Through books for children and adults, print and online features, a miniseries, and an exhibition, National Geographic is exploring how the world eats and what the future of our food system may look like. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Check out the top smartphones you can buy right now, read to your heart's content with Kindle Unlimited, our review of the Samsung ATIV Book 9 2014 Edition and find out how to live off vending machines in Tokyo. All that and more inside Engadget's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com Inc. on Friday introduced Kindle Unlimited, an all-you-can-read ebook subscription service available for $9.99 a month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2014-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Orphan Train,' a novel about the friendship between an elderly woman who was sent West in her youth and a contemporary teenager, has dominated paperback bestseller lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
JK Rowling's crime novels written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith will eventually outnumber her Harry Potter books, she reveals. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The miniseries, based on the book by A. Scott Berg, will be written by Oscar-winning 'Milk' screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The first half of 2014 was one of the publishing industry’s busiest six-month periods for mergers and acquisitions since the start of the Great Recession. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penny Makras will be joining the Harper marketing team on July 21 as a senior marketing manager. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s recently emerged that America’s two richest men share not only a fondness for bridge, but identical taste in literature. Both Bill Gates and Warren Buffet—according to an essay this week from Gates—count John Brooks’ Business Adventures as their single favorite book about business. Why is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, a spine-tingling horror novel, what life was really like in Dickens's London, and the new James Lee Burke novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has officially launched its Kindle Unlimited ebook subscription service in the US today (... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Los Angeles might often be dismissed by the bookish as a 'Hollywood Town' but it is home to numerous small presses and a vibrant literary community. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and booksellers have backed the first ever trade-wide acknowledgement of Super... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon introduced a $9.99- a-month service for unlimited Kindle ebook downloads, letting customers devour books like they binge on TV services like Netflix and Amazon Prime.Kindle Unlimited includes more than 600,000 Kindle books and thousands of audiobooks from Audible Inc., Amazon said today... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher is reportedly in talks with the e-commerce giant, sparking speculation as to what the negotiations are about. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
These may be grim times at Microsoft, but co-founder Bill Gates seems to be having a good time in his semi-retirement (he resigned as chairman in February, though he retains a technical-advisor role). Lately, he's been posting entertaining videos to his personal YouTube channel, thegatesnotes,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Geographic Society will begin incorporating recycled fiber into its magazine pages as the result of a years-long partnership with Green America and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The publisher's flagship title, as well as National Geographic Kids and National Geographic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some Amazon users spotted an ad for a Kindle Unlimited service, which would let users access as many ebook and audio titles as they wanted (within a certain library) for $9.99 a month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sir Alex Ferguson is to write additional material covering events at Manchester United since his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lisa Bloom author of "Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It" (Counterpoint, 9781619023277) will appear on "Dr. Phil" on Friday, July 18. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]