Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson has won the British Sports Book Awards Sports Book of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford talks about his new novel "Canada," his memories of the late Raymond Carver, and how art makes life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Today Amazon announced that it's improving the code behind its Kindle app for iOS and Android to allow support for graphic novels and children's illustrated comics. The iOS app is also being polished to alow better searches of your library of downloaded titles and to better fit the iPad's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new novel from bestselling novelist Marian Keyes, The Mystery of Mercy Close, is being... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon on Thursday released updates to the Kindle app for iOS, along with the Kindle Cloud Reader Web app. The updates add in support for children's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers Association chief executive Tim Godfray has renewed calls for publishers to "... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Erotica is continuing to steam-up acquisition meetings, with 19th July a potential sweet spot as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Germans, grab your reading glasses, for it's today that Google is announcing the arrival of Play Books -- complete with the ability to purchase native language texts -- in the land of the Kant and Goethe. Yes, those in Deutschland may now buy and read titles from Google Play Books on their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A group of Israeli authors launch a battle to stop the country's leading bookstores from slashing prices, claiming it reduces their royalties. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent bookshops are to have access to Kobo ebook devices, a Hive-sourced ebook tablet and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Parragon Books has acquired master publishing rights in the UK for Nickelodeon UK children's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
After posting significant gains in 2011, the 16 publishers highlighted in PW’s annual Twitter snapshot all continued growing in 2012, showing that the book activity on the social media platform is still increasing substantially. All told, the total number of Twitter followers across all 16... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
When it comes to digital, the state of the ebook grabs all the headlines. But digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media, the greatest impact technology holds for publishing may be in the way ebooks are now marketed. “I’m a huge believer that the entire time you are the publisher of an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
IDG Enterprise looks to better serve their advertisers with the launch of its Premium Data Services, a portfolio of products that will integrate both first and third party data for ad clients looking to more deeply understand their target audiences. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The intensely private Thomas Pynchon has resisted the electronic format for his books – until now. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc. appears to have relented in its refusal to sell subscriptions via its iOS apps, from which Apple takes a 30 percent commission. The Sports Illustrated publisher had resisted the move, forcing people to subscribe to the print edition in order to receive it digitally, but an update has... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bertrams’ parent company Smiths News has bought Dutch-based academic books supplier... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agents Caroline Hardman and Joanna Swainson, former colleagues at Christopher Little,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Monster Calls (Walker Books) written by Patrick Ness and illustrated by Jim Kay, has become the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble has reached a $29m settlement with its founder and chairman Leonard Riggio,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]