10 Great Graphic Novels About Video Games

While comic books based on video games are easy to find, comics about gaming are few and far between. Here are 10 great examples of comic books about gaming. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Google Help Translate a Classic Novel?

Esther Allen talks about the six-year process of translating the classic Argentine novel "Zama," which is finally available to U.S. readers 50 years after its original publication. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How I Quit My Job And Finally Wrote That Novel

The steps and missteps one person took to achieve a dream, and how you can make it work, too. The steps and missteps one person took to achieve a dream, and how you can make it work, too.It's often been said that everyone has one novel in them—and the thing that separates... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International Industry Notes: Beijing Book Fair, Japan’s Mobile Games, Scotland’s Indie Publishers

Zhejiang University Press has events at BIBF this week, as Japan's Toto Serkan looks at Japan's mobile gaming market, and Scotland's Society of Young Publishers weighs the industry's interest in new skills. The post International Industry Notes: Beijing Book Fair, Japan’s Mobile Games,... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Movie Alert: 'The Great Gilly Hopkins'

A foster girl notorious for scaring off prospective new foster parents finally meets her match in the upcoming film adaptation of Katherine Paterson's 'The Great Gilly Hopkins.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inside Fatherly’s very grown-up viral video strategy

Plenty of publishers are fretting about the time, posts and resources they are pouring into Facebook, especially Facebook video. But Fatherly, a millennial dad-focused website that's piled up more than 300 million video views this year, has had great success using its viral hits to convert... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher delays YA novel amid row over invented black 'street dialect'

When We Was Fierce by eE Charlton-Trujillo uses invented street dialect slammed by one reviewer as ‘rife with insult and lack of awareness’The publication of young adult novel When We Was Fierce has been postponed by its author and publisher following harsh criticism of the “deeply offensive”... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portman to star in TV adaptation of Karen Joy Fowler novel

Natalie Portman is to star in a miniseries adaptation of by Karen Joy Fowler (Serpent’s Tail). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Bela and Martha Karolyi Made America Great

This piece is adapted from The End of The Perfect 10 by Dvora Meyers, published by Touchstone, a division of Simon and Schuster, Inc. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac buys 'dark' fantasy novel The Never King

Pan Macmillan has acquired a stand-alone fantasy novel, The Never King, by Jon Abbot.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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10 best books of August 2016, according to Amazon's editors

As you enjoy the last of the summer sun, you need a great book to bring out to the lawn chair or for the weekend trip. Need some inspiration? These are the titles Amazon editors say are the best to be released this month. Here's the full list with thoughts from Amazon senior editor Chris Schluep. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK and US publishers agree: Video is where the money is

The majority of U.K. publishers receive a third of their traffic from third-party sites like Facebook and Google, according to an AOL report. This figure has surprised some publishers for being low. News UK's Hamish White believes publishers are either "underplaying their figures" because they... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Game of Thrones illustrated edition is coming

An illustrated edition of A Game of Thrones, the first book in George R R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, will be published to mark the 20th anniversary of the book. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Is Testing Mid-Roll Video Ads in Facebook Live

Facebook has started running tests of mid-roll video ads inside live video broadcasts from top publishing partners, the company confirmed Monday.These are Facebook's first ads that get served directly inside videos on the social network. "We're running a small test where a group of publishers... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Harry Quebert' companion novel to MacLehose

MacLehose Press has acquired a new novel by Swiss author Joël Dicker, author of The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Spring buys 'game-changer' gardening book in three-way auction

Orion Spring is publishing a guide for novice gardeners by self-taught gardener Hollie Newton, following a three-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins to Publish Found Novel by Late Michael Crichton

The manuscript for 'Dragon Teeth,' which will be published in 2017, was discovered by Crichton's wife, who had been working on the Michael Crichton Archives. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Best of the week: Live video is taking the conventions by storm

The conventions weren't just live, they were virtual. ABC News, CNN and The Huffington Post all published VR and 360-degree videos to give viewers a more immersive snapshot. Also on the topic of video, Insider editor-in-chief Nicholas Carlson joined us on this week’s episode of the Digiday... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hans Fallada novel, Nightmare in Berlin, gets first English translation

Story of married couple contending with a devastated postwar Berlin follows runaway success of Alone in BerlinHans Fallada’s 1947 novel Alone in Berlin was the hit book of the summer six years ago, selling 300,000 copies and making a bestseller of an author who had been largely forgotten. Now... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize longlist includes Paul Beatty's novel set in South L.A. and J.M. Coetzee

The British-based Man Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for literary fiction in the world, announced its longlist Wednesday, with five American authors on the list of 13. It’s only the third year that authors from outside the Commonwealth have been considered for the prize, which... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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$19.99 for Premium Windows 10 Training (Includes 100+ Tutorials) - Deal Alert

Learn the ins and outs of Windows 10 with this Introduction to Windows 10 Bundle. For $19.99, you’ll get lifetime access to four e-Books and hundreds of video tutorials.If you have any questions on this popular operating system, you’re sure to find the answer here. Flip through the books to... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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