Frederator Books, the ebook imprint of Frederator, the YouTube cartoon producer, is launching a new ebook series starring Catbug, an animated character spun off from Frederator’s wildly popular YouTube cartoon show Bravest Warriors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane beats fellow National Book Award winners in a public vote to find 2013's book of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has said it took orders for more than 36.8 million items worldwide on Cyber Monday (2nd... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Paris Commercial Court has approved the purchase of 11 of the 52 bookshops in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com is calling this one of its best Christmas shopping seasons ever after more than 1 million consumers signed up for Amazon Prime, the online retailer’s free unlimited 2-day shipping deal, the week before Christmas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy continues to sell well in Apple's iBookstore, with all three books in the trilogy among the top five for the week ending December 23. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed the coveted book-trade Christmas Number One spot. His record-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ryan Millman has come a long way since his college days of printing photos from frat parties. Now a full-blown manufacturer, he oversees a suite of four photo-related companies that churn out everything from T-shirts and photo books to canvas prints for major commercial retailers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ten years ago this month, a reimagined version of the ’70s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica began as a three-hour miniseries on the Sci-Fi Channel. (This was before the “Syfy” nonsense.) The critically acclaimed show ended up running for four seasons. Many articles and books have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Molhem Barakat, a freelance photographer reputed to be just 17 years old, has been killed while covering the conflict in Syria.He died on Friday (20 December) in Aleppo during a battle at Kindi hospital between rebel groups and forces loyal to the president, Bashar al-Assad.Dozens of Barakat's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Much as we admired the potential of the YotaPhone in our recent review, we just couldn't overlook its lack of support for popular e-reading platforms like Amazon Kindle and Google Books. That problem hasn't been solved just yet, but things are ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Influential agent Addison Cresswell has died suddenly at the age of 53. Cresswell... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Clement Clarke Moore's famous holiday poem re-imagined by a book publisher on a bit of a bender. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital media is thriving. Online advertising is growing faster than any other medium. The Web is hot. Except for the fact that the Web has had all sorts of growing pains. And major business challenges. And it changes constantly, sometimes quite radically. It's certainly never boring, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
One might not be able to share an ebook, but it's possible to highlight and annotate them for all to see.There is a moment in The Confessions when Saint Augustine is astonished to find another scholar, Saint Ambrose, reading silently to himself. This quiet encounter 16 centuries ago might be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Headline) has been voted Specsavers Book of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent booksellers have complained that they are losing crucial Christmas sales with some... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Infographics both retro and modern, futuristic transportation, and cartoons of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts are all featured inside these 10 gems of design books.No matter how convenient Kindles are, they will never do justice to beautifully printed, full-color art and design books. (And... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
German booksellers are facing a nail-biting finish to the holiday season. With end November sales... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actor Tom Cruise settles a libel legal action with a German publisher which claimed in US magazines that he had "abandoned" his daughter Suri. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]