With Slowburn, headed up by co-directors Hayley Wagreich and Sierra Stovall, Zando is seizing on the TikTok-fueled resurgence of the romance genre and betting big on author Brynne Weaver, whose dark rom-com 'Butcher & Blackbird' became a bestseller thanks to the app. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sports book publisher Triumph Books is partnering with Authentic Brands Group, owner of the Sports Illustrated brand, to produce a series of frontlist titles based around the venerable sports magazine and its associated properties. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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After reporting success with a similar scheme in the US, Havas Media Group wants to make it easier for UK advertisers to buy digital media that targets underrepresented audiences. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2020-09-21 15:04:05 UTC ]
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DC Comics announced that DC Universe, a video on demand streaming service offering DC films, TV shows, comics, and online community, will be transformed into a digital comics subscription service in January 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The co-founders of Foundry Literary + Media are launching new ventures. Yfat Reiss Gendell and Peter McGuigan, who started the full service firm 13 years ago, are amicably parting ways to create their own agencies: YRG Partners and Ultra Literary. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Jhalak Prize, which annually awards the Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, has launched a new, second prize for books for children and young adults. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 07:13:10 UTC ]
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Former HarperCollins Australia c.e.o. James Kellow and Hardie Grant chief executive Hardie Grant have launched Sydney-based Ultimo Press, described as "an independent press backed by Hardie Grant" press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 05:18:00 UTC ]
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Beloved L.A. bookstores like Diesel are turning to fundraising platforms to survive the financial blows dealt by COVID-19. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-09-14 20:54:38 UTC ]
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Bookshop.org, a retail site billed as a way for indies to counter Amazon’s online dominance, is coming to the UK in time for Christmas after smashing its US sales targets since launching in late January. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 06:49:17 UTC ]
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Gauthier Van Malderen, who co-founded digital textbook subscription service Perlego with friend Matthew Davies in 2016 and was named one of 2020's Rising Stars, shares his top tips for launching your own start-up. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 11:07:24 UTC ]
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Bookouture will publish Why the F*ck Can’t I Change? by neuroscientist and behavioural coach Dr Gabija Toleikyte under its new non-fiction imprint, Thread. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-08 11:08:38 UTC ]
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Melissa Oliver has won the Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) Joan Hessayon Award for new writers with her debut The Rebel Heiress and the Knight (Mills & Boon Historical). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-07 08:45:29 UTC ]
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Children's and YA agent Alice Sutherland-Hawes has left the Madeleine Milburn Agency to launch her own agency, ASH Literary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-07 04:26:22 UTC ]
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A debut poet is encouraging children aged seven to 11 to write poems about their daydreams, for the chance to have theirs printed in his first collection. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-03 17:23:52 UTC ]
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Hodder Faith has created a new list for children up to age 12, to launch with Bear Grylls' Soul Fuel for Young Explorers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 20:27:31 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has released a video encouraging the public to visit bookshops, as the industry prepares for spate of "super Thursdays" this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-28 00:25:22 UTC ]
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UCLan Publishing's Hazel Holmes – who is part of the Rising Stars Class of 2020 and the founder of the Northern YA Literary Festival – shares her top tips for setting up your own event. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-26 22:02:58 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children's UK is to publish two rhyming picture books by author Mark Sperring and illustrator Matt Hunt, with the first out next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-25 22:03:02 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press has brought its higher education textbooks together on a new, tailor-made website. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-23 15:57:44 UTC ]
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Unit sales of romance ebooks 'increased 17 percentage points from January through May 2020' in the US market, NPD Books reports. The post Trade-Published Romance Sees a Coronavirus Boost in the States appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-20 14:14:36 UTC ]
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