Imprimatur Publishing Consultants

14/02/2025

South African/Canadian/ racist - and a handful of 20-something male racists - have access to all digital data in the US. Doesn’t understand the US or democracy, thinks women are inferior to white men, and have unfettered, unmonitored access to all privacy data…and codes. God or the celestial angels and someone, somewhere, protect us and the rest of the world. This kind of access without caring for anything but money is only going to end badly. Question is just for which countries.

“People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.

22/10/2024

Highlighting new indy bookstores

In the Central Eastside Industrial District of Portland, Ore., Patrick Leonard has opened Postcard Bookshop, a store featuring global literature and culture, children’s titles, and sidelines including journals and games for people on the move.

19/10/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/Frankfurt-Book-Fair/article/96251-frankfurt-book-fair-2024-a-feeling-of-optimism.html

In what has been generally a drama-free event, the focus at this year's fair was on doing deals as the international publishing business settles into a post-pandemic rhythm.

05/09/2024

15/03/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/94590-more-challenges-arise-at-barnes-noble-education.html

Barnes & Noble Education reported higher sales and lower losses in the quarter ended January 27, 2024, but those results were overshadowed by news that the company continues to struggle to find ways to shore up its financial position.

15/03/2024

London Book Fair closes; 30,000 attendees

The administration of the 2024 London Book Fair is reporting some 30,000 visitors for its three-day industry trade show, just closed…

14/03/2024

"Findings showed that as students moved between locations, they also transited across devices, platforms, and formats, making use of different print and digital resources for varied ways of reading. Their ability to ‘style-shift’ flexibly across the boundaries of school and personal spaces, various devices and platforms allowed them to independently optimise reading as a resource for their everyday leisure, information seeking, and learning purposes."

Juggling formats of print vs. digital for books, have developers simply given up on whether there's room to improve navigation and design?

14/03/2024

These Chef de Cuisine interviews have some really nice takeaways

Robert Harington talks to Dr. Amy Brand of MIT Press, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.

14/03/2024

Mx3 Barcelona, a gathering of high-profile media-curious delegates, was an off-the-record event on 12 and 13 March. This format allows media leaders to

14/03/2024

London Book Fair, Day One

The 2024 industry-facing London Book Fair opened on March 12 with busy, boisterous trade-meeting energy and a new emphasis on programming…

04/03/2024

Support our indie bookstores!

Monstera's Books will open tomorrow, March 5, in the old Wyldewood Cellars building at 7930 Floyd St. in downtown Overland Park, Kan. In an

04/03/2024

Robert Harington talks to Niko Pfund of Oxford University Press, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for- profit sectors of our industry.