Magnify, a video distribution and curation startup, has raised $1 million from a group of investors that includes TED conference producer Chris Anderson and Chris Kelly, Facebook's former chief privacy officer. Magnify, which has previously raised $4.2 million over five years, helps publishers... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
For much of the year, Andrej Bauer spent more time on GitHub than he did on Facebook. But Bauer wasn't writing software. A mathematician by profession, he was embarking on a bold adventure in online collaboration. He and about two dozen other mathematicians used GitHub to write a book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A young adult novel about a dramatic journey that transforms an East Coast boy has taken out this year's New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards tonight. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster is consulting with the Imperial War Museum following accusations that a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Several publishers and authors have told The Bookseller that they are in the process of changing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the curiosities for sale at last week's Seoul International Book Fair were Borges-themed beach gear and tiny hand-bound artists books from a tiny Irish island. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Lion & Unicorn Bookshop in Richmond, London, is to close after 36 years. Owner Jenny... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sally Gardner has won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for "Maggot Moon;" Levi Pinfold won the Kate Greenaway Medal, which awards excellence in illustration, for his picture book "Black Dog." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent Publishers Group will distribute Blue Manatee Press's full line of children's board books and middle grade paperbacks, effective immediately. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook, which has never shied away from copying its rivals' features, is now working on a mobile service that would display news content in a visually appealing, magazine style, similar to what startup Flipboard already does. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
June 21, 2013, ATLANTA, GA – Southern Newspaper Publishers Association launched a re-designed website this week designed to serve the needs of newspaper executives by providing a new source of ideas, solutions, resources and information. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
An investigation by historian Guy Walters in the Daily Mail published last week says author Joe Corry's memoir "simply isn't true."A sensational upcoming British spy memoir of World War II is replete with derring-do worthy of “Inglourious Basterds”: battlefield bravado, concentration camp... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since Google News began, publishers have complained that it scrapes their content and offers little in return, letting readers get vital parts of stories as short snippets. In late 2012, the site settled with Belgian publishers after a six-year-long ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A visit to the Seoul Book Fair reveals publishers are still wary of ebooks and blame smart devices for the decline in reading, even as Korean culture has become hip abroad. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite its "Defend Your Net" campaign last year, Google was unable to fully put the brakes on changes to German copyright law that may mean it has to pay up for news excerpts it indexes. As a result, the company announced that unlike the other 60 countries where Google News operates by relying... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rebecca Solnit offers a series of stories about life, health and connection, with a central thread relating to her preventative breast cancer surgery as well as her mother's Alzheimer's.Rebecca Solnit's latest book, "The Faraway Nearby" (Viking: 260 pp., $25.95), began with a delivery of 100... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A tough start to 2013 in many parts of the country, with record snows, torrential rains, and tornadoes, plus the bombing in Boston, has made for a quiet year to date for many bookstores, according to PW’s survey of dozens of independents around the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
During the opening moments of last week’s summations in Apple’s ebook price-fixing trial, Judge Denise Cote interjected with a question for Orin Snyder, Apple’s lead attorney. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Online subscription services have proved successful for entertainment businesses like Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify, but other than O’Reilly’s Safari Books Online, which is geared to professionals, trade ebook subscriptions have gained little traction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Chinese government has placed a media ban on mentions of the 70,000-square-foot bookstore Taiwanese bookstore chain Eslite plans to open in China's tallest building in 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]