S&S parent CBS completes merger with Viacom

The merger of Simon & Schuster parent company CBS with US mass media conglomerate Viacom has been completed. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-06 12:57:56 UTC ]

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Freelancer's guide to parenting coming next year

4th Estate will publish a guide to parenting as a freelancer by journalist Annie Ridout. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Complete fiction: why 'the short story renaissance' is a myth

With soaring sales, viral hits like Cat Person and a cameo by Tom Hanks, the form seems to be staging a comeback. But did it ever go away?In 2017, almost 50% more short story collections were sold than in the previous year. It was the best year for short stories since 2010. Booksellers are... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly E-Ranking: new blood but Eleanor Oliphant remains completely fine

After a dearth of new entries in the Weekly E-Book Ranking a week ago—the first time on record that no new titles hit the chart—the latest ranking more than makes up for it. In total, 11 shiny new titles entered the top 20. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Single parent Jemma Wallace wins £10k 'one in four' competition

Single parent Jemma Wallace has secured a £10,000 publishing contract after winning Trapeze Books, Gingerbread and The Pool's "One in Four" competition.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly E-Ranking: Honeyman is Completely Fine

Here’s an interesting statistic: this Weekly E-Book Ranking is the first since launching in May 2016—that’s 95 weeks—in which no new title featured. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALCS calls on authors to complete income survey

The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) is repeating its survey measuring authors’ incomes. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly E-Ranking: Jojo Completely Fine at number one

Jojo Moyes is "still" top of the Weekly E-Book Ranking, as Still Me, the third title in her million-copy-selling Me Before You trilogy, spent a second week as the UK’s bestselling ebook. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Debuts AMP Stories for Mobile Readers

AMP Stories. Credit: GoogleGoogle has launched AMP Stories, a feature that lets publishers create content similiar to Instagram Stories, but for mobile websites.AMP, short for Accelerated Mobile Page, loads content extremely fast. The open-source project was led by Google roughly two years ago,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Grammy Awards draws 19.8 million viewers on CBS, a nine-year low

The CBS telecast of the 60th Grammy Awards was watched by 19.8 million viewers, a staggering 27% decline from last year’s show. The live program from Madison Square Garden in New York, with “The Late Late Show” host James Corden as emcee, drew its smallest audience since 2009, according to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Offer Parents Guidance In Challenging Times

Whether its books on racial tensions, single parenting, social change or social media, religion publishers are satisfying a demand for books that help parents address the most challenging issues of the day. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Merger Notes: Two PEN Chapters, and Penguin Random House’s Buy of Rodale

'Never have the voices of writers and their allies been so essential,' says the leadership of the merging Los Angeles and New York City chapters of PEN. And one of the most robust lifestyle-and-wellness publishers in the States is now part of PRH. The post Merger Notes: Two PEN Chapters, and... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Google AMP beat Facebook Instant Articles

Google's investment in AMP, its fast-loading article pages, has helped the search giant overtake Facebook in publisher referral traffic. The post How Google AMP beat Facebook Instant Articles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook will ‘completely deprioritize publishers’: Confessions of a publisher audience development head

An audience development head said Facebook reps advised the publisher to rely less on Facebook than it has in the past. The post Facebook will ‘completely deprioritize publishers’: Confessions of a publisher audience development head appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indies reminded to complete 2017 Christmas Trading Survey

Indie bookshops in the UK and Ireland are being called upon to complete The Bookseller’s annual Christmas Trading Survey. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. and Meredith Merger Raises Important Questions for Magazine Media

Does a changing industry paradigm mean opportunity or peril for publishers? The post Time Inc. and Meredith Merger Raises Important Questions for Magazine Media appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeff Sessions ducks questions about White House influence on AT&T-Time Warner merger

U.S. Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions, during questioning at a congressional hearing Tuesday, sidestepped questions about whether President Trump’s vitriol toward CNN was factoring into the Department of Justice’s review of a mammoth media merger. AT&T is trying to buy Time Warner Inc. — which owns... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Heed the parents

Philip Jones says that both Waterstones and Connect Books don't need rescuing, just nurturing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook launches dedicated used car Marketplace section, complete with Kelley Blue Book pricing

Facebook Marketplace has been with us for a little while now, giving users of the social network a handy place to buy and sell goods in the same place they chat with friends and post holiday photos. The company today announced a series of changes designed to make it easier to buy cars through... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Most Shocking Thing About Ivana Trump’s New Parenting Memoir

When Ivana Trump announced in the spring that she was writing a memoir about motherhood, many people—and surely the book’s publisher—hoped that she would use the book to settle scores, or at least drop a few new juicy details about her marriage to the future president of the United States. In... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2017-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers find Google AMP loads too fast for ad views

Ads load slower than content on AMP, which is part of the reason why publishers make less money per pageview from AMP than they do from their own websites. The post Publishers find Google AMP loads too fast for ad views appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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