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Peter Pan moves to WWII in a new comic book series

Captain Hook becomes a Nazi and Peter Pan is a freedom fighter in the series 'Peter Panzerfaust.' Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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5 Trade Publishing Trends to Watch For in 2013

Publishing is at a watershed moment, says George Lossius, CEO at Publishing Technology, forecasting a future with more consolidation and exploration. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Price and Alport to leave Scholastic for MCB

Macmillan Children's Books has appointed Alyx Price [left] to the role of communications... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Murakami diary app from Vintage

Vintage Books and Aimer Media have released a Haruki Murakami diary app containing six new... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Topping becomes m.d. at Greene & Heaton

Literary agency Greene & Heaton has made some structural changes at the agency, with Carol... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kindle Touch updated with new UI, Whipersync for Voice and comic book navigation

Still have an old Kindle Touch sitting around? You have some new features to play with. Despite replacing it with a brighter son, Amazon is still updating its original touch sensitive e-reader -- outfitting it with a new UI, enhanced parental controls and Whispersync for Voice, which shares... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Creativity Takes A Wrong Turn: Lousy Book Covers

Aptly titled new Tumblr "Lousy Book Covers" collects the delightfully dubious achievements in jacket design. The book Spending Christmas With a Yeti is already at a marketplace disadvantage, what with that title, but then there’s the book cover. Oh boy, where to start. The real-life... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virgin Megastore files for bankruptcy in France

Virgin Megastore will file for bankruptcy with the Paris commercial court today (9th January).... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Is How You Write a Memoir

There has lately been a rising backlash against the ubiquity of personal writing. Hamilton Nolan’s anti-confessional diatribe in Gawker claims that journalism students are now taught only to write about themselves, which I can say as a full-time faculty member at a journalism school is patently... Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print book sales fell in 2012 – but no faster than they did in 2011, says Nielsen

A Nielsen BookScan survey reveals that in 2012 unit sales of paper books dropped more than 9 percent, more or less the same amount that they declined in 2011 and 2010. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McDonald's to offer £1 deal on 15m books

McDonald's has launched a two-year children’s books campaign, committing to "hand... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reuters Gutting Web Infrastructure for 'Reuters Next,' its Big Online Retooling

Over the past few years, the media arm of Thomson Reuters has been trying to polish its 160-year-old brand to a more contemporary sheen by recruiting A-list journalists and pundits and expanding into areas like blogging, Internet TV and magazines. I ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simpson splits from Random over ebook royalties

Touching the Void author Joe Simpson has split from long-term publisher Random House following... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Condé Nast Time Ends for Maurie Perl

Maurie Perl, the longtime chief spokeswoman at Condé Nast, is hanging it up after 21 years at the company. For 12 years, Perl built and oversaw the PR machine of the publishing company, reporting to parent Advance Publications Chairman Si Newhouse and then-Condé Nast CEO Steve Florio, who since... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Move to hand York libraries to social enterprise

Libraries in York could be run by community or social enterprise, after the city's council... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Works sees 'highest ever' monthly sales figure

The Works achieved its “highest ever” monthly sales figure in December 2012 as it saw... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Italy’s Increasingly Agile Literary Agents

While relatively few literary agents work in Italy, the evolving publishing industry is making them more essential. Agent Marco Vigevani describes the scene. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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