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An App That Turns Digital Reading Into A Social Activity

Dotdotdot imagines its users as one big book discussion group, with everyone wielding the same highlighter. Instapaper and Readability have both found success offering a simple, core interaction: save an article online to read somewhere else later. With both you can also follow what friends... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2013-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House and Foyles triumph at Bookseller Industry Awards

Random House has won the Publisher of the Year accolade at the Bookseller Industry Awards 2013,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Restructure for Cengage

Cengage Learning has said it is seeking to negotiate with creditors on a restructuring plan and... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After 37 Years, Winton Steps Back

After spending 37 years in the publishing industry, including the last five as chairman, CEO, and publisher of Counterpoint LLC, Charlie Winton turned over the publisher reins at the press to Rolph Blythe on May 1. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If Microsoft Takes Over Nook, What Next?

Microsoft is said to have offered Barnes & Noble $1 billion to buyout the Nook Media business. Where would that leave the retailer going forward? Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Archie Comics Grows Book Side

Like most comics publishers, Archie Comics, home to America’s favorite fictional redheaded teenager, has historically focused its distribution on newsstand sales and the comics specialty market. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making Nonprofit Stores Pay Off

When Granada Books opens in downtown Santa Barbara, Calif., next month, it will operate on a hybrid model with a for-profit bookstore and a not-for-profit event series, Pomegranate Arts. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online Retailers, E-books Gained in 2012

At Publishers Weekly’s May 8 discussion series on trends in consumer book-buying, held at the offices of Random House in New York City, Carl Kulo, U.S. director of Bowker Market Research, highlighted the major shifts that took place in 2012 in such key areas as sales by format and by channel. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turning over a new page

The new children's book House of Secrets was written by a first-time novelist but there are already predictions that it will be a runaway bestseller. Continue reading at 'Stuff'

[ Stuff | 2013-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short Books snaps up Iraq-set thriller

Short Books has acquired a thriller written by Justin Huggler, former foreign correspondent for... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can’t Wait for Dan Brown’s Inferno? Kobo Has An Answer

Kobo is offers readers an experiential contest based on three original ebooks tied-in to the release of Dan Brown's soon-to-be-published Inferno. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nick Perrett to open debate at the FutureBook Innovation Workshop

Nick Perrett, group strategy and digital director at HarperCollins, will open the FutureBook... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kepler, Bonnier launch agency

Swedish husband-and-wife crime writing duo Alexandra and Alexander Ahndoril, who write together... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WHS campaign for Theakstons crime award kicks off

W H Smith's promotion of the 2013 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Major’ summer push for Snicket

Egmont plans “major” campaigns, including TV advertising, for two summer titles from... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Instant Ferguson ebook from Endeavour

Endeavour Press has rushed out an ebook on the topic of which players would make up Manchester... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Butler to be British Council literature director

Cortina Butler, currently m.d. at BookBrunch and formerly global editor-in-chief of Reader’... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Early opening for Brown at Waterstones Piccadilly

Waterstones has said it will be the first retailer to go on sale with signed copies of Dan Brown... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers round on Dangdang over free ebooks

Chinese publishing houses, long frustrated by the sale of pirated books in the country, have... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What would Microsoft buying Barnes & Noble's Nook business mean?

According to documents found by website TechCrunch, Microsoft is offering $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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