If “Wild West” and “Discoverability” have been buzz words of BEAs past, “Scale” is certainly a strong contender for this year’s theme. Size and scale certainly come to mind when looking at the ever-increasing offerings and co-located events supplement the BEA exhibit hall, from IDPF and bloggers conferences to library tracks and author events. Size and…Continue Reading
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New York, NY: February 1, 2012—EPM Communications, Inc.’s Content Licensing Network will incorporate Market Partners International’s Publishing Trends into the Network’s flagship publication, Content Licensing. Content Licensing reveals the latest trends, deals, and deal-makers involved in licensing media and entertainment properties across traditional and digital platforms. The Content Licensing Network, which launched earlier this year, is run…Continue Reading
Kicking off the week of the Digital Book World conference was Publishers Launch Children’s Publishing Goes Digital day, where speakers from the children’s book community discussed how the market is changing in the digital era. Representatives from start-ups and traditional publishers and authors, as well as trends analysts, were on hand for the January 23rd…Continue Reading
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At the Children’s Publishing Goes Digital conference, hosted by Publishers Launch and the Frankfurt Book Fair, and chaired by Lorraine Shanley of Market Partners International and Publishing Trends, some unexpected themes emerged from the assembled speakers: Kids (or perhaps their parents) are not buying ebooks, so (for now) print books are still big. That goes…Continue Reading
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People Steve Wasserman has joined Yale University Press as Executive Editor-at-Large, General Interest books. He remains with Kneerim & Williams as a literary agent. He was previously Literary Editor of the LA Times and Editorial Director of Times Books. Literary agent David Hale Smith has joined Inkwell Management, bringing his own list with him. He…Continue Reading
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Sylvia Plath, Puberty, & A Slowly Setting Midnight Sun Combining the quirky prose of Paul Auster and the eccentricity of The World According to Garp, Dutch author Tommy Wieringa’s latest novel, Joe Speedboat (De Bezige Bij), injects the classic Bildungsroman with postmodern absurdity. The eponymous protagonist, a fourteen year-old bomb expert, airplane builder, and kinetic…Continue Reading
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Tagged A Speech for My Sister's Wedding, Actes Sud, Bengt Nordin, Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen, Danai Daska, De Bezige Bij, Edda, Fortune's Child, Guys Beware This God and She's Really Pissed Off, Gyldendal, Hanser, Hayo Deinum, Heleni Papadaki, Hoffmann and Campe, Humanity in Action, Icelandic Bookseller, Icelandic Literary, In the time of the Chrysanthemums, Iperborea, Joe Speedboat, Karakutu, Linda Skugge, Little Book of Puberty, Lorraine Shanley, Manos Eleftheriou, Metaixmio, Paul Auster, Pussymob, Siobhan O'Leary, Steinunn Sigurdadottir, Sylvia Plath, The Woman Who Died Twice, The World According to Garp, This is Not a Book, Tommy Wieringa, Two Trees in Jersusalem, Valerie Schneider, Valgerdur Benediktsdottir, Wahlstrom and Widstrand
PEOPLE Laurie Brown is leaving FSG, where she was SVP, Director Sales & Marketing. Her duties will be assumed by Jeff Seroy and Linda Rosenberg. . . Gary Gentel has been named VP Sales, Trade Division at Scholastic. He was most recently with Dorling Kindersley. . . John Schline has been made SVP, Corporate Director…Continue Reading
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