'Awe-inspiring' debut snubbed by mainstream publishers wins Desmond Elliott Prize

Preti Taneja has won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for her "awe-inspiring" retelling of King Lear in We Are That Young. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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IPA Congress probes future role of publishers

Bloomsbury chief executive Nigel Newton has compared the state of publishing to the bus teetering half-way off a cliff edge at the end of the film "The Italian Job", on the opening day of the 30th International Publishers Congress in Bangkok (today, 24th March). But HarperCollins c.e.o. Brian... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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What Happens When Platforms Turn Into Publishers?

If you’re a publisher, Facebook holds a lot of power. The social media giant is already responsible for directing up to 40 percent of some sites’ traffic, and 75 percent of BuzzFeed’s. Now, according to a report in The N ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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Hodder wins twice at Peters Book of the Year Awards

Hodder is the big winner at this year’s Peters Book of the Year award, taking home book of the year for both the junior fiction and teen fiction categories.  A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson and A Song For Ella Grey by David Almond, both published by Hodder, were announced as the Books of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Man Booker International Prize finalists revealed

Ten authors have been named as finalists for the Man Booker International Prize 2015, representing countries including Hungary, Guadeloupe, and the Republic of Congo. Each writer is now in the running to win a £60,000 prize, with the winner announced in a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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English Heritage Publishing to change name

English Heritage Publishing will become known as Historic England Publishing as of 1st of April 2015.   The name change is a result of the splitting of English Heritage into two corporations: Historic England and the English Heritage Trust. English Heritage Publishing will be a part of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Shortlist revealed for Bloomsbury/NLT prize

Bloomsbury and the National Literacy Trust have shortlisted six writers for a competition to find unpublished children’s authors. Bloomsbury received 400 entries to this year’s New Children’s Author Prize, launched last year, which asks aspiring authors to pay £30 to enter in order to raise... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Pan Mac to publish Nelson Mandela sequel

Pan Macmillan is to publish the sequel to the late Nelson Mandela’s autobiography Long Walk to Freedom (Abacus). An incomplete draft of the new book, which does not yet have a title and which was started by Mandela before his death last year, is in the archives of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Times website develops edition-based publishing model

Proposed plan for morning, lunchtime and afternoon editions is part of wider initiative called Project DThe Times is developing a new edition-based digital publishing model that would see its website refreshed at set times throughout the day, rather than updating as news breaks. The proposed new... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Inaugural Folio Prize lecture cancelled

The inaugural Folio Prize lecture by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie had to be cancelled after the author fell ill. The lecture was due to take place at The British Library on Friday (20th March) as part of the Folio Prize Fiction Festival weekend of events. But Ngozi was unable to travel to London... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Mandela's memoir to be published

A sequel to Nelson Mandela's 1995 autobiography Long Walk to Freedom is to be published next year. Continue reading at BBC News

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IPA Congress Focuses on the Publisher’s Role in a Digital Economy

In his opening speech, Elsevier chairman Y. S. Chi emphasized the need to regard industry changes as opportunities instead of threats or diversions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Canongate to publish Nick Cave bundle

Canongate will publish a new book from musician Nick Cave, including a limited edition priced at £750. The Sick Bag Song will be published by Canongate on 8th April and sold exclusively through the site thesickbagsong.com. Based around Cave's 2014 tour of the US, it was originally written on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Amazon Publishing France: How Will the French Respond?

The Amazon Publishing France had hired its first employee, Clément Monjou, who will start by publishing a pair of translations under the Crossing imprint. The post Amazon Publishing France: How Will the French Respond? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Magazine Publisher Meredith Finds Success Focusing on Women

Magazine publisher Meredith succeeds focusing on family, home, health information for women Continue reading at ABC News

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Debut author organises own £200k marketing campaign

A debut author has arranged a marketing and publicity campaign she estimates is worth £200,000 to support the release of her book, and which her agent said “must be unique for a first-time author”. Janet Kelly’s Dear Beneficiary, about an older woman who has a relationship with a Nigerian man... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Blink to publish Professor Green

Blink Publishing has acquired the autobiography of musician Professor Green. The book, Lucky, will be accompanied by “a ground-breaking app full of additional content and exclusive videos”, said the publisher. Acquisitions director Clare Tillyer bought world rights, excluding America, to Lucky... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Why Europe’s publishers have embraced programmatic co-ops

As Google and Facebook control an increasing amount of ad spend, publishers realize that the only way they can stay competitive is to join forces. Enter the programmatic co-op, which Europe's publishers see as a way to combine both their audiences and data. It's all about scale. Buyers,... Continue reading at Digiday

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Controversy: Pearson Publishing Monitoring Students’ Twitter Posts

The New York Times reports that educational publisher Pearson has been “monitoring student media” to find possible "leaks" of the company's tests. The post Controversy: Pearson Publishing Monitoring Students’ Twitter Posts appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Viking's Mount buys 'incredible' debut

Viking has acquired an “incredible debut work of fiction” by an Australian writer. Publisher Mary Mount bought world rights, excluding Australia New Zealand, to Abigail Ulman’s Hot Little Hands from Peter Straus at Rogers, Coleridge and White. Mount said: “Abigail Ulman’s work is tender,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Amazon Publishing expands to France

Amazon Publishing has expanded into France, internally hiring Clément Monjou, formerly of its Kindle and Appstore units.  The development of Amazon Publishing Europe has already seen the e-commerce giant set up publishing arms in the UK and Germany, while it has also advertised for positions in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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