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It started out, author Patrick Ness said, as a small thing on his fundraising page. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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More than £10,000 has been raised today (Thursday) by fans of Patrick Ness to help victims of the refugee crisis after the author pledged to match donations of up to £10,000 – and now YA writer John Green is pledging to match the next £10,000. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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New York City continues to add more bookstores, with one slated to open on the Lower East Side early next year. Twice Told Tales will open in McPherson, Kans., and The Booksellers is opening in Dayton, Oh., this coming week. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Here is a selection of some of the hundreds of authors who will be at this season’s regional shows. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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In his article, Those magnificent manifestos, The Bookseller editor Philip Jones reviews his call for the FutureBook audience to reflect on five years of digital "to challenge the customs we have begun to adopt." The response is so robust that I've extended our deadline for submissions of... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Titles by Kate Mosse, S K Tremayne and Anne Tyler are among the eight books chosen for the latest WH Smith Richard and Judy Book Club. Mosse, whose debut novel Labyrinth (Orion) was picked for the first ever Richard and Judy Book Club in 2005, is this autumn chosen for her novel The... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The Guadalajara Book Fair's Rights Center, which offers 125 tables, is sold out, further proof of Mexico's growth as a center for Spanish rights activity. The post As Mexico Rises, Rights Center at Guadalajara Book Fair Gets Boost appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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Our monthly selection of reviews from BlueInk Review, a service which reviews self-published books. The post September 2015: Top Reviews of Self-published Books from BlueInk Review appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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Penguin Random House’s group UK sales director Garry Prior is to retire at the end of the year. Prior has worked for Penguin Random House companies for 35 years, starting his career in publishing in 1980 as a marketing assistant at Transworld’s Corgi Books. During the 1980s he moved between... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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It's back-to-school season, so in the spirit of continued education, we asked top editors for their book picks for the fall. Cosmo editor-in-chief Joanna Coles recommended "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow for lovers of American history. The forthcoming memoir of Carrie Brownstein "Hunger... Continue reading at 'Digiday'
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Hot Key Books has acquired a new book trilogy, The Folk of the Air, from bestselling teen and children’s author, Holly Black. Black is known for the Modern Faerie Tale series, as well as for co-authoring The Spiderwick Chronicles and Magisterium. Black said that the trilogy will “delve deeper... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Alan Moore’s Electricomics app liberates graphic fiction from the boundaries of the page at a tap of your iPad screen. Here’s what to expectReaders have been promised a revolution in graphic storytelling ever since the dawn of the internet, but this week’s launch of Alan Moore’s Electricomics... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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CILIP member Andy Richardson has called on the organisation to oppose the “amateurisation” of public library services. Richardson said that allowing library services to be run by volunteers in the local community with little or no funding for professional or paid library staff, proposed by many... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Sir Terry Pratchett’s 41st and final Discworld novel The Shepherd’s Crown (Doubleday Children’s) grabbed the UK Official Number one by a sizeable margin, outselling the much-hyped Stieg Larsson reboot by over 37,000 copies. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Indie bookstores in the US have thrived and there's no secret to their success: it is about creating experiences, building community, and connecting. The post Resurgence of Indie Bookstores Fueled by Connection, Community appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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May was a bad month for publishers, with sales down in most of the major categories compared to the same month last year. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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In 1995, the year Amazon opened the virtual doors to its online bookstore, the company posted revenue of $511,000—a total that jumped to $15.7 million in 1996 and skyrocketed to $147.7 million in 1997. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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A selection of some of the hundreds of children's book authors who will be at this season’s regional shows. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Quercus has promoted Richard Arcus to the role of commissioning editor, focusing on “commercially saleable literary fiction as well as crime fiction with an imagination-capturing premise”. Arcus, who moves up from the role of editor, has been at Quercus since 2010. His first acquisition in his... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Penguin Random House's Michael Joseph division is today (Thursday) releasing the “world’s first post-it note book", co-curated by author Neil Gaiman and film director Richard Curtis. Stick This Book is in support of the Global Goals campaign and will explain the UN’s Global Goals for... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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