Expanding to three days and a bigger hall did not prevent the Baltimore Comic Con, held September 5-7 at the Baltimore Convention Center, from remaining the same friendly, informal event that many in the area have come to love. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2014 Man Booker shortlist shows that “contemporary fiction is of the moment”,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guardian children's book editor Julia Eccleshare has been appointed to the new part-time role... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Samsung will be Innovation Partner at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair and help showcase technology solutions and unique content experiences for the book publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon will launch its Fire Phone through the O2 network provider in the UK at the end of this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Aleya Kassam explains how Kenyan writers are embracing the idea of branding and taking control of their careers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic UK has acquired three books from debut UK author Gabrielle Kent. Helen Thomas... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Full Fathom Five Digital will be overseen by the newly appointed director of digital publishing Samantha Streger, who joined the company in April from Open Road. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
BD-Fil Festival of Comics in Lausanne, Switzerland; MariNaomi, Sakugawa, Kochalka, and Brown Signing in College Park, MD; SPXplosion 2014 Party in Baltimore, MD; Montreal Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec; Small Press Expo in North Bethesda, MD Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google has reached an agreement with a group of photographers to settle charges involving its scanning project. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pastors and their wives, and a former baseball star and his spouse, take a swing at marriage advice in several new books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft has unveiled its revamped MSN portal that combines easy access to personal productivity tools and content from a large number of providers.As the company tries to revive MSN, the focus this time is also on top content from the Web instead of offering original content. For the relaunch,... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A coterie of aggressive, creative publishing houses are fighting to expand the literary horizons of Kenyans and bring their books to the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Barnes & Noble spokesperson told PW Monday afternoon that it has fixed a glitch that was delaying payments to some Nook Press authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has acquired naval and military history imprint Conway from Pavilion Books. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier imprint Blink Publishing has had to postpone the book tour for YouTube star Alfie Deyes... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
What titles most shaped the site's readers? Harry Potter, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Lord of the Rings—and the Bible. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Joan Rivers was not only a bestselling author, but also an avid reader of some pretty serious volumes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
I don’t have any do’s for writing book reviews on slavery—I don’t have any do’s for writing book reviews, period—but I have a few don’ts, courtesy of the Economist’s now-withdrawn review of The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism, a new book from Cornell... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK author Marjorie Blackman laments the lack of diversity in children's books, noting that “books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]