The 2014 Hollywood Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its nihth annual awards celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the film, television, game and multimedia communities. The 2014 Hollywood Book Festival will consider published,...

According to MARKET PULSE,  Barnes & Noble Inc. has laid off staff in the engineering department at its money losing Nook department, according to reports on Monday. The company did not say how many jobs were cut but the move is in line with its restructuring...

2014 Great Southwest Book Festival regular registration deadline arrives Feb. 15 for its annual competition honoring the best books of the late winter/spring season. The Great Southwest Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction,...

2014 Great Northwest Book Festival regular registration deadline arrives Feb. 15 for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the late winter/spring season. The Great Northwest Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction,...

Words without Borders (WWB) magazine announces the publication of the eighth installment of its annual international graphic novels issue. The issue features work from Russia, Israel, France, Spain, Egypt, and South Korea. In a stunning piece of graphic reportage,...

You’ve written your first novel and wish you could get the opinion of experts. What would you say if you could have the world’s thriller greats, who also happen to be the Master CraftFest teachers, look over your work? By entering the very best first...

The 2014 San Francisco Book Festival will hold its annual competition honoring the best books of the spring on Saturday, May 18 at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. The event includes a daytime publishing seminar and book expo, plus evening awards. The 2014 San Francisco...

Simon & Schuster is pleased to announce the launch of 250 Words (http://250words.com), a publisher-agnostic website that will cover the large and diverse world of business books.  250 Words will feature original essays by authors of all kinds and from all...

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), one of the nation’s largest booksellers and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced the six finalists for its prestigious 2013 Discover Great New Writers Awards.  The...

On the basis of preliminary and unaudited figures, Bertelsmann, which owns Penguin Random House,  has increased its Group revenues by about 2 percent to €16.4 billion in the 2013 fiscal year. Operating EBITDA improved from €2.2 billion in the previous...