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S&S plans unmissable Collins' launch

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 24/02/2011 - 15:30 Simon & Schuster is repackaging three of Jackie Collins’ backlist titles ahead of her latest novel, Goddess of Vengeance. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Gibbons proposes National Libraries Day

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 24/02/2011 - 15:29 read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Wordpress 3.1 is Released

Wordpress has released its newest version, Wordpress 3.1. This is the fourteenth version of the blogging platform. Wordpress 3.1 has been dubbed “Reinhardt,” reportedly after jazz musician Django Reinhardt. New and improved features include a redesigned linking workflow, an admin bar, a... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

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Is News Corp.'s 'The Daily' giving you more blues than news?

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Every single person I know with an iPad who has used News Corp.'s "The Daily" complains about persistent crashes and really, really, really, slow update times. Now PaidContent reports that the initial two-week free introduction promotion is going on and on and on, kind of... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

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Hodder to release final Earth’s Children novel

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 24/02/2011 - 09:25 Hodder & Stoughton is gearing up for the launch of the final book in the Earth’s Children series, which began 35 years ago with an idea for a short story. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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W&N buys Joanna Lumley memoir

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 24/02/2011 - 09:39 Weidenfeld & Nicolson has bought rights to an illustrated memoir by actress Joanna Lumley, which will be published this autumn. Michael Dover, Orion's outgoing non-fiction editorial in chief bought world rights from Anthony... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Atwood, Bennett and Nick Cave to headline WBN Trafalgar Square event

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 09:34 Margaret Atwood, Alan Bennett and John Le Carre will be among the authors headlining the World Book Night launch event in Trafalgar Square on 4th March. Graham Norton will compere the event, with Philip Pullman, Sarah... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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PPA chief warns of looming 'penalty tax on magazine publishers'

The Royal Mail's request to increase the amount it can charge for bulk mail has been slammed as a "shortsighted" move that could cause long-term damage to the magazine business by Barry McIlheney, chief executive of the Professional Publishers Association (PPA). Continue reading at 'Media Week'

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Montaigne title wins Duff Cooper Prize

Written By: Neill Denny Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 09:35 Chatto's How to Live: A Life of Montaigne has won The Duff Cooper Prize, beating Costa-category winner The Hare with Amber Eyes and Keith Richards' huge-selling autobiography. Winning author Sarah Bakewell was presented with the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Trade looks forward with "excitement" in Egypt

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 14:23 Booksellers and publishers in Egypt are re-opening their doors with "excitement about a new era in publishing" after the country’s revolution. Some publishers and booksellers became targets after supporters of the former... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Walker launches marketing campaigns for YA and picturebooks

Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 14:20 Walker Books is launching marketing campaigns to support its picture book publishing and teen fiction ranges. Undercover, promoting a range of YA titles, will launch in March and a separate picture book campaign, Picture Book... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Hearst Magazines Digital Media Announces Staff Changes

Hearst Magazines Digital Media announced several changes to its roster today. Julie Hocheiser is now site director for Seventeen.com. Hocheiser served previously as the senior web editor for the Hearst Teen Network. Neha Gandhi also joined Seventeen.com as a web editor. Gandhi is the former... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

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Donaldson, Hutchinson and MacPhail win Royal Mail Awards

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 08:40 Julia Donaldson, Barry Hutchinson and Catherine MacPhail have been named the winners of Scotland's largest children's book prize, the 2010 Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books. More than 16,000 children voted for... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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High Court challenge launched over library cuts in Gloucestershire and Somerset

Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 15:33 A High Court challenge is being launched over library closures in Gloucestershire and Somerset, in what is believed to be the first case of its kind. A challenge to the coalition government's "vague" Big Society concept,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Lost Enid Blyton manuscript discovered

Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 08:56 An unpublished and previously unknown Enid Blyton novel is believed to have turned up in an archive of the late children's author's work, reports the BBC. Mr Tumpy's Caravan is a 180-page fantasy story about a magical... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Orion signs crime series from Bingham

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 08:38 Orion has signed up a series of crime novels from author Harry Bingham, who? has previously written fiction and non-fiction for HarperCollins. Deputy publishing director Bill Massey made the deal for UK and Commonwealth rights... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Publishing proliferates thanks to POD and digital

Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 09:35 Print on demand, digital and self-publishing are continuing to push up the number of books published in the UK and overseas, according to new output data issued by Nielsen Book. The statistics also reveal that the number of new... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Waterstone's cuts 17 head office staff

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 17:51 Waterstone's has made 17 members of staff redundant from its head offices in Brentford and Solihull. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Apple's new subs could fall under regulators

Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 09:10 Apple's new subscription terms could fall under the gaze of regulators in the US and the EU, according to the Wall Street Journal, though the newspaper doubts that much will be achieved unless Apple chooses to give ground in... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Trade gears up for World Book Day

Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 15:42 read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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