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Publishers, Agents Turn to Latin America Amid Crisis in Spain

Spain’s financial crisis and slump in book sales has led Spanish-language publishers to focus on Latin America, with agents bypassing Spain to sell rights directly in the region. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lion Hudson launches Christian fiction imprint

Lion Hudson is launching a fiction imprint “as a platform for Christian novelists from all... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lonely Planet 'sale' claims

BBC Worldwide may be looking to sell Lonely Planet, the Guardian has reported. The newspaper... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Terezin wins at ALCS awards

Terezin: A Story of the Holocaust by Ruth Thomson has won this year's £2,000 ALCS... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EL James wins National Book Award

Erotic novelist EL James beats Kate Mosse and JoJo Moyes to win the National Book Awards popular fiction book of the year. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quadrille acquires Sewing Bee TV tie-in

Quadrille has acquired the tie-in title to forthcoming primetime BBC2 series, "The Great... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oprah Winfrey selects 'The Twelve Tribes of Hattie' as the next title for her book club (+ video)

'The Twelve Tribes of Hattie,' a first novel for author Ayana Mathis, has become the latest book chosen for Oprah Winfrey's Book Club 2.0. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo partners with Hughes & Hughes

Irish bookseller Hughes & Hughes has partnered with Kobo to supply e-readers and ebooks.... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Data Points: Tablet Advertising

Publishers seem to have no end to their appetite for apps. This year through October, 9,125 publication-related apps were released for the iPad, twice the number released in the year-ago period, according to McPheters & Co.’s iMonitor app-tracking service. Hearst led publishers with the most... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iPad 'Zine Serves Up Current Events As Comics

Comics and magazines have been two of the iPad’s bread and butter categories since the start. Symbolia combines the two. The recent folding of The Daily, News Corp’s much-ballyhooed tablet newspaper, proved one thing: a lumbering daily operation isn’t going to make sense for a news app... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James, Balding, Rankin win at National Book Awards

E L James has won the Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the Year with her erotica smash-hit... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Kindle 3.5 for iOS adds X-ray for extra-detailed searches

Amazon has made a big selling point of X-ray for Kindle books -- but, not surprisingly, for its own platforms first. iOS readers can reclaim some equal footing today now that a Kindle 3.5 update is bringing X-ray to their devices. The addition lets iPad and iPhone bookworms see a map of where... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers wait on Supreme Court decision: Could selling a used book become illegal?

A ruling on John Wiley & Sons Inc. v. Kirtsaeng – a case expected to come before the Supreme Court early next year – could make it illegal for non-profits and businesses to resell copyrighted works produced abroad. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wilbur Smith moves to HarperCollins

HarperCollins has signed a world English language six-book deal with thriller writer Wilbur Smith... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wordclay to Close December 10

Wordclay.com, an online, bare-bones Do-it-Yourself service for print book publishing owned by Author Solutions, Inc. announced that it will close its virtual doors on December 31. In a statement, Worldclay said the increased preference for ebook publishing over print by self-published authors... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Frankfurt is Helping to Create a Magreb Publishing Community

Nacéra Khiat of Algeria's Editions Sedia discusses how training in Casablanca by the Frankfurt Book Fair has brought together disparate publishers from across the Magreb. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mobile Self-publishing Platform XinXii Launches in Russia

German self-publishing platform XinXii, which allows indie authors to sell their titles through mobile ebook shops, has gone live in Russia. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Young writers picked for Guardian/Hot Key comp

Ten young writers have been shortlisted for the Guardian Hot Key Books Young Writers Prize, with... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Printed book sales rise £8m week on week

Printed book sales soared by £8m in the UK last week, as shoppers flocked to the high... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles and The Bookseller Unite to Crowdsource a ‘21st Century’ Bookstore

British bookshop Foyles and The Bookseller have partnered to help crowdsource ideas for making Foyles's new flagship store fit for the 21st Century. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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