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Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing died at her home in London on Sunday, her publisher announced. She was 94.Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing died at her home in London on Sunday, her publisher announced. She was 94. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The partnership between independent bookstores and university presses has a long and mutually rewarding history that has balanced the differences between the trade and academic business models. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's common practice for musical artists to create their own labels in order to dip into that part of the industry. However, even though it's, more or less, the same thing, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is taking the uncommon step of launching his own book publishing imprint, Jeter... Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing company designed to support entrepreneurs often sues them Back in 2000, Entrepreneur's StartUps magazine featured an article about Janice McLean Deloatch as she was trying to launch a business in Maryland that dispensed pantyhose from vending machines. Continue reading at 'Baltimore Sun'
[ Baltimore Sun | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last fall, Timothy O’Connell, an editor at Vintage, noticed a starred PW review of The Natural Order of Things by Kevin P. Keating. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cynthia Voigt's tale presents a youngster who must find out about his missing parents while working as a problem solver for others. Readers who wish their families were more interesting will be hooked, as I was, on Cynthia Voigt's "Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things," the first of a planned... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andy Reynolds, former VP of marketing & publicity for a visual book publisher, is on a job hunt — so he showcased his expertise in the format he knew best. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The chaos brimming at the heart of Robert Stone's finest works surfaces in his latest book set on a New England campus.Robert Stone has long been a big-picture novelist. "Dog Soldiers," which won a 1975 National Book Award, involves a "journalist of sorts" who tries to smuggle three kilos of... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new book called Defective Carrots features strange, grotesque photographs of vegetables deemed unfit for consumers.Every day, thousands of "optically deficient" carrots are mechanically scanned and promptly removed from factory conveyor belts, deemed unfit for consumers. These are the runts of... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It is rare that an industry would see the declining growth rate of its fastest-growing product as anything but bad news. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A literary talent show is about to be aired in Italy, but is television the right place to nurture literary talent?Jonny Geller, agent and joint CEO, Curtis BrownAn X Factor for books is about to launch on Italian TV – it had to be Italian, didn't it? – and you can imagine the literati running... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist John Grisham talks about his return to Ford County in 'Sycamore Row' and an unpleasant stint as a politician.John Grisham is the world's most successful author of legal thrillers (and one baseball novel, last year's "Calico Joe") with sales of more than 275 million copies to his credit.... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After eight years of litigation—three of which had all parties stumping together for an ill-fated, controversial settlement—Judge Denny Chin last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Authors Guild over Google’s mass scanning of library books. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To support Indies First, scores of authors will be working in indie bookstores on Small Business Saturday. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's massive book-scanning project that makes complete copies of books without the authors' permission is perfectly legal under U.S. copyright law, a federal judge ruled today, deciding an 8-year-old legal battle. Continue reading at 'Wired'
[ Wired | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Follett lays off 570 bookstore employees and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The print book business in Latin America remains dominant, but digital is rising. Are there lessons to be learned from the music business? Several Argentine music pros weigh in. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is this glossy, hardback edition of the singer's memoir an indication of a new direction for Penguin Classics?It's not clear who's come the furthest. Morrissey, journeying from figure of fun on the Manchester music scene in "a rented room in Whalley Range" via international stardom to appear –... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft is continuing to fill in the gaps in its Windows Store catalog with the arrival of Flipboard for Windows 8.1. Just like its iOS and Android counterparts, Flipboard's Windows 8.1 app offers digital “magazines” culled from websites large and small. After setting up an account, users can... Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hellooooooo, hot grandmama!In a tribute to gray-haired glamazons everywhere, legendary fashion photographer Tim Walker and illustrator Lawrence Mynott have created a glorious two-volume coffee table book called The Granny Alphabet, published by Thames and Hudson.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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