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New Monthly Newspaper for UK Nigerian Community

Publishing house Green World Media Ltd today announces the launch of its first title, Nigerian Watch, a free monthly newspaper aimed at Britain’s substantial Nigerian community. Nigerian Watch will meet the demand for an engaging publicati ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Murnin wins Sceptre award

The Sceptre Prize for emerging writers, worth £1,500, has been awarded to Philip Murnin, an... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google gives us some insight on the inner workings of Google Translate

Google may have started out as a search engine, but the scope of its services has grown considerably in the 20-plus years since its origin. Of the many products in its grand stable, Google Translate has become a workhorse platform, lending its multi-lingual chops to Chrome, Google +, Android,... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How would you change the Nook Tablet?

It's hard not to make a series of reductive comparisons between the Nook Tablet and the Kindle Fire. After all, it's the conflict between Barnes & Noble and Amazon that frames these two 7-inch tablet / e-reader hybrids. This one is $50 more expensive, but is technically more impressive: you... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dennis the Menace on new stamps

Some of Britain's best-loved comic books characters are to grace a new set of stamps to be issued by Royal Mail. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review: 'Thinking the Twentieth Century' by Tony Judt and Timothy Snyder

Controversial political and social issues are examined with an intellectual passion.Thinking the Twentieth Century Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Review: 'Tinderbox' by Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin

'Tinderbox: How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and the How the World Can Finally Overcome It' describes what spread the pandemic and what could rein it in.Tinderbox Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review: 'Reading for My Life,' essays by John Leonard

This is a brilliant collection of writings on politics, social and cultural engagement and literary life.Reading for My Life Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review: 'The Guardians: An Elegy' by Sarah Manguso

In reckoning with her friend's suicide, the author pulls readers into that empty space where loss and grief reside.The Guardians: An Elegy Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Bond novels come back to Random House

The lucrative James Bond novels return to Random House, their original publisher, through a new deal. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Specializing in Specialty Stores

To walk into the 5,000-square-foot book room of the Stephen Young showroom in Los Angeles’s Gift Mart is to feel the atmosphere of an old-fashioned library decorated with vintage globes and bird cages, where tables and chairs are arranged to give browsers a chance to sit and relax while deciding... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador acquires The Bloggess

Picador has acquired a memoir by US blogger Jenny Lawson, known as "The Bloggess", with... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S swoops on Flying Aces memoir

Kerri Sharp, senior commissioning editor non-fiction at Simon & Schuster, has acquired a... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Antitrust lawyer: Apple ebook deals are illegal

Steve Jobs left behind a legal mess for Apple chief executive Tim Cook. Decisions the former CEO made when brokering ebook distribution deals haunt Apple, as a civil price-fixing case moves forward and the specter of a federal antitrust investigation approaches. Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gallimard: iBookstore policy is 'not tenable'

Editions Gallimard will not sign up to sell its list through Apple's iBookstore because the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First woman winner of Man Asian Literary Prize

South Korean novelist Kyung-sook Shin has won the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize, becoming the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Madeley novels for S&S

Simon & Schuster has acquired two novels by broadcaster and Richard & Judy Book Club... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers must be more 'dynamic' over pricing, IPG hears

Publishers need to emerge from the shadow of Nielsen BookScan and use their own judgement while... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French government and SNE compromise on e-rights

An e-rights agreement between French publishers and authors has finally been hammered out, a year... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian bookseller Nicholas Hoare announces closures

After a week of media speculation that independent Canadian bookseller Nicholas Hoare would be... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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