In a third quarter trading update, Pearson has reported "weaker than expected" performance in its US higher education courseware business, with revenue down around 10%, but it still expects revenues to stabilise for the whole group this year. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Wordclay.com, an online, bare-bones Do-it-Yourself service for print book publishing owned by Author Solutions, Inc. announced that it will close its virtual doors on December 31. In a statement, Worldclay said the increased preference for ebook publishing over print by self-published authors... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic imprint Corvus is set to republish a 1980s “bonkbuster” by controversial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s been a year since Steve Jobs passed away, and yet it’s still easy to be reminded of his legacy in the publishing industry. It’s omnipresent in the equipment used to create content, especially the operating system th ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is on the cusp of launching the complete Kindle line in Japan, so it's only right that the online retailer fine-tune its firmware for local reading habits. A new version 5.3.0 update for the Kindle Paperwhite puts much of that focus on Manga, introducing options to fit the stylized comics... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exams regulator Ofqual has said it intends to "undertake an investigation of the firewalls... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson has denied reports that it is about to sell off the Financial Times, with a spokesperson... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson has announced a decline in operating profit for the first five months of the year, with a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson has developed a new range of its bestselling textbooks for the iBookstore market in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson shares open higher on news that two of the world's biggest publishers, Penguin and Random House, are in talks about a possible merger. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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10 facts about media and content industries 1. Digitization has increased book sales. Expenditure on electronic books almost doubled each year in 2006-2010 but still amounts to only 3% of global book sales. Forecasts however predict that reve ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad revenue at The New York Times Co. declined 8.9% in the third quarter from the quarter a year earlier as print ad revenue dropped 10.9% and digital ad revenue slipped 2.2%, the company said today. Circulation revenue, however, increased 7.4% on the strength of growing digital subscriptions and... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher Pearson says it is holding talks with German media group Bertelsmann about combining their Penguin and Random House businesses. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In some ways, Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians are the prototypical independent publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson has acquired education company EmbanetCompass for $650 million in cash. EmbanetCompass... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson has apologised to booksellers for a delay to deliveries which has led to some lecturers... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith chief executive Kate Swann is to leave the company in 2013, after leading it to a group... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dame Marjorie Scardino, the first woman to head a FTSE 100 company, is to step down as chief executive of publishing firm Pearson at the end of the year. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marjorie Scardino, chief executive of Financial Times publisher Pearson, is stepping down at the end of 2012 and will be replaced by John Fallon, chief executive of Pearson's international education division. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's author Jeremy Strong has launched a new national schools reading competition... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett has set up his own multimedia production company,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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