Marvel has unveiled plans for a slate of new superhero films, expanding its already wildly successful comic book universe — and breaking ground with its first solo black and female hero movies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
With Port Harcourt, Nigeria serving as UNESCO World Book Capital 2014, African book publishers consider the future for Africa's writers. The post “The West is Running Out of Stories,” say Africans appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's plan to help publishers monetize on mobile sends a shiver down publishers' spines. The post Facebook offers publishers a Faustian bargain appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book retailer Kobo has reached an agreement with Marvel Comics to sell digital editions of its collected graphic novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of Halloween-themed children’s books increased by more than 65% in the fortnight ending 11th October, as booksellers across the UK gear up for one of their busiest Halloweens yet. A search of terms such as “vampires”, “witches” and “ghosts” in the Nielsen BookScan TCM 5,000 revealed that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Al Jazeera America has released Terms of Service, an online graphic novel that is the part of the network’s strategy of tapping into new forms of storytelling. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oliver Jeffers, David Walliams and Malorie Blackman are some of the big-name authors on the shortlists for the 2015 Red House Children’s Book Awards. The shortlist is divided into three categories and in the youngest group - books for younger children - the nominations are Dragon Loves... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Detective Hercule Point and butler Jeeves joined guests at a sleepover event in Waterstones’ flagship store on Saturday (26th October). Altogether 19 guests spent 12 hours overnight in the bookshop at an event organised after the company hit the headlines when an American tourist got locked in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Razer is stretching again. The company best known for designing and manufacturing cutting-edge gaming notebooks and peripherals will soon offer a soundbar-and-subwoofer combo. The $199 Razer Leviathan boasts an impressive collection of features, including the ability to decode Dolby Digital and... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to a report in the 'Seattle Times,' proving that Amazon is a monopoly, let alone an abusive monopoly, will be very difficult, if not impossible. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leicester-based writer Mahsuda Snaith has won the 2014 Bristol Short Story Prize for her work "The Art of Flood Survival". Snaith, announced as the winner of the £1,000 prize on Saturday (25th October), beat almost 2,500 other entrants from more than 60 countries to win the competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
At this year’s show, which took place October 23-24 in San Francisco, executive director of NCIBA, Hut Landon, said the trade organization's "financial picture is solid." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robert Harris (pictured) and Peter May were among the winners at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2014. The awards, held on Friday (24th October) at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, included accolades for books as well as for film and television. Harris won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rakuten has today (27th October) launched a new UK website selling physical and audiobooks via third party retailers. The Japanese e-commerce company said it plans to “focus on empowering more independent retailers to sell online in the UK.” Rakuten, which also owns Canada-based ebook retailer... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month, we’re balancing some quick reads---a Jonathan Franzen-blessed debut and a slim companion volume from one of our favorite new(-ish) fantasy writers---with Walter Isaacson’s latest blockbuster on the history of technological innovation, along with a few other selections. Attention,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the first time in the five years of the FutureBook Digital Census, more respondents say they commonly read on an iPad (41.9%) than do a Kindle (37.9%). However, Amazon is still by far the dominant retail site for buying ebooks. The results, from FutureBook’s Digital Census completed by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Picador is to publish Operation Chaos by Matthew Sweet, a “compelling narrative account” of the true story of a group of US military deserters who found asylum in Sweden during the Vietnam War. Publisher Paul Baggaley acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Simon Trewin at WME, while Paul... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seventeen authors—including Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes (pictured), Zadie Smith and Hanif Kureishi—are auctioning off the chance for readers to have a character named after them in a forthcoming published work. The venture will raise money for Freedom from Torture, a medical charity which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital publisher Touchpress’ Disney Animated app has been nominated for a Children’s BAFTA award in the Interactive: Adapted category. The app was made by Touchpress in partnership with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Interactive. It provides users with access to the inner workings... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
A short story collection by Kuwaiti author Mai Al-Nakib has won the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival’s First Book Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]