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Wattpad Acquires Red Room Writers’ Site

Wattpad, an online writing and reading community, has acquired the Red Room, an online community originally described as a “Facebook for authors.” The site will be subsumed into Wattpad. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Binc Foundation Expands Assistance

Booksellers can now apply for aid to prevent homelessness and to pay for funeral costs. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zuckerberg: Basic Internet should be as universal as 911 service

Mark Zuckerberg sees the Internet as a vital service that should be made available to everyone across the world—a service that can be as vital as, say, the ability to call for emergency help on a telephone. In an editorial published Monday in The Wall Street Journal, the Facebook chief outlined... Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors choose sides in the duel between Amazon and Hachette

Some 'old guard' authors are joining forces in a letter criticizing Amazon, even as a cluster of self-published authors is rallying around Amazon, charging that traditional publishers like Hachette mistreat authors and readers. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins launches direct-to-consumer sales site

HarperCollins has relaunched its US website, with direct to consumer print and ebook sales. The... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller Marketing and Publicity Conference: 'Can't replace gut instinct'

The use of social media and consumer insight do not "replace our gut instinct", The... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowling writes story about 30-plus Harry Potter

J K Rowling has written a new piece about a thirty-something Harry Potter and his friends at the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 8, 2014

Becky Green has been promoted to v-p, director, children’s retail sales, Random House Children’s Books. She was previously the division's v-p. national accounts. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will a new editor find an audience for his 'religiously digital' newspaper?

In pre-Kindle days I once weighed myself down with more than dozen books after spending half a day in Powell's "city of books" in Portland, Oregon.People still enjoy cruising the miles of shelves in that wonderful monument to the era of print. By contrast, readers have been deserting the print... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft gives away almost 300 ebooks -- master Windows 8.1, Office 365, and much more

Eric Ligman, Microsoft Senior Sales Excellence Manager, has released a whole new batch of free ebooks, covering topics such as Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows 7, Office 2013 and Office 365, Azure, Lync 2013, and SQL Server. There are ebooks and resource guides for all things Microsoft. For the past... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Tries Direct Sales

HarperCollins has launched a redesigned website that features a direct sales component. Through the website the publisher has, for the first time, the ability to sell print books directly to consumers. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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College Students Prefer A Mix of Print and Digital Textbooks

According to a new survey conducted by Hewlett Packard, 78% of college students prefer to use both print and digital textbooks. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cooking for Literacy—and Health

This summer, Parkway Central Library in Philadelphia has debuted a state-of-the-art Culinary Literacy Center, designed to combat low literacy rates while helping residents become confident cooks. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Locust Moon’s 'Little Nemo' Kickstarter Now at $90K

Organized by Philadelphia comics shop Locust Moon and its small press imprint Locust Moon Press, 'Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream,' an ambitious Kickstarter project to fund a tribute book to Little Nemo creator Windsor McCay, has blown past its initial goal of $50,000 and raised $90,000 with... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Publishers Can Take Back Control of Their Consumer Data

You've built and furnished a home. You regularly tweak and maintain the property so your equity grows. But when you're away, strangers gain access. They sell your appliances, plumbing fixtures and furniture and when you return, it's clear the value you've worked so hard to attain has... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gallery Books in Deal with Omnific

Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books division has entered into a co-publishing agreement with Omnific Publishing. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Graphic Review of 'Invisible Beasts'

Graphic novelist Kristen Radtke has already tackled Leslie Jamison's 'The Empathy Exams,' and now she graphically reviews Sharona Muir's debut novel, 'Invisible Beasts.' Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jerome made non-fiction publisher at HC

Natalie Jerome has been promoted to non-fiction publisher at HarperCollins, taking on the role... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What a Food Writer Eats: PW Talks with Diana Henry

Food writer Diana Henry spoke with PW about the pleasures of "accidentally healthy" eating and why her latest cookbook, 'A Change of Appetite,' isn't a "diet" book. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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