As indicated in a leak earlier this week, Amazon is updating the Kindle Paperwhite. The fifth-gen Paperwhite (which marks the first refresh in nearly three years) has a larger, 6.8-inch display, compared with the previous model's six-inch screen. The company says the 300 ppi screen is glare-free... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-09-21 13:00:32 UTC ]
Transworld and Puffin have acquired three books from Alison Hammond, including the "This Morning" presenter's memoir, a novel and a non-fiction title for readers aged eight to 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-07 06:39:32 UTC ]
Puffin will publish a new animal detective series from Megan Rix for readers aged six plus. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 09:37:50 UTC ]
Oxford University Press will release a “gloriously slimy” series for readers aged five to seven called the Goozillas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barrington Stoke has acquired two books by Phil Earle: Mind the Gap, a novella for teen readers; and Superdad’s Day Off, an adventure story for readers aged five to eight. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors and critics are warning that Middle Grade children’s books, for readers aged eight to 12 years, are failing to get the attention they merit from the media and book prize organisers because of the dominance of Young Adult titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Editora Rocco has bought Brazilian Portuguese rights in Flying Fergus, a six-book series for readers aged five to eight by Olympian Sir Chris Hoy and Joanna Nadin, in a six-figure pre-empt from Jessica Maslen, rights manager at The Blair Partnership. Hot Key Books has acquired UK &... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Susan Hill will this summer launch a children’s imprint to publish books for readers aged seven to 11. Hill said she decided to launch Little Barn Books after the successful relaunch of her children’s Christmas poem Can It Be True? last year under the adult publishing imprint she runs... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]