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Wiley positive after 'disappointing' year

Wiley reported adjusted revenue growth of 1% to $1.72bn in its 2013 fiscal after stripping out... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New DRM Will Change the Words in Your E-Book

The next ebook you buy might not exactly match the printed version. And those changes are there to make sure you're not a pirate.     Continue reading at 'Wired'

[ Wired | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Young takes rights role at MCB

  Michele Young is to join Macmillan Children's Books as International Rights Director... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lutherville company makes Stan Lee cologne

JADS International creates scent for comic book iconCreate a fragrance that smells heroic with a touch of villainy — that's what Andrew Levine's Lutherville company set out to do. Continue reading at 'Baltimore Sun'

[ Baltimore Sun | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus brings sales in-house

  Quercus has brought home and export sales in-house, after eight years with the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax Magazines to Close NZ Tech Titles

Fairfax Magazines will resign the licences, owned by IDG, to publish technology titles Computerworld, Reseller News and PC World in New Zealand. In a press release sent out to the media late yesterday, the organisation says the decision is based on ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Schools reading contest: ebooks win

Nearly half the titles read by children in a national reading competition were consumed online, according to the charity Booktrust. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yahoo Improves Local Lead-Gen Services

As city, regional and specialty titles continue to fight for local business listings and ad dollars, massive web corporations are scaling their ground-level efforts and getting into the mix. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Libraries in Exile' fights to save priceless manuscripts in Mali

The coalition of librarians, archivists, and historians is using the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo to try to raise money to save the historic papers. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boys benefit from Read for My School

The free online library created for the Read for My School made children "excited" to... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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End of the road for Fairfax technology titles

Fairfax Media has confirmed that it will no longer publish longstanding technology titles Computerworld, Reseller News and PC World. Continue reading at 'Stuff'

[ Stuff | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Did the Word “Paperback” Precede “Hardback” by 100 Years?

Why did the word 'paperback' appear one hundred years earlier than 'hardback,' when hardbacks had been around much longer? Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Apple shook up the electronic book market

Apple didn't try to fix or raise the prices of electronic books when it entered into the market in 2010, according to Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue. Rather, he says, the company was only working to ensure a profit for itself."We're not willing to lose money in any business," Cue told the... Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UNISON survey on library cuts

A survey of 2,000 library staff by union UNISON has revealed claims of major cuts to schools... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Price war sees Kobo mini cut to £29

A price war has been sparked on e-reading devices as the summer holiday season begins, with many... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Father's Day drives sales to 2013 high

Sales of Dan Brown's Inferno (Bantam Press) rocketed 48% week on week last week, sending the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fostering Literary Respect for Underrepresented Regions, Authors

The relaunched Commonwealth Book Prize continues to be a key conduit of exchange between underrepresented countries and regions to the UK publishing community. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magzter to launch ebook store

Magzter, an online store front for digital magazines, is to launch an ebook store with a planned... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker pre-empts on Parsons crime

Century and Arrow publisher Selina Walker has bought three crime novels from author and... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford English Dictionary adds the words 'tweet,' 'ebook'

The OED bent the rules slightly by adding 'tweet' in under 10 years – a nod to the word's rapid and widespread rise into everyday usage. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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