Australian authors and critics sift through the piles of books they read in 2013 to highlight the treasures they found. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Specs Who Troy Young Age 45 New gig President, Hearst Magazines Digital Media Old gig President, Say Media What’s it been like coming from pure-play digital companies like Say Media to Hearst, which has had a print mind-set? It was different at first, for sure. There were a lot more steps... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
HBO's award-winning adaptations are novelistic in ambition, but TV executives hoping to follow Game of Thrones should look to the starsIt's almost commonplace to suggest that the HBO box set is now television's answer to the novel – witness the wily self-publishers who have started publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate has acquired Gone Are the Leaves, a new novel from Glasgow-based author Anne Donovan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gilbert Hernandez's quartet of 2013 graphic novels 'The Children of Palomar,' 'Marble Season,' 'Julio's Day' and 'Maria M.' offer glimpses of a richly constructed world. There are certain things art-comics creators are generally expected to do: Find a tone and stick to it, concentrate their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The autobiography from actor David Jason, schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai's story of being shot by the Taliban and David Walliams' latest children's book are winners at the Specsavers National Book Awards Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Morrissey's entertaining autobiography is a burnishing of his image, not a glimpse beneath the surfaceSo much about Morrissey has hardened into caricature over the course of his three-decade musical career — he's a megalomaniac! A sad sack! Perhaps even a racist! — that you might expect him to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European Union’s top legal advisor ruled on Thursday that laws requiring communications providers to retain all data, even to combat crime, are incompatible with fundamental rights. Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalón of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said in a published opinion that... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since he began adapting the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, director Peter Jackson has faced numerous complaints from longtime fans of Middle-earth—some spurious, some more substantial. (He has also, of course, earned plenty of praise from that same group.) Tolkien devotees have pointed to various... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attorney general backs Law Commission recommendation that jurors who search web for case details should be jailedJuries are deeply "ingrained in our national DNA" and the internet should not be allowed to undermine a system of justice dating back to Magna Carta, according to the the attorney... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomberg News has an unusual practice of paying some of its reporters explicitly for publishing "market-moving" stories. This is one of many metrics that is factored into reporters' annual bonuses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate's star-studded Letters Live event (10th December), featuring Neil Gaiman, Benedict... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has signed the latest novel from Man Booker Prize-longlisted author Alan Warner, previously... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Like some booksellers—and a few authors—Nicole Sullivan decided to mix booze and books. In her case it was in service of her Denver-based bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Black and White Publishing has bought two books by debut crime novelist M P Wright. Campbell... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Snowden showed us the educated and wealthy aren't entirely free. Francis reminds us the poor aren't even given a chanceEdward Snowden was not chosen as Time magazine's Person of the Year, and for this many in the media are outraged. Instead Time chose Pope Francis, a man who in the last year has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, 54 percent of respondents said libraries aren't as necessary as they once were when it comes to finding information. However, 94 percent said a library improves a community's quality of life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Daily Mail website continues spectacular growth, also attracting a record 168 million monthly unique browsers in November Mail Online continues to break traffic records, topping 10 million daily average unique browsers for the first time in November.The digital juggernaut is yet to see a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Speaking at an investor conference, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said growing digital and international sales will drive gains for publishers in the years ahead. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
After much talk about the London Book Fair's impending departure from its longstanding location at the Earls Court convention center, the event's operator, Reed Exhibitions, has announced that the fair will move to the ECO venue in the Olympia neighborhood in 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]