PR agency Freud’s, the Independent, Vice and Tony Blair Institute for Global Change among those with linksLondon has become a hub for global Saudi public relations and media influence campaigns, with British firms earning millions of pounds from efforts to improve the image of the kingdom and its regional allies in recent years, a Guardian investigation has found.The reputation of Saudi Arabia, always controversial due to its record on human rights and involvement in the ongoing Yemeni war, has taken a battering in the past fortnight following the apparent murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Related: Independent’s deal with Saudi publisher back under spotlight Major PR agency Freud’s, which has worked with Saudi Arabia, is now distancing itself from the kingdom.There are fresh concerns over the Independent’s decision to establish a partnership with a Saudi publisher with close links to the Saudi government.The London office of online publisher Vice has been working on a series of films to promote Saudi Arabia.A Saudi publishing company that is signing partnerships with western media firms has donated to the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in return for his advice to the country.A company largely staffed by former employees of the collapsed PR firm Bell Pottinger has advised the Saudi state on communications strategy. Related: As pressure on Saudi Arabia grows, Jamal Khashoggi has achieved his life’s mission | Jonathan Freedland Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booktrack allows publishers to create customizable soundtracks for ebooks, adding music and sound effects that can be synchronized to the users' individual pace of reading. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Going viral used to be a digital equivalent of winning the lottery, but today's hottest content creators have cracked the code for bringing fans back again and again. For some, this consistent success has opened up brand opportunities, book deals and other new avenues for growth. For others,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mitzi Angel, former publisher of Faber Inc. titles in the U.S., is to return to London in the autumn to take up the new role of Faber adult publisher, joining the board and reporting to CEO Stephen Page. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Describe your role I project manage the creation of our audiobooks by a wide range of fiction and non-fiction authors. This involves reading manuscripts and identifying books to record, acquiring audio rights if necessary, casting the right voices to bring stories to life and arranging... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors can debut at any age — even after 40, the de facto cut off for young writers — and in the UK a new group is fighting the ageist bias. The post UK Group to Fight Bias Against Older Debut Authors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here's another one for the Twitter-is-becoming-Facebook files: some article previews to external sites have started auto-expanding in your timeline on Android and iOS devices. As you browse your feed, you'll notice that tweets from some publi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales rose by just less than 1% in May compared to May 2014, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Pool of the UK Society of Authors warns authors to look at contracts from digital publishers carefully to compare terms with self-publishing options. The post UK Society of Authors Advises “Always Compare Contracts” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A British speed reader has finished Harper Lee's much anticipated novel, Go Set A Watchman, in less than half an hour. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Lee’s ‘parent novel’ to To Kill a Mockingbird sets tills ringing despite ambivalent receptionDespite the widespread doubts over the decision to publish Go Set A Watchman, and despite the cries of horror that went up around the world over the weekend as readers discovered that the godlike... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The board of directors of the retail chain has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by the Anderson family for $3.25 per share. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At HarperCollins UK's annual summer party for its authors, UK CEO Charlie Redmayne could not have sounded more positive about the firm's direction in 2015. The post HarperCollins UK CEO says “Publishing Entering a Golden Age” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry vet Michael Bhaskar's digital publisher Canelo launches this week with two titles and is offering 50-60% royalties, giving UK authors new options. The post New Publisher Canelo Offers UK Authors Strong Incentives appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Germany will have to pay the family of Joseph Goebbels [pictured], Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister, royalties for extracts from his diaries that are published in a new biography. The biography Goebbels, published in Germany in 2010 under the Siedler imprint and by Penguin Random... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and booksellers have enthusiastically welcomed the merger of the Man Booker International Prize and the Independent Foreign Prize for Fiction, saying it will create a prize with "a new stature", making "a good counterpoint" to the Man Booker itself. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Technology is giving UK booksellers hope in their battle against Amazon, including a new web extension, Bookindy, that finds a local book price for you. The post Innovation Offers Hope to UK Indie Bookstores appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tackling an outdated image of publishing as a closed world unreceptive to the digital future is a key challenge Joanna Prior has set herself as president of the Publishers Association for the coming year. In an interview in this week's issue of The Bookseller, the Penguin General m.d. has said... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Contrary to Sam Leith’s complaints last week, commercial publishers continue to take risks, and put out great and original workIn his article last week, Sam Leith deplored the state of mainstream trade publishing, saying it was “getting dumber by the day”, in contrast to the university presses... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers of shorter works could lose out on revenue as company’s Kindle Owners Lending Library and Kindle Unlimited no longer pay per copy downloadedSelf-published authors could be paid as little as $0.006 per page read under new rules planned by Amazon.Writers who make their works available... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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So much for writing short.Last month, Amazon took a page out of Spotify's playbook, electing to start paying its self-published authors by the page rather than per download. The new model was put into action Wednesday—and it looks like the e-commerce giant may now pay writers no more than $0.006... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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