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Amazon opens online store on Chinese competitor's marketplace

Amazon has opened a flagship store on Chinese competitor Alibaba Group Holding’s consumer-to-consumer site, Tmall.com. Amazon’s store on the site launched this week and so far offers a limited range of products including imported food, women’s shoes, toys and kitchen equipment, the Wall Street... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will a coloring book help you sleep better?

Research suggests coloring may lower stress, aid relaxation, and improve sleep and attention spans.  Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. close to naming president of People

Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher, is close to naming former TV executive Rich Battista to lead the company's largest brand, People magazine, as well as its sibling publication... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at 'Crains New York'

[ Crains New York | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Academic booksellers frozen out by D2C

Academic publishers will put bookshops out of business if they continue to target universities and students with “aggressive” direct sales marketing, the chairman of the Booksellers Association’s Academic Committee has warned.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Search Press and Nosy Crow triumph at IPG Awards

Search Press and Nosy Crow were both double winners at the Independent Publishers Guild Independent Publishing Awards 2015. Winners of the 13 categories were announced at a gala dinner hosted by author and publisher John Mitchinson at the IPG spring conference last night (5th March). Search... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Best Windows apps this week

One-hundred and twenty one in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps and games released for Windows in the past seven days. If you are interested in the development of Windows 10, you may be interested in screenshot leaks of build 10031 and build 10022 which allow you to... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #improved features


Sphere signs thriller from Fountain

Sphere has bought a psychological thriller titled Painkiller by Private Eye staff writer N J Fountain. Cath Burke, fiction publisher at Sphere, bought UK and Commonwealth rights to the novel in a deal brokered by Piers Blofeld at Sheil Land Associates. Painkiller tells the story of a once... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pullman’s His Dark Materials released in digital format

Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series is released today (5th March) in ebook format for the first time. Penguin Random House, which owns the digital rights to the trilogy, is publishing Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass as ebooks, priced at £5.49 each. It is also... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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France and Luxembourg ordered to restore ebook VAT

The European Court of Justice has ordered France and Luxembourg to restore their standard VAT rates on ebooks in a ruling announced today (5th March). The court upheld a decision previously made by European Commission, which ruled that the two countries cannot charge the same VAT rate on ebooks... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Greek Literature Abroad: A Modern Odyssey (Part 2)

In the second of a two part investigation, literary agent Evangelia Avloniti considers the economic reasons why so little Greek literature is translated. The post Greek Literature Abroad: A Modern Odyssey (Part 2) appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google, Beware: Facebook to Open Ad Exchange Powered by LiveRail

Facebook continues its campaign to invade Google's ad-tech turf.Facebook is building an ad exchange that would automate the sale of other publishers' ads, according to people familiar with the matter. LiveRail, the online video ad-tech firm that Facebook bought last summer, will be the one... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Mail Online remains a responsive design holdout

Mobile makes up the lion's share of U.K. traffic for Mail Online, but mobile visitors arriving on its homepage are still see the desktop site. That's an increasingly rare sight in news publishing today. "Mail Online's homepage is a key part of its heritage and identity. Our users love it," said... Continue reading at 'Digiday'

[ Digiday | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Veteran TV Exec Rich Battista Poised to Become People Magazine President

Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher, is close to naming former TV executive Rich Battista to lead the company's largest brand, People magazine, as well as its sibling publication Entertainment Weekly, according to two people familiar with the matter.The position -- president of... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstores Try Beacons

Positioning-based in-store marketing is something more commonly found in Walmart and Apple stores than in bookstores. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Post-Censorship, Publishing Continues to Evolve in Burma

At The Irwaddy, U San OO, owner of Seikku Cho Cho publishing house spoke about the development of Burmese publishing, translations and ebooks in the country. The post Post-Censorship, Publishing Continues to Evolve in Burma appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending March 6, 2015

The NEA’s Read Across America program continues through Saturday with a number of locations around the country celebrating children's literacy. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Government promotes child library membership

The government has announced plans to improve literacy by promoting public library membership in primary schools. But the move has had a mixed reaction, with campaigner Laura Swaffield describing the news as a “bad joke for World Book Day”. The government has put together an action plan,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers' Move Could Mean 'Whole New Trial' in GSU Copyright Case

With the case now back at the district court, the three publisher plaintiffs are seeking to introduce new evidence to determine whether the university’s e-reserve policies are infringing. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Fall of Language in the Age of English

The fate of national languages when English has become the world’s dominant “universal” language. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fix-It and Forget-It Lives Again

Since the first title in Phyllis Good’s Fix-It and Forget-It series was published in 2000, the cookbooks, which collect accessible slow-cooker recipes, have sold more than 11 million copies. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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