It was the weekend for upsets in high school basketball, and Westchester did its part on Saturday night, knocking off No. 2-seeded Fairfax, 66-59, in the City Section Open Division semifinals at Roybal High. It came a day after the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds, Chatsworth Sierra Canyon and Chino Hills, were... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookNet Canada's annual report, The State of Digital Publishing, shows a slight decline in sales of ebooks last year, even as publishers produced more digital titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams has held off a challenge by Joe Wicks for the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, with The World’s Worst Children 2 (HarperCollins Children's) rocketing by 19% in volume to claim the top spot for a second week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams' The World's Worst Children 2 (HarperCollins Children's) has rocketed into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, shifting 58,481 copies for £423,282. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laurence King Publishing (LKP) has joined forces with independent film magazine, Little White Lies, to collaborate on a new line of movie-themed books and gifts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TPG Capital tells Senate inquiry it would expand the business but concedes it has no experience running newspapersOne of the bidders for Fairfax Media, TPG Capital, has told a Senate inquiry that if the $2.7bn bid were successful the consortium would grow the media business and sell it off again... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are being urged to reassess how they process personal data ahead of new European regulations set to come into force in May next year regardless of Brexit. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist of the second Klaus Flugge Prize reveals a global line-up of American and British publishers with illustrators also from Korea and Italy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher said it is ending five of its mass market original series due to a shift in the “retail landscape and readership preferences” in the series market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Employees of Penguin Random House UK have raised over £7,000 for creative writing and mentoring charity Ministry of Stories by completing a seven-mile walking route through London, including through the Royal Parks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of Australian actors, dancers, writers and comedians – including Charlotte Wood, Zoe Coombs Marr and Marieke Hardy as well as Pomeranz and Roxburgh – have joined a video campaign calling on Fairfax management to reconsider slashes to its arts coverage. The company has announced 125 jobs... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books Are Magic's first weekend; Oklahoma City pop-up goes permanent; Spanish-language bookseller on her inspiration; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Westchester Publishing Services has formed a new division to reach the K-12 educational publishing market and named industry veteran Kevin J. Gray to head the unit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anne Fine, Philip Gross, Judith Kerr and Lemn Sissay have all joined the Society of Authors as new council members. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Mobile World Congress, Samsung debuted its Galaxy Book, a power tablet running Windows 10 with a snap-on keyboard that looked to improve on Huawei's Matebook. Despite promising specs and integration of the device giant's new S Pen peripheral, it w... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bologna Children's Book Fair's official attendance numbers are in. Last week's show drew 26,743 people, putting attendance 2% higher than at last year's event. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Robyn Travis and Kerry Young, and Cassava Republic publisher Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, are among the speakers at this year's Bare Lit Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended March 26, 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US senator Bernie Sanders, Man Booker Prize winner Paul Beatty, veteran director Ken Loach and actress Charlotte Rampling are among the famous names on the line-up for the 30th Hay Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google, Facebook, et al are in reality media companies and must accept the responsibilities that go with it Attention, like snow, comes in two varieties; the fun, beautiful kind, and the “wrong” kind, the kind that stops trains and freezes democracy. Recently the seemingly unstoppable digital... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Group plays down significance of information stumbled upon by staff union, but agrees to consult further with MEAAFairfax Media is planning another restructure of the Age and Sydney Morning Herald newsrooms, according to a secret document discovered by the staff union.However, the publisher has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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