The first day of the Bologna Bookfair 2012 is drawing to a close. Despite the slight economic gloom hovering over the heads of some of our European partners, the atmosphere felt extremely positive all-round. The outstanding hits of the day were Doodlepedia and Where on Earth, which left our international partners buzzing with excitement. The most complimented category thus far however has [...]
John Duhigg, Deputy CEO of DK, is to succeed Peter Field as global CEO of DK at the beginning of April when he will also join the Penguin Group Board. Prior to his current role, John Duhigg was Managing Director of DK’s Travel division and previously held a number of senior sales positions at DK [...]
We are very happy in the office this morning as it has just been announced Noisy Peekaboo! Roar! Roar is the Winner of the Sheffield Baby Book Award with Hoppity Hop Peekaboo also shortlisted. Winners are selected by local libraries from a shortlist of six books of which DK had two titles. We have been [...]
Fantastic news… DK is proud to announce THREE digital wins at the 2011 Lovie Awards. The European sister awards of the well-known Webby Awards, the Lovies celebrate and honour the crème de la crème of Europe’s best websites, apps, interactive advertising, online film and video. DK Human Body App (http://itunes.apple.com/app/dkhumanbody/id454946651) was awarded GOLD for ‘Mobile [...]
Frankfurt Book Fair Frankfurt Book Fair is the biggest book and media fair in the world, and we’re back again this year. Reporting from the busy DK stand, our International Sales team give us a taste of what it’s like… Setting the scene – Gareth Lowe Imagine a giant, uncoordinated ballet, performed around a [...]
