Campaign group Amazon Anonoymous has delivered a "Christmas card" to the company's UK boss Christopher North challenging him to pay workers the Living Wage. The card, delivered to Amazon's UK headquarters in Slough yesterday (22nd December) was two metres wide and mimicked the design of an... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A few studies suggest that reading on screens instead of pages may impair comprehension because readers lose a sense of place in a text. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
With questions still lingering about Sony Pictures's release plans for the Seth Rogen comedy 'The Interview,' after the studio suffered a cyber attack and a terrorist threat issued by the North Korean government, the PEN American Center has published an open letter to Sony CEO Michael Lynton,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guinness World Records 2015 (GWR) is the UK's official Christmas number one. In the seven days ending 20th December, the annual tome of record-breaking achievements from across the globe sold 58,477 copies, a volume rise of nearly 12% week to week. This is the first time in over a decade that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's like the phrase "curl up with a good book" was invented for the month of December. Here's what we're reading by the fire. The post A Time-Traveling Graphic Novel and More Great Books We’re Reading This Month appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the movie adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand's 'Unbroken' hitting theaters tomorrow, on Christmas day, the nonfiction bestseller showed no signs of slowing down, holding on, once again, to the #1 perch on the iBooks Bestseller list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thames & Hudson head of publicity Rosalie Macfarlane is leaving the company after nearly six years. Macfarlane, who has been a publishing publicist since 1986, said she was now looking for "a complete change", and will not take up a role with another publisher. However she intends her next... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended December 21, 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
German literary powerhouse Suhrkamp and its publisher Ulla Unseld-Berkéwic who also owns 61% of the company, have been handed an early Christmas gift by the three judges of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. By dismissing an injunction by minority owner Hans Barlach they have allowed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Relive the year in reading with the Fast Company staff.As the year wraps up, the Fast Company staff remembers our year in reading with our favorite books of the year. The list above is by no means comprehensive, or even the best new titles, but just some of the works we spent the last 12 months... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
What effect did Super Thursday have on book sales, and how well did eight leading retailers and pundits fare in predicting the top titles of the year?• Readers turn over a new leaf as celebrity sales stutter• ‘Amazon-free’ Christmas campaign diverts reported £5m worth of sales from online... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner asked the Columbia Journalism School to review Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia. As it became clear that the story’s central incident—a gang rape of a freshman at a fraternity—did not happen as Rolling Stone... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More top publishers are opting into programmatic ad networks to sell premium advertising. Varick Media Management recently signed exclusive deals with Time Inc., News Corp., American Media Inc. and Wenner Media and will help them sell ad units that feature photography, videos and other types of... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
French culture minister Fleur Pellerin has asked the book mediator for a opinion on whether Kindle Unlimited and other subscriptions for unlimited access to ebooks infringes the law in France. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you curl up under the duvet with an ebook for a bedtime read then you are damaging your sleep and maybe your health, US doctors have warned. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Neville Thurlbeck and James Weatherup get green light from employment tribunals to take action against News Group NewspapersTwo former News of the World journalists who were jailed for hacking the phones of politicians and celebrities have been given the go ahead to sue Rupert Murdoch’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pete Duncan, who spent five years in the role of managing director of Constable & Robinson, has left Little, Brown and is to start his own business consultancy in the New Year. Constable & Robinson was acquired by Little, Brown in February, and later integrated into a new editorial... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster UK is to allow libraries to lend its full catalogue of nearly 14,000 ebook titles, effective immediately. Following what the publisher said was a "successful" pilot scheme, it is expanding access to its full catalogue of ebooks to libraries nationwide in the UK. A similar... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist (Pan Macmillan) has been crowned the Specsavers Book of the Year for 2014 after a public vote. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Axel Springer goes Anglophone to seek an international audience Continue reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]