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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: Hachette's Nourry on Publishing's Big Questions

Arnaud Nourry, chairman and chief executive of Hachette Livre, answered questions on hot-button topics like self-publishing, agency pricing, and threats to copyright. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: Morpurgo meets boy who inspired book

Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo meets the boy who inspired the name of the lead character in his new book. Continue reading at 'BBC World'

[ BBC World | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple’s Antitrust Monitorship is Over

In a brief opinion and order issued yesterday, Judge Denise Cote declined to extend the monitor's term, and officially closed a contentious chapter in Apple’s ebook antitrust case. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How the Internet Killed Playboy

Starting next March, Playboy will stop publishing photographs of naked women. The cheesecake will be dialed back to a “PG-13” rating, the New York Times’ Ravi Somaiya reported Monday night. Playmate photos will look “more like the racier sections of Instagram” than the adult section of the... Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FutureBook ho!

In programming this year’s FutureBook Conference (4th December), I’ve had the privilege of discussing publishing’s digital future with numerous people from across the sector. The conversations, all done for the purposes of background, have informed both the direction of the conference and my... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Requiem for Playboy in Its Heyday (Nudes and All)

It's hard to overstate just how much Playboy changed American culture. Not just sexual culture -- as even some of those too young to remember tend to know implicitly -- but media culture, journalistic culture, literary culture, pop culture. That's worth keeping in mind given that Playboy... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marlon James wins Man Booker Prize 2015

Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize 2015 for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld). James, who is the first Jamaican to have won the £50,000 award in its history, was announced as the winner at a ceremony in London’s Guildhall on Tuesday 13th October. Chair of judges,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2015 National Book Awards Finalists Announced

The National Book Foundation announced the finallists for the 2015 National Book Awards. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 18 at the 66th National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony in New York City. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook moves further into YouTube’s turf with new mobile videos tab

Facebook said today its replacing the useless Messenger section with a Videos tab on its mobile app. The stream, dedicated to YouTube's bread-and-butter, will serve videos from friends, publishers, pages the user likes and ads. Facebook also confirmed its testing a floating video box, a new... Continue reading at 'Digiday'

[ Digiday | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is Google Books Leading Researchers Astray?

Sometimes it isn’t enough for data to be big. Consider Google Books, a searchable archive digital archive of millions of texts spanning the history of the printed word. This enormous corpus has inspired researchers to rethink the ways we map the history of language, allowing them to make... Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Janne Teller tells it like it is

How to challenge extremist propaganda? What makes individuals turn to extremist ideologies? What practical solutions can challenge fundamentalism of all kinds—religious, political, economic—and how can we build multicultural communities that truly function? Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Apple's no longer court monitored in ebook antitrust case

Apple’s ebook division will no longer be overseen by a court-appointed monitor after the US Justice Department ruled that the company had made improvements to its antitrust compliance program. Despite the positive outcome for Apple, the Justice Department was critical of the company’s... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Q&A with Millie Marotta

The colouring in craze has swept the world in the past 12 months, with illustrator Millie Marotta and her Animal Kingdom among the catalysts - and beneficiaries. Anna James speaks to her. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: HarperCollins to Release YA Novel in 16 Languages Next May

As part of the marketing campaign for the new young adult novel by Alyson Noël, 'Unrivaled,' HarperCollins will publish the book simultaneously May 10, 2016 in 16 languages. The novel will feature covers that will be coordinated across the different markets. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Download: Wednesday’s Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 Show Daily

Read about Salman Rushdie, Iranian publishers, The Markets conference, the Rights Directors Meeting and more in our Frankfurt Book Fair show daily for Wednesday. The post Download: Wednesday’s Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 Show Daily appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Photo Mania: New York Comic Con 2015

PW spent the weekend at New York Comic Con and we've got photos of the swarming crowds, authors like Felipe Smith, Pénélope Bagieu, and Afua Richardson as well as images from the lively slate of panels on diversity and celebrity comics authors like actor John Lequizamo. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion News From Around the Web: October 14, 2015

Maya Angelou’s final act of love and compassion for her mother and how parents can help heighten religious tolerance are among the most-talked about topics online today. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Magazines Create 'Industry-Wide' Guarantee of Print Ads' Results

The magazine industry, which has been increasingly emphasizing its digital reach, is making a new play to backstop advertising in its print editions, forging an "industry-wide" guarantee that ad pages will achieve sales results for marketers. If those results don't materialize, qualifying... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The world's first true Instagram novel

Instagram has seen its share of photo essays, profiles and short stories. But no one has used the image-sharing network to publish an entire novel - at least not until Matilda and Harry. Continue reading at 'Stuff'

[ Stuff | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finland, One Year After Frankfurt, Continues to See Benefits

After its Guest of Honor appearance at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair, publishers in Finland saw more global interest in their books, especially from China. The post Finland, One Year After Frankfurt, Continues to See Benefits appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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