View Post Bookselling Amazon Reports Net Sales Up 23% in Q2, Operating Loss $15M By Dianna Dilworth on Jul. 25, 2014 - 9:10 AM Amazon’s net sales reached $19.34 billion in the second quarter of 2014, up 23 percent from $15.70 billion which the company reported in the second quarter of 2013. The company also repaired that its operating loss was ...
View Post Videos ScreenJunkies Creates an ‘Honest Trailer’ For ‘Divergent’ By Maryann Yin on Jul. 25, 2014 - 8:30 AM Have you ever confused two dystopian stories with one another? The team behind the ScreenJunkies YouTube channel created a hilarious “Honest Trailer” for the first installment of the Divergent film franchise. Th video ...
Bookselling Stephen Colbert Interviews Hachette Author Edan Lepucki By Dianna Dilworth on Jul. 24, 2014 - 3:15 PM As part of his battle with Amazon, Stephen Colbert has been promoting the book California by first time novelist Edan Lepucki. His goal was to help Lepucki land on The New York Times bestsellers list – a rare occurrence ...
View Post Publishing Jack White is Getting Into the Book Business By Dianna Dilworth on Jul. 24, 2014 - 2:22 PM White Stripes frontman Jack White has launched a book publishing company called Third Man Books. The imprint launches with a poetry collection entitled Language Lessons, co-edited by Chet Weise and Ben Swank of Third Man Records, ...
View Post Bookselling Scholastic’s Revenue Grew 2% in 2014, 8% in Q4 By Dianna Dilworth on Jul. 24, 2014 - 1:15 PM Scholastic’s total revenues for fiscal 2014 reached $1.82 billion, representing a 2 percent increase from $1.79 billion in 2013. The company also revealed that its fourth quarter revenues for the year were $549.3 million, u ...
View Post Digital Oyster Now Available on Web & Mobile Browsers By Dianna Dilworth on Jul. 24, 2014 - 12:30 PM eBook subscription service Oyster has expanded beyond apps and is now also available on the web and mobile browsers. The news comes a week after Amazon revealed that it was getting into the eBook subscription business, steep compe ...
View Post Authors | People International Best-Selling Author Paul McKenna on His Writing Process By Aneya Fernando on Jul. 24, 2014 - 12:01 PM Paul McKenna, the hypnotist and self-help guru from the UK, has a gift for writing best-selling nonfiction books. After an early career in radio, McKenna transitioned to TV and then to publishing. He’s written 16 nonfiction ...
Adaptation ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Movie Trailer Revealed By Dianna Dilworth on Jul. 24, 2014 - 11:45 AM Focus Features has released the trailer for the film adaptation of E.L. James’s bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey film. The stars of the erotica film Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson were on TODAY this morning to premiere the t ...
View Post Book Biz S.C.Stephens Lands 3-Book Deal With Forever By Maryann Yin on Jul. 24, 2014 - 9:25 AM S.C. Stephens (pictured, via), a bestselling self-published author, has landed a three-book deal with Forever, an imprint at Grand Central Publishing. Beth de Guzman, vice president of digital and paperbacks, negotiated the deal ...
View Post Adaptation The Weinstein Company Reveals Trailer For ‘The Imitation Game’ By Maryann Yin on Jul. 24, 2014 - 8:30 AM The Weinstein Company has unveiled an official trailer for The Imitation Game. This film adaptation is based on Andrew Hodges’ biography Alan Turing: The Enigma. The video embedded above offers glimpses of star actor Bened ...