MONTREAL — Transcontinental Inc. (TSX:TCL.A) is transferring its printing operations in Fremont, Calif., back to the Hearst publishing organization as their multi-year outsourcing agreement comes to a close next spring. The Montreal-based company will receive US$42.8 million cash as compensation
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Many schools no longer teach cursive writing because they see no need in the digital world. One could write a letter without cursive writing, of course, but how many do? Social media has made us more interconnected than ever, but in the least 1-on-1 way in the history of mankind. A letter connects two
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If there is a budget, we arrange for a collective booth for publishers, the way we have done for the book fairs in Hong Kong and Beijing this year. The ideal situation is for the publishers themselves to be present to negotiate for the books on display. Attendance has been a challenge for them because of
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Other Press is looking for a social media wizard to join our dynamic marketing team. Do you feel at home with Other Press books? Do you enjoy creating conversations online, not only about literature, but the world of ideas at large? Can you write knowledgeably and spiritedly about politics, ideology,
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Max Willens: Just as publishers have learned that they'd struggle to monetize their content on Facebook, those that spent to build businesses based on e-commerce affiliate commissions will get a wake-up call in 2018, as Amazon cements its place as an online shopping destination and cuts the affiliate
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Woodrow at Sea started out as a book with minimal text until his publisher at Pajama Press suggested eliminating words altogether. “I did it as an experiment, and saw that she was right. It works.” Wallace started, as he always does, with sketches. He develops the beginning and the end, then he draws a
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