The new James B. Hunt Library at North Carolina State University shows what can happen when you marry a library with cutting-edge technology and interesting design--plus an automated librarian. In a digital age where many commentators tolled the death knell for the book-bound library, we’ve... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
New deals for Joanne Harris and Kate Mosse have been sealed just ahead of the London Book Fair.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebooks accounted for 22.55 percent, or nearly a quarter, of U.S. book publishers’ sales in 2012, according to a full-year report released by the Association of American Publishers Thursday. That’s up from 17 percent of sales in 20 ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher And Other Stories has teamed up with Consortium Distribution to launch a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired at auction a new non-fiction book offering an alternative... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital revenue growth among online publishers in the UK is expected to grow by 15 per cent in 2013 according to the fifth annual organisation census by the Association of Online Publishers, while technology and data will play an increased role in re ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book sales at W H Smith dropped 6% like-for-like in the six months to 28th February, according to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster will publish a book based on The Everyday Sexism Project, a website that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lebanese-Canadian author Rawi Hage, a featured speaker at this year's Abu Dhabi Book Fair, discusses his long, transcontinental path to becoming a novelist. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Parents struggle to create time to read at home and view reading largely as a skill rather than... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher Linen Press has acquired Maureen Freely's seventh novel, Sailing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
British novelist Michelle Lovric and Strega Prize-winner Tiziano Scarpa are among a large group... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A trade-wide promotion that celebrates books and bookshops is to launch in September, backed by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
West Wales-based publisher Y Lofla has attacked Amazon over the unavailability of Welsh-language... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new crime fiction imprint based in the north of England has been launched to publish the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two titles from Harvill Secker have been shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actress Joanna Lumley is among the names lined up for the 10th Borders Book Festival in Melrose later this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette will close the credit control department at Littlehampton Book Service (LBS) following a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
From a longlist of 154 titles, ten novels have been shortlisted and are in the running for the €100,000 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Specialist medical publisher Manson Publishing has been bought by Taylor & Francis imprint... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]