Borrowers can create a wish list queue of books they would like to read and lenders earn 1 credit for every 5 books they list on the site as available for borrowing.
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[ Source: PC World | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Orbit has acquired three new books in the Dresden Files series by author Jim Butcher, following Chicago private investigator and wizard Harry Dresden. read more
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Market research firm GfK has predicted that 1 million tactile tablets will be sold in France this year. A total of 435,000 worth 220 million euros were sold here in 2010, a strong start for the new market. Although tablet sales for Christmas were reported not to...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
In two acquisitions this month, Fry Communications, a leading publication printer, has added to the array of services it offers customers.
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[ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Sphere has acquired the autobiography of US comedy star Tina Fey, with editor-in-chief Antonia Hodgson acquiring British Commonwealth (incl. Australia and New Zealand) rights. Hodgson bought the rights to the title, Bossypants, from Hachette US, where it will be...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Tim Conneally, Betanews Wednesday, Web retailer Amazon launched its Kindle Singles line of literature designed specifically for consumption on e-readers. The works, priced between $1.00 and $3.00, include original works of prose, essays and theses, and the the first TEDBooks.Last October,...
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[ Source: Betanews | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the account of the life of "real life Charlotte Gray". Pearl Witherington was the only female agent in the Special Operations Executive to run her own network in France during the second world war. Hodder non-fiction publisher...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Demand Media started trading on the New York Stock Exchange this week, making it one of the first IPOs of 2011 and certainly one of the largest media IPOs that will be seen all year.
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[ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marty Peretz, the editor-in-chief of The New Republic of the past 37 years, is stepping down and taking the title of "editor-in-chief emeritus." Editor Richard Just takes over as editor-in-chief. Perezt, who wrote a blog called The Spine, will continue to write a column for TheNewRepublic.com.
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[ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
While publishers and Apple haggle over the pending launch of a digital newsstand, Barnes & Noble took the opportunity to remind everyone that it not only has a functional newsstand, but it's chugging right along.
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[ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Gayle Feldman Kindle sales of a book could be as much as 80% of its physical sales, Amazon's head of Kindle content told Digital Book World. Russ Grandinetti's speech, 'To Help Publishers Optimize E-book Sales', coincided with the launch of Kindle Singles on Amazon's Kindle store....
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
TED, known for exclusive events and online videos of speeches by celebrities like Al Gore, Bono and Malcolm Gladwell, plans to publish its own short ebooks, beginning with three that went on sale Wednesday.
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[ Source: The New York Times | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The assets of music magazine Pastewhich folded in print last fall but kept Pastemagazine.com alivehave been sold to Wolfgang's Vault, owner of a variety of music sites including
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[ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Summit Business Media has joined the ranks of publishers seeking to reorganize and slash debt through a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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[ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell High street book sales at W H Smith were down by around 2% like-for-like in the weeks leading to Christmas, according to analysts briefed by the company, equating to books outperforming other categories. In its formal Christmas trading statement, out this morning...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Constable & Robinson has appointed Walker Books as its sales agents for Europe, the Middle East and East Africa. read more
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Costa Book of the Year prize-winner, Jo Shapcott, explains her delight that poetry has been recognised by Costa two years running.
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[ Source: BBC News | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Multiple expressions of interest have been made into British Bookshops & Stationers. The bookseller fell into administration two weeks ago, blaming poor trading in the second half of 2010 and bad weather conditions over Christmas Gavin George, managing director of...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Penguin has been appointed the exclusive publisher for Sainsbury's Book Club, providing all titles in the promotion between July 2011 and July 2012. Authors set to feature in the club include Marian Keyes, Clive Cussler, Jeff Kinney and Rick Riordan, with exact...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Faber is to release a new illustrated edition of Jo Shapcott's poetry collection Of Mutability, following its win at the Costa Book Awards last night [25th January]. A new b-format illustrated edition of the collection, priced £7.99, will be released in April....
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]