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Is the Romance of Publishing Dead?

Has the romance of publishing the way of liquor-fueled lunches, first-class book tours and boozy book parties? Or is there still enough hope and passion in publishing to sustain it? Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst hires Microsoft's Stephen Edwards for digital role

Hearst Magazines UK has appointed Microsoft ad executive Stephen Edwards to the new role of group digital sales director. Continue reading at 'Media Week'

[ Media Week | 2013-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jobs consultation at OUP's ELT division

Oxford University Press will shortly launch a consultation over jobs in its English Language... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloody Sunday books win Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize

Two books about the events of Bloody Sunday have been made joint winners of the Christopher Ewart... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Launches French Media Fund

Google will launch an $81 million (€60 million) Digital Publishing Innovation Fund to assist French news organizations with their efforts to move their content online and to increase advertising revenues. President Francois Hollande an ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder, Penguin and Bloomsbury win at BMS marketing awards

The Book Marketing Society's best marketing campaign awards for autumn 2012 have seen wins... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom McCarthy, James Salter win $150,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes

Tom McCarthy and James Salter are among the winners of the inaugural Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes. Tom McCarthy and James Salter are among the winners of the inaugural Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes, announced Monday at Yale University's Beinecke Rare... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC says no deal done yet for Lonely Planet

The BBC has denied "a deal has been done" to sell a majority stake in Lonely Planet,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BAFTA tribute for Delia Smith

Cookery writer Delia Smith is to receive a BAFTA Special Award at a tribute event on 30th April... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Houghton Mifflin Pulls Another Jonah Lehrer Book From Stores

Following the scandal over Jonah Lehrer's book "Imagine" last year, Houghton Mifflin has pulled his earlier bestseller "How We Decided" from stores, citing “significant problems" with the book. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German Copyright Law Targets Google Links

A bill broadening protections for news publishers was approved by the Bundestag, but critics said the measure did not go far enough. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2013-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ben Fountain, Our Favorite of 2012, Among NBCC Prize Winners

The National Book Critics Circle Awards were awarded on Thursday. Among the winners was Ben Fountain's "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" for fiction, a book we tipped for prizes in the middle of last year. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bologna at 50: Looking Back, Forging Ahead

For many children's book industry professionals around the globe, a trip to the Bologna Children's Book Fair has become a familiar, and always welcome, rite of spring. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Giving Them What They Should Want

Judging by the crowded sessions at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting last January in Seattle, ebooks remain the most contested topic among public librarians. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding Different Ways to Prosper

Higher ebook sales, expansion into new markets, and leveraging the wild popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey were some of the ways the publishers that made this year’s list of PW’s fast-growing independent publishers prospered in 2012. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Germany's Tolino is 'national alternative' to Kindle

Deutsche Telekom has confirmed it is bringing out an e-reader in collaboration with booksellers... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saving and Translating Timbuktu’s Ancient Libraries

A secret operation saved hundreds of thousands of Muslim manuscripts in Tumbuktu's ancient libraries from destruction by militants. Now they are being translated and published. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century and Arrow sign more from Lewis

Century and Arrow have signed a new multi-book contract with No Child of Mine author Susan Lewis... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forget Digital-First, How About Technology-First?

Cygnus Business Media CEO John French, who was brought on three years ago just as the b-to-b media company came out of bankruptcy protection, has spent that time making some dramatic moves in an effort to turn the company around. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The M&A Outlook For 2013

There were notable deals in 2012—Hanley Wood, Ziff Davis and The New Republic, were among the big-name brands moved—but no blockbusters. Mergers and acquisitions activity in the consumer and business-to-business publishing markets increased some, but held close to recent averages for the most part. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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