E L James named ‘Publishers Weekly’ Publishing Person of the Year
3 December 2012
US book industry magazine Publishers Weekly has named Fifty Shades of Grey author E L James as its ‘Publishing Person of the Year’ for 2012. Publishers Weekly said it selected...
Mcgraw Hill education to be acquired by private equity group in US
27 November 2012
McGraw-Hill Cos. (MHC) has agreed to sell McGraw-Hill Education to the private equity group Apollo Global Management for US$2.5 billion (A$1.96 billion), reports Publishers Weekly (PW). ‘MHC hopes to complete...
Bowker, ‘PW’ research finds Gen Y the top spenders in the US in 2011
15 August 2012
In the US, new research from Bowker Market Research and Publishers Weekly has found that Generation Y—people born between 1979 and 1989—spent the most money on books in 2011, taking...