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5Aug | '16

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License to Succeed?

By Jen Donovan | Published: February 9, 2016

This article was originally published on our parent site for the book publishing industry, Publishing Trends. * * * Licensing deals have always been popular with publishers. As Publishing Technology COO Randy Petway astutely pointed out in his recent Publishing Perspectives article, “When sales are not something that can be planned for or predicted, publishers rely heavily on brand awareness through licensing deals, both to sell books and open new markets for intellectual property.” Since the digital revolution, start-ups have taken to buying up licensed properties to give them a jump-start […]

0 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: Barnes & Noble, Bonnier Publishing, children's publishing, Digital Book World Conference & Expo, Disney Frozen Hairstyles: Inspired by Anna and Elsa, Dora the Explorer, dr seuss, DreamWorks, Edda USA, Family Education Network, Force Awakens, Frozen, Goosebumps, Hulu, Igloo Books, Jax Olafsson, Jess M. Brallier, Launch Kids, Lego, License, Little Blue Truck, Minecraft, Netflix, Nielsen, Parragon, Paul Gregory, pearson, Publisher's Weekly, publishing perspectives, Publishing Technology, Publishing Trends, Put Me In the Story, Random House, Randy Petway, scholastic, Sesame Street, Sofia the First, sourcebooks, Spongebob Squarepants, Star Wars, start-up, Tim Erickson

5Feb | '16

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The Beginner’s Guide to Publishers Beyond the Big 5: Adult Fiction Publishers You Might Not Know

By Jen Donovan | Published: July 9, 2015

Often in publishing, those who are new to the industry are only familiar with the Big 5 publishing houses. It’s important to get to know the medium- and smaller-sized houses as well, especially if you’re looking for your first job in the industry. The Beginner’s Guide to Publishers Beyond the Big 5 is a list of a few adult fiction publishers that might be less familiar to you. The publisher/owner is either the parent company or parent publishing house. The imprints listed are only the fiction imprints within that parent company. The […]

4 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: adult fiction, Algonquin Books, Aphrodisia, Arcade Publishing, Ardis Publishers, Atlantic Monthly Press, Beginner's Guide, Bellevue Literary Press, Big 5, Black Cat, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Blush, Brava, Canongate US, Chronicle Books, Citadel Press, Coffee House Press, Dafina Books, Dave Eggers, EC for Men, Edizioni E/O, eKensington, Ellora's Cave, Europa Editions, Exotika, graywolf press, Grove Press, Grove/Atlantic, Houghton Mifflin harcourt, Kensington Publishing, Kickstarter, linkedin, Liveright, Lyrical Press, Mariner, McSweeney's, Melville House, MobyLives!, Mysterious Press, New York Review of Books, New York University School of Medicine, Night Shade Books, NYRB Classics, NYRB Lit, NYRB Poets, Other Press, Pegasus Press, Phaidon, Pinnacle Books, publishers, quirk books, Romantica, SaltRiver, San Francisco Chronicle, Seven Stories Press, Severn House, Siete Cuentos Editorial, Skyhorse Publishing, soho press, sourcebooks, Sourcebooks Landmarks, Talos Press, The McEvoy Group, The Overlook Press, Tin House Books, Twitter, Tyndale House Publishers, Tyndale Momentum, w. w. norton, workman publishing, Zebra Books

15Jan | '14

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All About the Kids: Launch Kids 2014

By Trendsetter Editors | Published: January 15, 2014

This article was originally published on our parent site for the book publishing industry, Publishing Trends. *** It was a lively gathering at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in NYC on January 13th, as professionals from the children’s book industry gathered for the Launch Kids conference as a part of Digital Book World. Early on in the program, Nielsen Book’s Jonathan Nowell and Jo Henry presented data stating that the main means of discovery for parents buying books for kids ages 7-12 comes directly from the child. While it was just one of many stats presented in a data-packed morning, […]

0 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: Abram, Alan Gershenfeld, Anna Jarzab, Ashleigh Gardner, Biblionasium, COPPA, Deborah Forte, Digital Book World, Dominique Raccah, E-Line Media, Eric Huang, goodreads, HarperCollins, Jess Brallier, JJ Ahearn, Jo Henry, Jonathan Nowell, KidzVuz, Launch Kids, Licensing Street, Made in Me, Margaret Milnes, Marjan Ghara, Nielsen Book, Poptropica, Put Me In the Story, Random House, Readerlink, Rebecca Levey, Running Press, Sarah Mlynowski, Scholastic Book Fair, sourcebooks, Susan Katz, Tara Catogge, Veronica Wasserman, Wattpad, World of Warcraft

6Sep | '13

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5 Top Publishing News Stories of the Week, 9/2 – 9/6

By Elisabeth Watson | Published: September 6, 2013

Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. The DOJ’s final verdict against Apple is in, and the Feds seem to have gotten what they wanted. A new kind of matchbook collection: Amazon’s Kindle MatchBook will be offering the ebook/pbook bundling program people have been requesting for years. Digital community meets […]

0 Comments | Category: Book Biz Now | Tags: Apple, DOJ Agency Suit, england, library, MatchBook, Netflix, Oyster, sourcebooks, Wattpad

3Jul | '13

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Author Perspectives Podcast: Megan Mulry

By Lena Morris | Published: July 3, 2013

In our revival of the Author Perspectives Podcast, join Lena Morris for an interview with USA Today-bestselling author Megan Mulry, whose book, If the Shoe Fits, came out on July 2nd. Megan discusses the publishing profession from the author’s point of view: from the fine lines between Romance and Women’s Fiction in the evolving world of book publishing to the way ebooks and social media have changed the author’s role. As a relatively new author, she emphasized the importance of literary agents and the joy of feeling like she had a part in the process […]

1 Comment | Category: Industry Insight, Podcast | Tags: a royal pain, author, author perspectives, book author, erotica, fiction, if the shoe fits, InkWell, interview, megan mulry, podcast, publicity, regency, Romance, sourcebooks