Nielsen and DowJones sponsored a conference focused on, well Media and Money, though with few exceptions, they forgot that books are part of the Media landscape. Jeff Berg, Chairman and CEO of ICM, mentioned that movies were the only medium that has used the same method — a projector in a theater — to disseminate…Continue Reading
If you went to the NYU Center for Publishing’s “Art of the Media Launch” looking only for practical tips from media gurus Arianna Huffington (Huffingtonpost.com), Susan Lyne (CEO, Martha Stewart Omnimedia), Craig Newmark (Founder, craigslist.org), and Laurel Touby (Founder, mediabistro.com), you might have come away disappointed. The inimitable moderator, David Carr, teased his all-star panelists…Continue Reading
For our December issue, Publishing Trends is looking for any publishing people who contribute a significant amount of effort to charities, from building medical centers in Africa to organizing grassroots political action at home (and because we know we all love books, we’re continuing to focus on non-literacy endeavors). Donation information for the charities we…Continue Reading
Not sure which refreshments to serve at your next publishing soirée? Wine and beer are the safest bets…but it wouldn’t hurt to stash a few joints behind the bar either. Providing a protective cloak of anonymity in its first annual survey, PT uncovered the quirkier side and secret aspirations of publishing people, not to mention…Continue Reading
Louise Hay, the 80 year-old founder of Hay House, and Reid Tracy, President and CEO, were in town in mid-September to celebrate the opening of the New York office, under the supervision of Patty Gift. In addition, they were celebrating the launch of SmileyBooks, a joint partnership between the publisher and Tavis Smiley. At a…Continue Reading
In some ways Frankfurt is a lot like Disneyland. Both are associated with lots of hype, lots of people and the belief that on going there all your dreams may very well come true. Perpetuating these hopes for the book crowd are “fair-y” tales like the story of Saša Stanišić, nominee for the 2006 German…Continue Reading
The effects of one independent bookstore closing are felt throughout the delicate ecosystem of publishing, and independent reps are bellwethers for what’s in store for the rest of the industry. When Publishing Trends checked in with commission reps three years ago (see PT Nov 04), the prevailing mood could be called reservedly optimistic. Since then,…Continue Reading
So now there are two more e-book devices going head to head with Sony’s Reader, and neither of them is talking about it. Yet. First there is the iPhone, which some see as the publishing industry’s first viable ePhoneBook, though Apple’s interest appears to be nonexistent. Still, when it was first introduced, the CNET editors…Continue Reading
Shakespeare may have opined “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” but it is the steady slew of crime-fiction writers who hail from the region that should be credited with doing a bang-up job of keeping the sentiment alive and well. By far the most popular genre in Scandinavia, psychological thrillers and suspense-filled novels…Continue Reading
When Lithuania, Poland, and the Czech Republic broke free of totalitarian rule in the late 80’s and early 90’s, poetic manifestoes blossomed and independent publishers proliferated. Hundreds of small presses sold almost 25 million books after Lithuanian Independence in 1991, up from a fraction of that put out by the six state-owned publishers previously. A…Continue Reading
