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Four indies make Polari Prize shortlist

Four independent presses have made the shortlist for the Polari First Book Prize, with the winner... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont partners with DHX Media

Egmont UK is embarking on a drive to secure creative partnerships with children's... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Ultimate Personal Brand-Builder? Your Very Own App

While reading Ryan Holiday's Fast Company story about books being the ultimate new business card, as a published author, I couldn't agree more. However, as Holiday points out, today's authors are in the "idea-making business, not the book business." In other words, writing your own book is just... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Eva Dolan series for Harvill

Harvill Secker has pre-empted the first two books in a new series from Eva Dolan, who was... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC distribution woes return

Retailers and publishers are reporting persistent problems with HarperCollins' distribution... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Briefcase 2012: What the American Agencies Are Bringing to the Fair

At this year’s publishing pow-wow in Germany: John Banville channels Raymond Chandler; Daniel Woodrell explores a 1929 American bombing; Michael Pollan gets elemental; Elif Batuman tries fiction; and Lionel Shriver goes to Iowa. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Casual Vacancy: Rowling's first interviews

J K Rowling chose Little, Brown publisher David Shelley to publish The Casual Vacancy "... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moser to take on Edinburgh Bookshop

The Edinburgh Bookshop is changing hands after five years so that founders Vanessa and Malcolm... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lewinsky inks $12m book deal

Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern whose affair with then-President Bill Clinton paralysed the nation, has been shopping a memoir for several weeks, and according to the New York Post, she has apparently sold it for US$12 million (NZ$14.5 million) to an unnamed publisher. Continue reading at 'Stuff'

[ Stuff | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder/HCB sign up Doodlemum double

Hodder and Hodder Children's Books have jointly acquired two titles from the daily blogger of... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin reviews its travel publishing

Penguin is understood to have begun a review of its travel division, with staff informed today (... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exports and ebooks temper Spanish gloom

Spain's increasing involvement in the Eurozone crisis, along with government austerity... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo to sell e-readers in Portugal

Kobo has announced a partnership to sell its e-readers through Fnac stores in Portugal as it ups... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YUDU Media plans education push with new service

YUDU Media is to make a push into the education market with the launch of YUDU Education, a new... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bigger, and Better: Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 Preview

It’s almost here, the publishing industry’s annual literary Oktoberfest: the Frankfurt Book Fair. This year’s edition officially kicks off on October 10, with more than 150,000 professional visitors representing some 7,500 companies and 110 countries expected to gather to trade rights, network,... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Looking Behind the French Vanity Fair Announcement

Condé Nast's decision to start a French edition of Vanity Fair has some media executives questioning why the American publisher insisted on announcing the news now, amid a stubborn economic crisis. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2012-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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GCSE revamp 'good for competition', say publishers

Publishers say the plan to abolish competing exam boards as GCSEs are scrapped in favour of new... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anova cooks up Beehive Bakery title

Anova has acquired the first cookbook by "Masterchef" finalist, Stacie Stewart.... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Igloo Books Building U.S. Presence

Having grown revenue to just under £20 million since its launch in 2003 to the year ended March 31, 2012, largely on the strength of inexpensive children’s and adult print books, Igloo Books, based in Northamptonshire, England, is looking to digital and international markets to drive its next... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Price Transparency as Sales Strategy

Over the past few semesters the University of Kansas Bookstore and a growing number of independent college stores have begun taking advantage of the way students comparison shop for textbooks by sharing their competitors’ prices on their own store’s Web sites and/or pricing books dynamically... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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