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This week's edition looks at the troubles counting ebooks, why books need ISBNs, the five year history of the Kindle, James Daunt's UK gamble, and more. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist for the 2012 Educational Writers’ Award has been announced today (19th... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Philip Pullman, childrens laureate Julia Donaldson, Malorie Blackman and Meg Rosoff... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When iBooks Author, Apple’s multimedia ebook authoring tool, was unveiled in January, it was hailed for how easy it is to use and its ability to create rich, multimedia, and interactive educational content. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is capitalising on the forthcoming release of the first Hobbit film by putting out... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can fraudulent writers, aka Johah Lehrer, ever be forgiven? Or should they simply be cast into permanent exile from the literary world? Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reports say the pop superstar is close to signing a book deal with an imprint of HarperCollins. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of writers are quids in following an experiment to sell a bundle of DRM-free ebooks. Sales of The Humble Bundle, which included works from authors Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman and the much-loved xkcd comic strip, have been anything but humble, with over 84,000 bundles sold, earning the... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the writers behind disaster-prone Spider-Man Broadway musical, Glen Berger, will reveal all in a "fly-on-the-wall" book. Continue reading at 'BBC News'
[ BBC News | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple CEO Tim Cook took to a San Jose theater stage today to unveil a new version of the company's literature-based digital storefront, iBooks. Cook says it integrates better with iCloud, allows for quote sharing on Facebook and Twitter, and has support for "over 40 languages." Beyond the app... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are still prepared to pay good money up front for the right books, agents have told... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Samar Yazbek, whose latest book is an account of the Assad regime written inside Syria, will share the Pen Pinter prize with poet Carol Anne Duffy. Continue reading at 'BBC News'
[ BBC News | 2012-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Syrian writer Samar Yazbek, author of A Woman in the Crossfire (Haus Publishing), has been chosen... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers Aminatta Forna, Kamila Shamsie, Paul Theroux and Henning Mankell have given support to a... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Diaz, reporter David Finkel, and writer Dinaw Mengestu were honored by the MacArthur Foundation, each receiving a $500,000 grant. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bulgarian author Miroslav Penkov has won the £15,000 BBC International Short Story Award,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Children's has snapped up rights to The Breathing series by self-published author... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers have become book writers for a popular science project from Icon Books. Icon’s... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The government is also pressuring Chinese publishers to stop translating and publishing Japanese content as tension increases between the two countries. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The teenage author of a vampire fantasy novel who is a vegetarian with a morbid fear of blood has become the latest internet sensation to land a global publishing deal. Continue reading at 'Stuff'
[ Stuff | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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