The winners of the 66th National Book Awards were announced at a ceremony at Cipriani in downtown Manhattan on Wednesday evening. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A patent, titled “Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface,” gives Apple the exclusive right to the page turn in an e-reader application. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tablets and other digital reading devices are expected to be big sellers this holiday season due in part to the growing number of devices available from a host of manufacturers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An unlikely band comes together to heroically achieve a goal. A writhing sequence of events beset with bloody struggles, mysterious moments, and difficult obstacles overcome. This is the story of how Houghton Mifflin, HarperCollins, and Yudu brought Peter Jackson's production of Tolkien's... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J K Rowling has been overlooked in the nominations for the Literary Review’s Bad Sex award... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CourseSmart has introduced an analytics program that allows professors to monitor how pages read, notations and more for their student's e-textbooks. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist for the 2012 Educational Writers’ Award has been announced today (19th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin has bought the Puffin Book Club back from The Book People. The club was originally... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OverDrive surveyed library users and found they buy an average of 3.2 books (both print and ebooks) each month, with 35% buying after borrowing. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bilingual Books has entered into a distribution agreement with Publishers Group West for PGW to handle the U.S. sales, marketing and distribution of BBKS’ approximately 40 language-learning titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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O'Reilly Media has become an online distributor for technology ebooks offered by John Wiley & Sons, which includes brands such as For Dummies and Sybex. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quentin Blake has won the 2012 Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of outstanding commitment and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The third National Libraries Day will run on Saturday 9th February 2013. A proposal to shift... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After reading celebration World Book Night debuted in America for the first time last year, it will be held again this April. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EL James' best-selling Fifty Shades of Grey will compete with novels by Kate Mosse, JoJo Moyes and Bernard Cornwell at this year's National Book of the Year Awards. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphicly abandoned their iTunes-like comic book marketplace to develop a full suite of online publishing tools for visual storytellers. As Adrian Tomine has pointed out, the one-time subculture of comics and graphic novels has migrated into the mainstream over the past decade. The... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury’s has grown pre-tax profit by 2.5% in its half-year results as the retailer said... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The PDF is firmly entrenched in corporate culture, but as digitally savvy employees push for a sensible way to consume long documents at work the ebook format will take hold. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A gripping account of a doomed attempt to climb Mount Everest has won Britain's leading nonfiction book prize. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic is donating a million books and offering free online resources to those children and teachers affected by Superstorm Sandy. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After volunteering at orphanages in Ghana, DreamWorks animators Rachel Tiep-Daniels and Margaret Wuller created the "Picture Book Project," which harnesses the work of talented artists to both inspire children, and raise money for them. The Picture Book Project Foundation is an effort to... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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