Microsoft and Getty Images have settled a copyright dispute and agreed to work together to provide the digital media company’s images for the software giant’s products like Bing and Cortana.Getty had filed a complaint in September against the Bing Image Widget, launched in the previous month,... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Morrisons has become a member of the Booksellers Association (BA), The Bookseller can reveal. The retailer joins fellow supermarket chains Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda in being a member of the trade body. The move reflects Morrisons’ growing commitment to books over the last two years, during... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Christophers has announced winners of its 2015 awards, including 11 books for adults and children that 'affirm the highest values of the human spirit.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
An annual study of the gender balance in reviewers and authors in major literary magazines has found that both are skewed heavily towards men. American organisation VIDA (Women in Literary Arts), looked at publications including the Times Literary Supplement and the London Review of Books in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has reopened its graduate programme for 2015, with applicants now asked to make an application online with a home-made video interview. During the video, applicants will have to describe the best designed product they can think of, and explain how they would persuade a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oyster, the ebook subscription service launched in 2013, has added a retail component to its business. It is now offering more than a million ebooks for sale, including titles from all of the Big Five publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sceptre has acquired a book about the City of London and the financial revolution of 1986. Associate publisher Drummond Moir bought world rights to Crash, Bang, Wallop: How the City of London Changed our World by journalist and author Iain Martin from Peter Robinson at Rogers, Coleridge and White. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
After close to 30 years on the East Coast, the family-owned press is heading West under the leadership of a new generation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chronicle Books and Top Partners,a company owned by the same corporation that operates Tsutaya Mega bookstore chain, to open Chronicle Books Japan boutiques in 25 of its stores this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
William Heinemann has acquired two books by Sara Baume. Publisher Jason Arthur bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to Spill Simmer Falter Wither and an untitled second novel from independent Irish publisher Tramp Press via Lucy Luck of Aitken Alexander Associates. Spill Simmer... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo is set to launch a new e-reader in the UK on 1st June. The Kobo Glo HD will offer “the highest resolution screen available on the market and at the lowest price,” according to the Canada-based e-reading company. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reporter corners Deepak Chopra; pollsters release new data on unbelievers and the unchurched. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite struggles in the past, the publisher is continuing its efforts on the newsstand. The post Bauer Launches Christian Magazine appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Sword (Orbit), the sequel to her multi award-winning Ancillary Justice (also Orbit), is among the finalists for this year’s Hugo Awards. The annual awards honour the best science fiction and fantasy works and achievements of the previous year across a number of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers Weekly has a new spirituality and religion reviews editor: Seth Satterlee. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A writer, historian, professor, and part-time vicar's new book shows how she learned to stop seeing reading the Bible as a boring obligation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
I Don’t Know How She Does It author returns to heroine Kate Reddy, now contending with age discrimination at work and ‘chaos’ at homeHelen Fielding returned us unexpectedly to the world of Bridget Jones two years ago, the eternal singleton now 51, widowed, and dipping a tentative toe into the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Journalist turned publisher, whose achievements included editing Thomas Keneally’s Schindler’s Ark and Alan Clark’s Diaries, succumbs to cancer Ion Trewin, the journalist turned publisher who went on to run the Man Booker prize, has died aged 71, the trustees of the Booker prize foundation have... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oyster, The "Spotify For Books," Is Taking On Amazon With E-Book Sales Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oyster, which offers "all you can eat" access to 1 million books, is now taking on Amazon directly with individual book sales. The post The ‘Netflix for Books’ Just Invaded Amazon’s Turf appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]