Thursday News: Happy Halloween! Random House acquires a writing community; America’s Test Kitchen offers reduced access to all sites
America’s Test Kitchen now offers access to all 3 of its sites for $69.95/year – This should probably fall under the daily deals. America’s Test Kitchen, the company behind Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s County is allowing access to all three of its websites for only $69.95 per year. It used to cost $34.95 for just one site.
“On Tuesday, though, America’s Test Kitchen is taking a step toward bundling that will make readers who want, and in many cases are paying for, access to all three brands very happy. Starting today, ATK is offering bundled access to all three of its websites, plus a selection of 1,000 recipes from its cookbooks, for $69.95 per year. That’s a good deal because previously a subscription to just one website was $34.95 a year, and if you wanted access to the “Cookbook Collection” recipes you had to pay an additional $15 a year.” GigaOM | Tech News and Analysis
Random House Acquires Figment – I guess this is big news. Random House has acquired Figment which is an online writing community for teens. It has a user base of more than 300,000. Given the relative youth of some of the big YA authors like Veronica Roth (25), cherry picking authors from a website that you own makes sense. Macmillan has launched Swoon, a similar site. HarperCollins had and closed Inkpop so who knows what will happen to Figment. Publishers Weekly
Brenda Chin to Belle Books – Earlier this month it was announced Brenda Chin will be the editorial director of ImaJinn. ImaJinn was a paranormal imprint (most famous for publishing Keri Arthur before she broke out) but Belle Books bought the publishing house from the estate of the deceased owner. Chin was formerly in charge of the Harlequin Blaze line. It will be interesting to see how her contemporary tastes transition to the paranormal. Chin will join Belle Books December 1 Publishers Marketplace Paid Link
That’s Cook’s deal is awesomely awesome! I’ve been wanting to stop my subscription to the paper magazine since it’s hard to store eleven years worth of issues.
America’s test kitchen is one of my favorite cooking shows and while I am not so into cooking that I would subscribe to their website they do do good work
Actually, Figment acquired Inkpop, and Harper Collins remained involved in contests after the acquisition. I’m guessing that has ceased or will cease now.
Harper Collins still runs Authonomy, the adult equivalent.