Bilingual families, dual-language classes, and libraries serving communities with a large number of Spanish speakers are driving demand for dual-language titles for young readers in the U.S. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The American Booksellers Association's Winter Institute in Seattle attracted a total of 1,600 people, of which 900 were booksellers. The large number of new booksellers drew an enthusiastic response from exhibitors, while the ABA urged booksellers to contribute more data to help it in its advocacy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
The e-tail giant's plans to cut 18,000 jobs has resulted in a large number of layoffs at its Comixology operation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
After reiterating its resolve, as recently as January 5, to go ahead with an in-person Toy Fair New York on February 19-22, the Toy Association canceled the 2022 edition last night. It is the second year in a row that the fair, which attracts a large number of publishers, canceled the event. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
Network Automation Cookbook is designed to help system administrators, network engineers, and infrastructure automation engineers to centrally manage switches, routers, and other devices in their organization's network. This book will help you gain hands-on experience in automating enterprise... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2021-01-20 14:20:02 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble has now temporarily closed more than 500 stores and furloughed "a large number" of employees across all departments at its company headquarters. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
Denis O’Brien loses hundreds of millions in sale of Ireland’s biggest newspaper publisherIreland’s largest newspaper group has agreed to a takeover offer from the Belgian media group Mediahuis in a deal in which its largest shareholder, billionaire Denis O’Brien, will lose hundreds of millions... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the opening ceremony of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair on March 26, a large number of dignitaries and officials gathered to launch the event’s 55th edition. This year’s guest of honor, China, was represented by Li Ruiyu, the Chinese ambassador to Italy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the unstoppable growth of chat apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and the like, emoji have become an incredible phenomenon. The Unicode Consortium is due to publish the Unicode 9.0 spec tomorrow, and it seems that objections from Apple and Microsoft means we're not going to see a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children who grow up with a large number of books in the house earn more money later in life, according to a new study published in the Economic Journal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Editors, agents and booksellers have told The Bookseller they worry that authors are failing to reap the benefits of growth in the children’s book market. With 2014 being a record year for children’s books—sales of which grew 9.1% year on year to a value of £336.5m, according to Nielsen... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Grayson Perry will design a collector’s edition tote bag for this year’s Books Are My Bag (BAMB) campaign. The Turner Prize-winning British artist’s design will be revealed at the BAMB launch on 8th October, which is also “Super Thursday”, the day on which a large number of publishers’ key... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A “like” on Facebook is worth a lot to advertisers there. Now it’s also worth something to advertisers in other mobile apps.Facebook’s having a coming-out party for its “audience network,” an ad network that lets existing advertisers on Facebook also have their ads placed in a large number of... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
A lot of Google services have transitioned to gain the title of "apps", and the same is true of a large number of extensions for the Chrome browser. These online tools are essentially cross-platforms apps that work identically Now Google is taking another step to break out of the confines of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft has unveiled its revamped MSN portal that combines easy access to personal productivity tools and content from a large number of providers.As the company tries to revive MSN, the focus this time is also on top content from the Web instead of offering original content. For the relaunch,... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Parsing through the top 10 bestsellers of 2012 in a number of major publishing categories reads like a usual suspects list, as a small number of authors filled a large number of spots. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kindle 2.6 for iPhone and iPad now displays "real page numbers," which Amazon has been adding to a large number of ebooks available from the Kindle Store. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]