Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will give the keynote speech at the 2014 Association of American Publishers annual meeting set for March 19 in New York City. The theme of this year's event is “The Next Chapter in Protecting IP: Policy, Disruption, Innovation and Sustainability.”
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Pearson
Earned 78 Million Pounds from PRH Pearson released its year-end results this morning in which it included previously reported Penguin results for the first half of 2013 and offered a small glimpse of Penguin Random House’s performance since the merger was completed July 1. The company reported a contribution to earnings of 78 million pounds from Penguin and Penguin Random House, a figure that represents six months of just Penguin earnings in the first half of 2013 (which was 28 million pounds) plus another six months of its share of profit "from associated interest in the PRH venture." more »
'Twelve
Years a Slave' and the Oscar Effect Last year's film treatment of Solomon Northrup's 1853 memoir, "Twelve Years a Slave," brought a 161-year old book into the contemporary cultural conversation, and led to a boost in sales for multiple editions of the title. Penguin's movie-tie-in has sold over 66,000 copies since its September 2013 release, gaining momentum as the October premiere approached. more »
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Agonizing Stages of Waiting for a Book :
Book series are a wonderful thing, but the wait time between installments can
be agonizing. Here are the nine painful stages of waiting for the next book in
a series to come out.
10 Best
Fictional Evil Children : Ahead of the "Game of
Thrones" return, the "Guardian" picked the beastliest brats.
Living Wage
Petition Handed to Amazon: Demonstrators will descend on
Amazon’s headquarters in London later today to hand in a petition signed by
over 55,000 people demanding the company pay its workers the Living Wage.
Which Books Will
Never Be on Your Shelf?: The missing pieces of a reading life
can sometimes reveal more about literary taste than the books we choose to
display.
Liked That as a
Kid? Read This. : 22 books you should read now, based on your
childhood favorites. Recapture all of that youthful wonder.
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