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The Toy Industry Association, operators of the North American International Toy Fair has partnered with LeftField Media to launch a new co-located event called Play Fair. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Fiction and non-fiction writers have been shorlisted for the inaugural Richell Prize for Emerging Writers established in honour of the late publisher Matt Richell. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Granta Books has acquired the rights to publish a new collection of poetry by "acclaimed" poet Ben Lerner, and a "powerful" new work by Cynan Jones. Meanwhile Portobello has bought a new novel from Jenny Erpenbeck, this year's winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Here's our review of "Now That I'm a Ghost, I'm Gay," which---let's be real---is an amazing title. The post We Review the Self-Published ‘Now That I’m a Ghost, I’m Gay’ appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at 'Wired'
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Author Romesh Gunesekera was presented with an award for his services to media, arts and culture at this year's Asian Achievers Awards. Sri-Lankan born Gunesekera, who was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1994 for his novel Reef, was honoured at the 15th annual Asian Achievers Awards on... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Simon & Schuster's Threshold Editions will publish a new, untitled book by Donald Trump October 27. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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With sales at many member stores up over last year, SIBA executive director Wanda Jewell said booksellers "seem very positive going into the holiday season,” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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The Muppets is just one of several freshman shows with a pre-sold brand the networks hope give them an edge this fall. The prime-time schedule includes two movie adaptations (Fox's Minority Report, CBS' Limitless), a spinoff (NBC's Chicago Med), a revival (NBC's Heroes Reborn) and a comic book... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
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Media executive Paul Slavin has been named president of Open Road Integrated Media, a newly created position for the company. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Collins, the mega-bestselling author of Hollywood novels, died on September 19 at the age of 77. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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With summer largely in the rearview mirror, marketers are attending conferences and generally revealing more media- and brand-related data. Here are nine of such stats that caught our eye last week. 1. During a Re/code podcast, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti said that more than 75 percent of his... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
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The ebook subscription service announced on its blog that it is shutting down its operations over the next few months. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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In January, Jack Griffin, the chief executive of Tribune Publishing Company, took his senior management team to visit The Los Angeles Times, the jewel in his company’s portfolio of newspapers. At a reception at the newspaper, an ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'
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"One of the reasons many of the greatest novels ever published are so long," writes Len Epp, "is that they were already hits while they were being written." Serials, writes Leanpub co-founder Epp, are the true approach to traditional publishing. Only in the last century, he contends, did we come... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Independent publisher Clairview Books is releasing a new booklet by Ben Okri based on a lecture he gave at the International School of Storytelling in Sussex. The Mystery Feast: Thoughts on Storytelling will be published on 14th October as a £3.99 paperback original and £2.99 ebook (available... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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When a brand uploads a new video to Facebook, 94 percent of views it generates in the following week happen on that video, says Visible Measures. The stat shows that while video is booming on Facebook, it’s still difficult for brands and publishers to get people to watch their entire library,... Continue reading at 'Digiday'
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Mexico's publishing industry has great potential, but the lack of organized government is a persistent problem, argues Déborah Holtz of Trilce Ediciones. The post Mexico Needs a Government Policy to Promote Publishing, Reading appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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Bestselling author Francine Rivers was among those honored during the 2015 American Christian Fiction Writers Awards, taking home the top Lifetime Achievement Award. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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At the BISG Annual Meeting, S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy says publishers need to use metadata and social media to "connect books to what's going on in the world." Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights is to publish more titles after the successful release of its first two books. The award-winning independent based in Bath founded a publishing arm called Fox, Finch & Tepper last October and is set to release two new titles at the end of October this year. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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