As Hollywood went into high gear for Christopher Nolan’s new film, so did Open Road Integrated Media for Walter Lord’s 1982 book on Dunkirk.
Industry Notes: Open Road Maps Big Newsletter Numbers, New Marketing for Publishers
Riding high on the success of its niche-interest sites, Open Road announces a doubling of those sites and new marketing services for publishers.
International Notes: Open Road Acquires Iconic UK and US Titles; Germany’s De Gruyter Reorganizes Open Access
Ebook rights to works of Joan Didion, Joyce Carol Oates, and Philip Pullman go to Open Road, while Germany’s De Gruyter ups its ante in Open Access.
International Industry Notes: English PEN on Political Cartooning; Open Road and Vistaar on Ebook Prices
In a season when politics can seem especially cartoonish, English PEN looks at the freedom of such expression, as Open Road engages Vistaar to draw a clearer picture of ebook pricing.
International Industry Notes: A Teen Takeover of Libraries, a Timely Release from Open Road
As teens in the UK prepare to ‘take over’ their community libraries, Open Road media begins releasing Gerald Durrell’s books in the States, as ‘The Durrells’ comes to PBS.
International Industry Notes: A PEN Revival and a Branding Boost for Open Road
PEN’s ‘welcome counterbalance to rampant xenophobia’ and a new look for future developments at Open Road Integrated Media.
At IDPF, ‘Japan and the World’: A Few Words With Alvin Lu
‘The population of Japan is about a third of the US, but the [size of the] book market is comparable,’ says Kodansha’s Alvin Lu, who speaks at IDPF’s DigiCon on the eve of BookExpo America.
Cuba’s Book Embargo Tackled by Trade With White House Petitions
Key figures in the American publishing community are unified in their call for a lift of the US embargo of Cuba as it pertains to books.