With Halloween fast-approaching, I feel the need (along with every other person on the book internet) to remind you that one of the scariest things imaginable might happen: your local indie bookstore might close. Their fate is in your hands. Go on and pick up one (or two or three) of these new books from […] The post 16 new books to buy from your local indie bookstore this week. first appeared on Literary Hub. Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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WRITING books must be in the DNA of Times journalists. Even the paper’s founding editor, Henry J. Raymond, cranked them out, including his “History of the Administration of President Lincoln” in 1864. The next year, he r ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You’ve read books in print. You might have read books online or on a mobile device. But until now you probably haven't read a book on Instagram. Jason Sperling, executive creative director at agency RPA, today began publishing his new 160-page book, “Look at Me When I'm Talking to You,”... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Content Working Group co-chair Carolyn Anthony told members that ALA officials were "continuing to dialogue" with the Big Five publishers over ebook prices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On this week's episode, we talk about curation and algorithms in digital publishing. The post It’s Humans vs. Machines in This Week’s Webmonkey Podcast appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has bought a "unique" debut from an Australian author. S&S ssistant fiction editor Carla Josephson bought UK, Commonwealth & ANZ rights in All These Perfect Strangers by Australian prize-winning author Aoife Clifford from Rebecca Ritchie and Clare Forster at Curtis... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Book People’s co-founder Seni Glaister is stepping down from her role as c.e.o of the company. William Wellesley, who has been at the company since January, and has been previously joint managing director at Molton Brown and group chief operating officer at GEMS Education, has been appointed... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Bonnier Publishing has acquired Lincolnshire-based commercial fiction publisher Totally Entwined Group for an undisclosed sum. Bonnier is acquiring the whole company and its imprints Totally Bound Publishing (romance), Pride Publishing (LGBTQI fiction), Finch Books (YA), Evidence Press... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are we really a nation vibrating with anxiety? The booming sales of colouring books that help calm us down would suggest soThe Michael O’Mara publishing empire is housed exactly as you would expect from a company that had no idea how fast it was going to grow. Clara Nelson, the publicity... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The growing complexity of international book publishing is reflected in this year’s ranking of the world’s largest publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The annual extravaganza of indie booksellers returned last week with a barrage of book-centric events, readings, publicity and costumes. Lisa Campbell documents the highlights of the action-packed seven days David Headley from Goldsboro Books and Sheila O’Reilly right from Dulwich Books with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Perseus Book Group was founded in 1996 by venture capitalist Frank Pearl. It is an independent company that represents independent publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New stores could be opening soon in Novato, Calif., and Dayton, Oh., as two indie chains get ready to expand. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has acquired a book about cycling by Olympic gold medallist and world champion Geraint Thomas after a "fierce auction". In The World of Cycling According to G, which will be published in hardback and ebook on the 29th October, Thomas talks about the world of cycling, from “grovelling... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd has acquired Librify, a social e-reading platform, for an undisclosed sum. Librify was founded in 2013 and launched publicly last summer as a social e-reading site for book clubs with a retail offer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new Fifty Shades book dominates this week's PW Bestseller lists. Plus big weeks for Aziz Ansari, Judd Apatow, and other guys in comedy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On January 2, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced he would be challenging himself to read a new book every other week in 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has acquired a book about how the forces of Christianity destroyed the texts of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Darkening Age, by historian and journalist Catherine Nixey, will tell the story of how all over the ancient Roman world books were burnt, temples were thrown down and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We asked some of the world's top design schools to share their favorite books. Here's what they recommend for your summer reading list.It doesn't matter if you're a student of design, or just someone who hears the term "design thinking" and stays quiet at meetings while noting to Google it... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children’s Books has revealed plans for a second Harry Potter Book Night in 2016. The event, which will take place on the 4th February, will again include events and activities based on the seven Harry Potter books penned by J K Rowling. More than 10,000 schools, libraries,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Spiegel & Grau is pushing up the publication date of Atlantic correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates’ new book, 'Between the World and Me,' which confronts issues of race in America, from September 8 to July 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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