As the Danish physicist Niels Bohr probably never said, ‘predictions are hard, especially about the future.’ And although the job of authors of science fiction and speculative fiction isn’t to make accurate predictions about what our future lives might look like, but to entertain us by tapping into current concerns, […] Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
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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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Hachette companies Orion and Hodder & Stoughton are jointly publishing a new story by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett has set up his own multimedia production company,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber has announced a raft of new appointments, and a change in structure, as it seeks to "... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While plenty of industries have shrunk over the last couple years, few have been hit as badly as newspaper publishing, which was already contracting before the economic downturn began. Since then, economic woes have simply reinforced the long-term tr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has released a free ebook, No, It's Us Too!, today (11th September)... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are readying themselves to respond to an explosion of e-reading devices in the UK in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the start of the student year approaches, academic booksellers have been warned that shunning... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Limited is planning to get rid of 10 per cent of its photographers across the publisher's newspapers. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
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Penguin UK's focus on brand strategy and going direct to the consumer will continue into the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News updates all day from Fast Company.Amazon is getting ready to introduce new tablets, Staples' president of U.S. retail, Demos Parneros, told Reuters Monday.Parneros said the online retailer will introduce five or six new tablet SKUs, or stock-keeping units, including those for a 10-inch... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Costa has launched a new award for a single, previously unpublished short story, with the winner... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles and Blackwell bookshops have reported sales and footfall increases following their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Constable & Robinson and the University of East Anglia have set up the Corsair Bursary, an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shares in News Corporation rise 2.4% in Australia following reports that it may split its entertainment businesses from its publishing interests. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A US judge on Friday set a 2013 trial date for a lawsuit from the US government accusing Apple and book publishers of conspiring to fix the prices of electronic books. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin, Macmillan and Apple must wait just under a year for the ruling on the ebook price... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Justice Department meant business when it accused Apple and five other publishers of price-rigging ebooks, and are officially taking Cupertino and two publishers to court. In a hearing on Friday, Judge Denise Cote set a bench trial for June 3, 2012, putting Apple, Macmillan and Penguin Group... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has set up a global publishing programme, HarperCollins 360, which aims to make... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It looks to be a good time for tech investments, with enterprise marketing company Unified receiving $10 million from Conde Nast parent company Advance Publications. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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