excellence in book design, including children’s picture books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new imprint will publish English-language translations of picture books from around the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Net turnover for the European publishing industry was roughly flat last year at €22.2bn (2016: £22.3bn) despite a "significant increase" in the number of new titles issued at 610,000, according to data from the Federation of European Publishers (FEP). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ and other titles that appear on multiple best-of-2018 lists enjoyed a boost in sales. Plus the self-described ‘worst alphabet book ever’ debuts in children’s picture books, and a trio of backlist, naughty-list titles proved popular with holiday shoppers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welsh independent publisher Graffeg has acquired four more picture books by author and illustrator team Malachy Doyle and Andrew Whitson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European publishers surveyed by Digiday rated YouTube as the easiest platform to monetize ahead of Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. The post Digiday Research: YouTube is the easiest platform for European publishers to monetize appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British publishers experienced “extraordinary” interest in their titles at last week’s Shanghai International Book Fair, with Chinese buyers particularly interested in picture books and science titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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GDPR hasn't derailed programmatic advertising, but 32 percent of publishing executives said it has negatively impacted their programmatic revenues. The post Digiday Research: GDPR has reduced programmatic revenues for a third of European publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children’s has appointed Holly Tonks, mostly recently commissioning editor at Tate Publishing, as senior commissioning editor of picture books and novelties. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chronicle has acquired two picture books from author Jonathan Stutzman and illustrator Jay Fleck. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Federation of European Publishers is calling on trade figures across the continent to lobby Members of the European Parliament to combat the "fake mobilisation" of tech giants and "copyleft" activists. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forty-six percent of European publishers say the benefit of distributing videos to social platforms is building larger audiences. The post Digiday Research: European publishers use distributed video for audience generation over revenue appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty-six percent of European publishers say the core focus of their video distribution strategy is their owned sites compared to 34 percent who focus on social platforms. The post Digiday Research: European publishers bet on their own properties for video appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alice Bartosinski is joining Nosy Crow as senior commissioning editor for Picture Books in October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European publishers primarily get their video revenues from their owned sites. The post Digiday Research: Where European publishers get their video revenues appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Half of U.S. and European publishers are neutral over the potential market for selling and licensing short-form video content. The post Digiday Research: Publishers are lukewarm on market for short-form video appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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