Bertelsmann, which owns Penguin Random House in the U.S., has begun the 2014 fiscal year with considerable revenue growth and a record operating result. The international media and services group’s consolidated revenue from continuing operations rose sharply by 8.5...
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Tinicum Buys Big Stake in F+W – 2014
F+W announced May 5th that Tinicum L.P. and certain affiliated funds managed by Tinicum Incorporated (“Tinicum”) have completed a majority investment in F+W, A Content + eCommerce Company (www.fwmedia.com). F+W also owns Digital Book World (DBW). Tinicum is a...
HarperCollins to Acquire Harlequin
HarperCollins will buy romance publisher Harlequin for C$455 million, according to Publishers Weekly, pending approval from both the U.S. and Canadian governments and Canada's Heritage Department. The deal is schedule to close in the third quarter of 2014. HC CEO...
The Headmaster’s Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene
The Headmaster’s Wife Thomas Christopher Greene ISBN: 978-1-250-03894-4 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . INCLUDES ADULT CONTENT." The Headmaster’s Wife is an absorbing story of desire and deceit by Thomas Christopher Greene. The reader meets Arthur...
2014 San Francisco Book Festival Late Registration
The 2014 San Francisco Book Festival late registration deadline arrives May 3 for its annual competition honoring the best books of the spring. The awards will be held on Saturday, May 17 at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel here. The 2014 San Francisco Book Festival will...
2014 Paris Book Festival – Late Deadline
The 2014 Paris Book Festival late registration deadline arrives May 3 for its annual awards honoring the best of international publishing. All materials must be in our hands at close of business on that date. The 2014 Paris Book Festival will consider non-fiction,...
2014 Beach Book Festival Sets Date
The 2014 Beach Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the summer's hottest reads. The Beach Book Festival will consider self-published or independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books,...
Bertelsmann Annual Report Showcases Strategic Progress – 2014
In its new Annual Report, the international media company Bertelsmann for the first time uses illustrative infographics to illustrate the strategic progress of the past year. For example, readers learn that Penguin Random House, Bertelsmann’s trade book publishing...
Killer Nashville Contest Touts Successes as Award Deadline Near-2014
Author goes from unpublished and unrepresented to a dream agent and two-book deal as a result of the first 50 pages submitted to Killer Nashville’s Claymore Award – Deadline for the next Claymore Award competition is April 30, 2014. Terry Shames came to Killer...
2014 New York Book Festival Call for Entries
The 2014 New York Book Festival will hold its its annual competition honoring books worthy of further attention from the world publishing capital on June 20-21 in Manhattan. The 2014 New York Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent...
