... release of “Sex and the City” on DVD, and Macmillan is promising a “huge” viral marketing campaign, including activity on Facebook. The publisher also intends to release the e-book simultaneously. US rights have been sold for a five-figure sum to St Martin’s ...

... discounts of up to 25% while individuals can purchase titles from stores or its website (www.brightredpublishing.co.uk). With a Facebook group, Bebo page, and plans for online supplementary material, Bright Red will also market directly to web-savvy pupils. ...

... reviews. There are also social networking sites where users can trade their own reviews, such as Bookßabbit, Shelfari and the Facebook application Visual Bookshelf, to name but a few. Publishers, too, are getting into the act with Harper- Collins’ announcement ...

... l event.” As for advertising, 220,000 covermounts are planned for Sugar magazine, and there will be targeted activity on Facebook and a promotion on Lovereading.co.uk. Hachette has a worldwide campaign in place, with interviews lined up with several ...

... Wood plugs hole Web 2.0, Facebook, Skype. Terms that dumbfound the likes of me. But not Quadrille. In celebration of Never Have a Bad Day Ever Again, some of the staff have uploaded many a humorous video onto You Tube (www. youtube.com/user/nhabdea). ...

... newspapers were at the bottom of the pile. This month, an author tracked down a number of Bookseller employees and sent them Facebook friend requests. And the latest: if you are single, Penguin can now help you find your future romantic partner with its newest ...

... panel laid out the places publishers should be targeting their audiences: social networking sites such as MySpace, Bebo and Facebook; blogs; virtual world Second Life; and through email newsletters. “Make sure your authors are contracted in to do bits of ...

... Kindle, or they start doing them in fuschia pink, I ain’t jumping aboard this Digital Love Train” Daisy can be contacted via Facebook or missdaisyfrost@gmail.com. Her blog is at www.missdaisyfrost.com What a bloody awful week. Massive Amex bill in (must be ...

... Cam Kennedy and Alan Grant’s Kidnapped: The Graphic Novel. Community: A regular newsletter to sign up to, a book club and a Facebook page for social networking users to mingle and receive updates on literary events and recommended books. Publisher tie-ins: ...

... the attic?” Daisy Frost blogs at www.missdaisyfrost.com and can be emailed on missdaisyfrost@gmail.com. Of course she is on Facebook. Panic has struck the agenting community. Nothing to do with the erosion of author earnings or high discount rates. It is ...

... be rather smart” Daisy Frost blogs at www.missdaisyfrost.com and can be emailed on missdaisyfrost@gmail.com. Yup, she’s on Facebook. Love is a wonderful thing—especiallywhen it’s naked and with someone cute. In most instances, I am liberal and uninhibited—until ...

... suffered major losses in the Icelandic banking crisis. Widespread local opposition to the closures has led to the creation of a Facebook campaign, Save Wirral’s Services, which has so far attracted more than 2,200 members. In a separate development Ruddhlan ...