Luton Borough Council is considering closing several libraries as it looks to make savings on its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
W H Allen has signed two new books in the 24 Hours at… series, which give hour-by-hour... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House and the Chorleywood Bookshop in Hertfordshire are to run a cookery book festival for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Xbox One's retail units will also run in-progress game code and function as debug units for budding devs, but Xbox VP Marc Whitten says not all of that functionality will be available when the console launches this November. More details will be available during Gamescom 2013 this August,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookVibe allows users to search their tweets and extract the books that are being discussed by the people they follow on Twitter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Expanding the range of its Kindle Singles offerings, Amazon has kicked off an interview series on the e-reader. The first installment of "The Kindle Singles Interview" series features Israeli President Shimon Peres, who was interviewed by Tablet magazine's literary editor, David Samuels. Amazon... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nine out of 10 publishers will be offering at least some form of native advertising formats by the end of this year, according to hot-off-the-presses research being presented by Online Publishers Association chief Pam Horan at OMMA Premium Display in ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book review website the Omnivore has created a dating feature that matches participants based on answers to questions like 'What are you currently reading?' and 'What author do you have a crush on?' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nielsen is predicting that fiction ebooks will overtake sales of fiction paperbacks, but not... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones has confirmed that 66 managers left the chain last week as part of its management... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Foyles is to open a seventh branch in London’s Waterloo Rail Station in the first week of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an interview, Javier Sepúlveda Hales of Ebooks Patagonia describes how his digital-only publishing company in Chile competes in Latin America and globally. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Alliance for Audited Media has announced one step that will ease the burden on some publishers now, and another that may do the same in the future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired two new books from historian Anne Sebba, including Les... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leaked photos of the next e-reader to join the Kobo family have appeared online today, and from the looks of it, the company isn't out to reinvent the wheel. We rummaged around in the FCC filings to confirm that it'll come with a 6-inch screen and a 1,500mAh battery, which bests the 1,000mAh one... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
LinkedIn is the latest social network to take the sponsored-content plunge, announcing today that it will offer a program for marketers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Belgian researchers report that the aroma of chocolate inspired bookstore shoppers to stay in the store longer, while boosting the sales of certain genres. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2013 longlist of fiction for the Man Booker Prize will surprise and intrigue in equal measure. The shortlist will be announced in September and the winner on October 15. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The business of publishing and selling books will continue its radical change. But some things are eternal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Cape has revealed the cover for Helen Fielding's forthcoming Bridget Jones novel,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]