“A crystal ball to the future” is what LIMA promised Licensing International 2006 would be. And what does the ball forecast? After a quick sweep through the floor at Javits during the show (June 20-22), it seems that celebrities, polar bears, positive pre-teens, and, of course, fairy dust, are on the horizon. With a trumpet…Continue Reading
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Tagged Andy Mooney, B*tween Productions, Barbara Lalicki, Beacon Street Girls, Brands-to-Books, Brittany Murphy, Disney Consumer Products, Gaspard & Lisa, Groovy Girls, HarperCollins, Harry Potter, javits, Kathleen Spinelli, Licensing International, LIMA, Mary Engelbreit, Mixed Media, Moxie & Company, Nancy Drew, Nicky Hilton, Philip Pullman, Random House, Russell the Sheep, Scholastic, Silver Lining Productions, Simon & Schuster, Steve Scebelo, The Golden Compass, The Lord of the Rings, The Night Before Christmas, United Media, Warner Brothers, Whitbread
At this time last year, Google had formulated its plan to launch Google Print — an end of the year event that prompted us to proclaim 2004 the year of the technology comeback. 2005 saw the aftereffects of this techno renaissance, with publishers both embracing technology as it moved into the mainstream (think viral marketing),…Continue Reading
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Tagged A&P, AAP, Aural Fixation, Barnes & Noble, Bob's Feed Barn, Crossing Over, CVS, Google Print, Hitwise, JoAnn's, Left Behind, Lowe's, Marketing Makeover, MediaBay, MySpace, National Book Tokens, Netflix, OverDrive, Rick Warren, Safeway, Sainsbury's, Savannah in Savannah, Simon & Schuster, Stop & Shop, Sue Fleming, Talking Grapefruits Thinking Grisham, The Purpose Driven Life, West Bow
WOM’s The Word As Podcasts, Blogging, Buzz & Viral Go Mainstream Although the book publishing industry as a whole has yet to go viral in the way of blockbusters or burgers (Have you “crashed” the Wedding Crashers trailer or Had It Your Way with Burger King‘s Subservient Chicken?), many in the industry say they’re not…Continue Reading
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Tagged Book Standard Summit, Bookreporter.com, Bret Easton Ellis, Bzz Agent, Carol Fitzgerald, Chris Anderson, Dave Balter, Doubleday, Drill Team Media, Farah Miller, Fauzia Burke, Free Press, FSB Associates, FSG, HarperCollins, HeadButler.com, Holtzbrinck, Hype Council, I Am Charlotte Simmons, Jeff Gomez, Jeff Seroy, Jesse Kornbluth, Knopf, Lee Eisenberg, Lunar Park, Michael Crichton, New York Times Magazine, Patricia Cornwell, Penguin, Peter McCarthy, Picador, Predator, Seth Godin, Simon & Schuster, State of Fear, Steve Kleinberg, Subir Chowdhury, Sue Fleming, Suzie Sisoler, The Book Report Network, The Ice Cream Maker, The Number, Tom Wolfe, Wired
Audible Braces as MediaBay and Amazon Enter, Growth Continues Across the Board Talking to audio publishers is like walking into a small town where everyone knows everyone else and all of the competition is friendly — at this point everybody is so excited by the potential growth of the industry that they seem willing to…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, Anthony Goff, APA, Audible, Audio Book Club, Audio Renaissance, BBC, Harlequin, Harper Audio, HarperCollins, Holtzbrinck, Hyperion, Jeff Dittus, Jill Sansone, Mary Beth Roche, MediaBay, OverDrive, Penguin Group, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Time Warner, Zondervan
Darth Vader, Green Lantern, Spiderman and Princess Lea Hang at Comic Con 2005 New York needn’t envy San Diego, which became the epicenter of the geek world last month when it hosted Comic Con International – because it will get its shot in 2006. That’s when its sister show, New York Comic Con (brought to…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Two editors whose last names are singular enough to identify them immediately, made major moves this month. Moments after leaving Random House, where he was Editor in Chief of Little Random, Jon Karp has gone to Warner to start his own imprint, Warner Twelve. And Peter Osnos announced that he will step aside as…Continue Reading
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Tagged Abrams, Alan Smagler, Allison Heiny, Alloy, Amanda Fernandez, Avalon, Bantam Dell Group, Barbara Tolley Associates, Berkley Books, BJ Berti, Calvin Reid, Carroll & Graf, Charlotte Abbott, Christopher Hudson, Chuck Lang, Claiborne Hancock, Claire McKinney, Crafter's Choice Book Club, Creative Publishing International, Dorling Kindersley, Elizabeth Shreve, Gary June, Getty Publications, Gina Maolucci, Golden Books, Grove/Atlantic, Holt, Houghton Mifflin, Jackie Cantor, Jackie Merri Meyer, Jim Milliot, John Lively, John Sterling, Jon Karp, Jon Miller, Judy Hottensen, Karen Wojtyla, Kate Hamill, Kelliher Samets Volk, Langenscheidt Publishing Group, Magazine Group Publisher, Marcela Valdes, Margaret K. McElderry, Michael Scharf, Miramax Books, MoMA, Overlook, Oxford, Pearson, Penguin, Peter Osnos, Platinum Design, Public Affairs, Random House, Rob Weisbach, Ronni Stolzenburg, Simon & Schuster, St. Martin's, Sterling, Steve Zeitchik, Sue Roman, Taunton Press, The Cheyenne Group, Tim Bartlett, Tim Rahr, Tracy Van Straaten, Warner, Willa Perlman
Doing its part to promote an old-fashioned, relaxed summertime, The New York Times launched its Great Summer Read novel-serialization program in July. Part public service, part self promotion, the program seems to have succeeded on both fronts, as the eye-friendly inserts have been popping up everywhere from Metro North compartments to midtown Starbucks. Though it’s…Continue Reading
Move It By its most elemental definition, “distribution” means “to move,” so perhaps it’s no surprise that this arm of the book publishing business is doing laps that even the Queen Mary 2 can’t keep up with. It seems everyone is re-evaluating the most efficient ways to get their books to market. Constant attention to…Continue Reading
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Tagged Banta, Bookpeople, BookWorld, CDS, Coppenrath Verlag, Dave Schanke, Dunhill Publishing, Eric Kampmann, FAB Press, Lance Tilford, Midpoint Trade Books, Neil Levin, Octopus Publishing Group, Parklane Publishing, Patricia Kelly, PG Kids, PG Worldwide, PGW, Rich Freese, SCB, Simon & Schuster, Tammy Johnston, Vox Pop, Weatherhill, Words Distributing
Speaking recently before the AAP’s Young to Publishing Group, as the first installment of its Living Legends Series, former editor-in-chief of Random House, Jason Epstein, presented his now somewhat infamous vision of publishing’s future. By his estimates, it’s only a matter of years before an ATM-like machine located at your nearest “Kinko’s, on the corner…Continue Reading
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Tagged AAP, Andrew Weil, Arthur Agatston, Atria Books, Ben Wolin, Brook Noel, Champion Press, Cindy Ratslaff, Heidi Krupp, Jason Epstein, John Schline, Krupp Kommunications, M.J. Rose, Noah Kerner, Penguin, Random House, Rodale, Simon & Schuster, SoulKool, Sprout Builder, Tyndale House, Waterfront Media, Young to Publishing
