2013 Yale Publishing Course

Sessions to focus on disruption in the digital age

 The curriculum for this year's Yale Publishing Course (YPC) sessions are set for July 2013. The two sessions, Leadership Strategies in Magazine & Digital Publishing (July 14–19) and Leadership Strategies in Book Publishing (July 21–26), concentrate on building leadership skills and understanding recent disruptions in the industry. The YPC offers a personalized …   read more

The Saturday Evening Post Launches 2014 Great American Fiction Contest

Second Annual Search for America’s Next Noted Novelist

 F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic, The Great Gatsby, is once again celebrated in movie theaters this summer and as a contributor to The Saturday Evening Post Fitzgerald penned almost 70 short stories which defined an era. Now budding fiction writers across the country have the opportunity to contribute to one of the staples of American literature. The Post has announced its “2014 Great Ame…   read more

Issuu Acquires MagmaHQ

Digital Publishing Platform Partners with Developer of Collaborative Tool That Helps Editorial Teams Produce Amazing Work Faster

 Digital publishing platform Issuu continues to write a new book on publishing with its acquisition of Magma, an editorial platform that enables writers, editors, advertising salespeople and art directors to collaborate in organizing, laying out and proofing publications. Magma's integration with Issuu removes the guesswork in production so publishers can focus on creating the very best …   read more

2013 Audie Awards Finalists Announced

Sales and Consumer Surveys Show Growth in Audiobooks

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced finalists for its 2013 Audie Awards® competition, the only awards program in the United States devoted entirely to honoring audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Winners will be announced at the Audies Gala on May 30, 2013, at the New-York Historical Society in New York. Writer Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, the mega-bestselling aut…   read more

Association of American Publishers Presents Winners of 2012 PROSE Awards

Ceremony Includes Premier of Fifth Annual Short Film, THE CURATORS

On February 7th, the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced the winners of the 2012 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (the PROSE Awards), during a luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC.  A full list of the winners can be found at www.proseawards.com.The 2012 R.R. Hawkins A…   read more

National Poetry Month is April 2013

Order your free poster now

National Poetry Month is a month-long, national celebration of poetry established by the Academy of American Poets. The concept is to widen the attention of individuals and the media—to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our complex poetic heritage, and to poetry books and journals of wide aesthetic range and concern. The hope is to increase the visibility and availability of p…   read more

Audiobook Industry Surveys Show Growth

Sales Grow as More Consumers Discover the Convenience of Audiobooks

The Audio Publishers Association recently conducted two surveys that show the industry's continued growth and highlighted the value of audiobooks to the consumer marketplace.The annual APA Sales Survey compiled reports from audio publisher sales in the year 2011. Additionally, the 2012 Consumer Survey, “Understanding the Audiobook Buyer in the Digital Age,” was conducted to find out mo…   read more

Viva la Independence! Indie Press Memoir Nominated for National Book Award

Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, has proudly announced the selection of The Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir, by first-time author Domingo Martinez of Seattle, Washington, as one of five finalists for the 2012 National Book Award for nonfiction. Lyons Press is the lone independent publisher among the non-fiction finalists and Martinez is the only non-Pulitzer Prize winning author. There …   read more

Book Discovery Habits are Changing Fast

Bowker VP Presents New Data at DBW Conference

Reader behavior is in flux and the ways people discover and buy books is changing and expanding rapidly, according to a presentation by Bowker vice president of publishing services Kelly Gallagher.  The presentation was part of the Digital Book World Discoverability and Marketing conference in New York, September 24-25.According to Gallagher:– In 2011, nearly half of consumers changed t…   read more