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HarperCollins UK has teamed up with George R R Martin and digital product studio Reason to produce a new Game of Thrones app. Released today (30th July), the free app is designed as a "bridge product" for fans of the TV series who have not yet read the books. The app asks users where they are... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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After its historic first week of sales last week, Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' sold roughly 220,000 print copies for the week ended July 29, according to the outlets that report to Nielsen Bookscan Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Yahoo unveiled a live video texting app Wednesday that could boost the company's mobile presence and help it compete against Apple and Facebook. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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The Zimbabwe Book Fair, once the key event in African publishing, has declined. This year, a focus on growing the knowledge economy is giving it new life. The post The Buzz at the Zimbabwe Book Fair is “Growth” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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As ad dollars flow to online video, the video view has been asserting itself as the new coin of the realm for publishers. And so with CNN Digital’s goal of being nothing less than the worldwide leader in video, it’s pushing ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'
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Bill Clegg, Anne Enright, Marlon James, Laila Lalami, Tom McCarthy, Chigozie Obioma, Andrew O'Hagan, Marilynne Robinson, Anuradha Roy, Sunjeev Sahota, Anna Smaill, Anne Tyler and Hanya Yanagihara are this year's Man Booker "Dozen", longlisted for the £50,000 prize. There are five US authors on... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Former Liberal Democrat MP David Laws has written a book exposing the ‘inside story’ of the Cameron-Clegg coalition. Biteback Publishing m.d. Iain Dale acquired world rights to Coalition by David Laws, which will be published in Spring 2016. The book, which will be supported by a ‘major press... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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With all the revenue flowing to digital video, it’s easy to see why CNN is prioritizing video views over pageviews. CNN.com’s video views nearly doubled over the past year, through a mix of short- and long-form clips. It’s also not shy about taking a page from Facebook’s autoplay feature. But... Continue reading at 'Digiday'
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Suzie Dooré is to move from Hodder & Stoughton to HarperCollins, replacing Katie Espiner as publishing director of The Borough Press. Dooré has been at Hodder & Stoughton for nearly 10 years, publishing literary commercial fiction for both Hodder and its literary imprint Sceptre. She... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Adobe’s Digital Publishing suite has long offered a way for brands to publish content on tablets, but on Wednesday the company introduced a new generation of the software tweaked specifically to put such capabilities in the hands of ordinary business users.Adobe’s new Digital Publishing Solution... Continue reading at 'PC World'
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Following record-breaking sales for Harper Lee’s 'Go Set a Watchman' on July 14, Theodore Geisel’s 'What Pet Should I Get?' repeated that feat at the nation’s number two chain retailer two weeks later, on July 28. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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SMP Swerve will be headed up by St. Martin’s Paperbacks and St. Martin’s Griffin v-p and associate publisher Anne Marie Tallberg. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Family, identity and the past are among the themes addressed by the books on this year’s Man Booker Prize longlist. The 13 books, known as the Man Booker Dozen, tackle a variety of subjects, time spans and countries. There are seven women on the list and five US-based authors. The UK is... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The media behemoth is also in talks with Vox Media to bring its valuation to $850 million.NBCUniversal is nearing a deal to invest $250 million in BuzzFeed, according to Re/code. The media conglomerate is also deep in negotiations with Vox Media, an investment that would bring the online... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
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We look some of the innovative techniques online publishers are using to hold the attention of their readers for longerIn a world of finite time and apparent infinite choice, how are publishers encouraging readers to stick around? And how, especially, are they persuading them to stay for the... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The first titles in the series, 'From the Source: Italy' and 'From the Source: Thailand,' go on sale September 1. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Taylor & Francis's parent company Informa has acquired independent humanities and social sciences publisher Ashgate Publishing for £20m. Ashgate has over 14,000 titles. Informa said: "Its experienced team and strong brands will be highly complementary to our other major HSS [humanities... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Chad Post of Open Letter Books explains how leveraging social networks for media amplification is now a key to small press marketing success. The post Book Media Amplification is Key to Small Press Success appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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Workforce diversity is something that has been brought into sharp focus in recent months as companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook reveal the make-up of their staff. White, middleclass, male employees dominate the world of technology, and this is certainly the case at Facebook -- even... Continue reading at 'Betanews'
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Letter to the FT by Daily Mail group director on the difference between business ownership based on ‘long term value’ and the need to make quick profitsA short letter in Wednesday’s Financial Times makes for fascinating reading. Stimulated by Pearson’s sale of the FT to Nikkei, it poses profound... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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