Apple announced on Tuesday a new version of its iBooks application, the iOS-based software which allows mobile users to read books on their tablets and smartphones. Version 3.0 of the new app comes with a continuous scrolling feature, fuller integration with Apple's iCloud, Facebook and Twitter... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eason has opened a “virtual bookshop” in Connolly railway station in Dublin which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has announced major changes on its executive team as it looks to streamline its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary events organiser Book Slam is releasing its second book of short stories, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin has acquired a title by the Olympic and World Champion Triathlon stars, brothers Alistair... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are still prepared to pay good money up front for the right books, agents have told... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is forcing publishers to start negotiations over ebook prices exclusive of the full 20%... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones has begun promoting the Amazon Kindle devices that will be on sale in stores from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
With competitive bookstores, strong sales and three major languages - Hebrew, Arabic and Russian - Israel's small but vibrant publishing industry is on the rise. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Crime novelist P D James has won the Sacla' Women of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books sales and trade marketing director Jane Harris is to join Quercus as executive... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Australia's first major literary prize for women's writing, the Stella Prize, said to be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The recommendations of friends was the top driver behind children's discovery of new titles,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK book wholesaler Bertrams is teaming up with former Book Depository IT director Will Jones to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Myriad has signed a third novel by Isabel Ashdown, the author of Glasshopper, the winner of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seven current and former heads of major American publishing houses have published a joint statement opposing hate speech in Saudi textbooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
'A Series of Unfortunate Events' author Lemony Snicket's latest book looks back on Snicket's youth. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books published by Amazon like the Penny Marshall memoir 'My Mother Was Nuts' have not seen strong sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Self-help books are such funny, deeply personal things. You can get help for any aspect of life, from how to be happy to how to stop comfort-eating, heal your emotional self, take control of your life and the bread and butter of the self-help genre, relationship advice. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yesterday will not be remembered as a great day in Google's history. As well as the vertiginous stock slide, which sliced 9% off its share value before trading was halted for a couple of hours, the search engine firm threatened war with the French media. L'horage dans le teacup is over a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]