Listings magazine, which is the most popular paid-for title in UK, reported an average weekly sale of 1,374,813TV Choice has increased sales to a five-year high of almost 1.4 million, the biggest beneficiary among listings magazines from the demise of Richard Desmond's short-lived TV Pick.H Bauer-owned TV Choice, the most popular paid-for title in the UK, reported an average weekly sale of 1,374,813 in the six months to the end of December, the highest since the first half of 2008, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures published on Thursday.This represented a sales surge of 7.2% compared to the first half of 2013 and 11.8% year-on-year.TV Choice appeared to be the biggest beneficiary of the demise of Northern & Shell's TV Pick, which closed in July after just 22 issues.Desmond's launch sparked a price war in the listings sector. TV Choice dropped from its usual 45p to as low as 20p at one point – with the H Bauer title putting on the sales boost while returning to its usual cover price."The legacy of the ill-fated TV Pick launch has only been a positive one for TV Choice," said publishing director Liz Watkinson. "Even as our cover price moved back up at the start of the autumn our readers, both new and existing, stayed with us."TV Choice's surge will leave executives at IPC Media, owner of the second biggest title, What's On TV, scratching their heads.In the space of 12 months What's On TV has gone from touching distance of overtaking its... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2015 has been revealed, featuring a list that would "not have been produced by an algorithm,” the chain's m.d. James Daunt has said. The eight-strong selection nominated by Waterstones booksellers across the UK encompasses four novels, three... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anna Derkacz is joining HarperCollins as sales director for fiction, non-fiction and Avon in the New Year to cover the maternity leave of Laura Fletcher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neal Price is joining Canongate as sales director, following 11 years as sales director for Faber. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leah Remini’s tell-all memoir debuted at #1 on the list, while 'Rogue Lawyer' by John Grisham fell to #3. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quicksand, to be published in February 2016, comprises a series of autobiographical essays ‘about what it means to be human’A “memoir of sorts” by Henning Mankell, which the late author said was “not a book about death and destruction but about what it means to be human”, will be published next... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big titles slated to publish in December include Adam Hamilton’s ‘John: The Gospel of Light and Life,' 'Life and Death' by medium Tim Braun, and 'The Teacup and the Skullcap' which differentiates tantra from Zen traditions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2015 Saltire Publisher of the Year shortlist has been revealed, featuring two past winners and three Edinburgh-based publishing houses. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue at Hachette Book Group USA fell 4.2% in the third quarter of 2015. Parent company Lagardere blamed the drop in part on lower ebook sales and a stronger publication schedule in the same period in 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales from reporting publishers to AAP's StatShot program increased 10.9% in the month compared to July 2014 in the adult book category, while sales in the children’s/young adult segment rose 11.5%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quadrille is publishing a new James Martin TV tie-in, titled More Home Comforts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Many things have changed in the two-decade life of independent publisher Counterpoint Press. Its mission, however, hasn't: "Publish books that matter." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libby McGuire will be stepping down as executive v-p and publisher of Ballantine Bantam Dell at the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Axel Springer, the German publishing and digital media group, on Wednesday raised its forecast for 2015 revenues as increasing sales of digital classified advertising offset continued declines in print circulation and other revenues. The impro ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Volume, creativity and analytics. Those were some of the biggest changes publishers noticed in native advertising over the past year, which we discovered at Digiday's "WTF is Native Advertising" event in New York. Top minds from the biggest publishers including Mental Floss, Time Inc., The Onion... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Double digit growth in its general merchandise operation plus increases in its core book business led to a 8.8% increase in revenue at Indigo for its second quarter ended September 26, 2015 compared to last year’s second period. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German publisher Bastei Lübbe has revealed it is to launch an ebook subscription service targeting the mobile market called oolipo. The subscription service will first soft-launch in the UK, USA, Germany, Austria and Switzerland in April 2016 with the aim of launching in July 2016 in two... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Better late than never: The long-awaited deal for Vice Media to take over A+E Networks' H2 network, which many expected to be announced last spring, was finalized today. As expected, Vice will take over History offshoot H2—which will now be called Viceland—beginning early next year. The new... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Donald Trump is out with a new book that reads like a campaign manifesto, boasting success stories but offering few details on how he would implement his policy goals as president. But in the book,... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue at the Big Five house increased 2% in the third quarter, rising to $203 million. Bestselling adult titles in the quarter included 'The Survivor' by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills, and this year's Pulitzer Prize-winner for fiction, Anthony Doerr's 'All the Light We Cannot See.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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