Jon Anderson, President and Publisher of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, announced today that Jennifer Romanello will be joining the Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division as Vice President, Director of Publicity effective Wednesday,...
Despite a call from The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) for authorities to recognize the rights of journalists working to cover the events in Ferguson, Missouri, at least two reporters were arrested by police Wednesday evening while doing their...
“Life is very short.”—Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita This week, Laura Crisp, Director of Digital Publishing & Business Development, Vintage Books & Anchor Books, announced the launch of “Vintage Shorts” – a new series that will provide short, timely reads in an...
The 2015 San Francisco Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the spring. The 2015 San Francisco Book Festival will consider non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books,...
Opinion Over the quiet weekend, Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing sent an e-mail to its authors asking that they essentially help the company strong-arm Hachette Book Group into agreeing to Amazon's new terms. Those terms would drastically reduce the price of certain...
The 2014 New England Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring the best books of the holiday season. The competition will accept entries in non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, young adult, how-to,...
For the fourth consecutive year, a highly regarded studies just released from BISG tracks and analyzes the key trends in how students and faculty members acquire, assign, teach, and consume educational content in multiple media formats. Student Attitudes Toward...
The 11th annual STIFF is the 1st annual Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival, and filmmakers and storytellers of all persuasions are invited to submit their work for consideration. Early submission is now open for entries in all 18 categories, including...
“Behind The Book from Simon & Schuster,” a new series of videos featuring Simon & Schuster editors and publishers sharing anecdotes, professional insight and behind-the-scenes background on new and upcoming titles is now live, it was announced today. The...
Words without Borders, the online magazine for international literature, announces the release of its August issue, “A New North: Contemporary Writing from Finland.” The writers in this month’s issue present a compelling portrait of Finnish literature, many of them...
