Pan Macmillan's art director James Annal talks us through the process of designing the cover for Elton John's memoir. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-11 12:02:48 UTC ]
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In his call for Your five-minute manifesto for FutureBook, The Bookseller editor Philip Jones wrote that part of the planning of our FutureBook Conference this year (4th December at The Mermaid) is "to take this recent history of the book business and reflect on the job still to do." To that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mic’s first interview with President Obama is available on Mic.com, which received more than 16 million visitors in July. The full interview is also available on its mobile app, Facebook and YouTube. But the distribution strategy doesn’t end there, as the publisher has also been sharing... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers looking to give readers more control and information about their articles have discovered the article progress bar. The feature, which lets readers know how much of an article they've read, is a preferred tactic for the likes of Bloomberg and The Daily Beast but divisive among... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Blake will publish a book about the late Cilla Black next week. Black, whose real name was Priscilla White, died overnight on Saturday 1st August at her home in Spain after falling over, hitting her head and having a stroke. She was 72. On Monday 10th August John Blake will publish... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There’s no shortage of challenges for local news publishers. Not only are the scale and monetization issues still unresolved, but now local news sites also risk being edged out on tech and data by their pure-play tech counterparts. Consider BlockFeed, a news aggregation app that culls geotagged... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author and illustrator is much revered for his own weird and wonderful books, yet his 200-plus jacket designs are virtually ignored. Steven Heller celebrates his contribution to a unique era of publishingDeliciously and subversively cryptic, Edward St John Gorey’s books, plays, postcards,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Colouring books for adults are topping bestseller lists. Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford tells us the secrets of her success. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2015-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When it comes to print books, sometimes innovation means returning to ancient methodologies. To wit: the creation of the new, Illuminated St. John's Bible. The post Illumination as Innovation: The New Saint John’s Bible appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bodley Head has acquired a biography of spy Donald Maclean, written by John Murray publisher Roland Philipps. Publishing director Stuart Williams bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to A Spy Named Orphan: The Lives of Donald Maclean, from Natasha Fairweather at United... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s retro-facing sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, hit bookshelves this week. The story of its discovery—it was actually Lee’s first draft of Mockingbird—and publication reads like a novel of its own, and the whole affair has been mired in controversy. But now it’s... Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There is something encouraging about seeing the name B T Batsford featuring so prominently in The Bookseller’s half-year round up. I don’t mean to show favouritism—it is equally pleasing to see Michael O’Mara (in its 30th year) and Laurence King also doing so well out of the shifting non-fiction... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retired font designer Paul Veres is enjoying the fact that, unexpectedly, his font, Caterina, was licensed and used on the cover of Harper Lee's new book, 'Go Set a Watchman.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quentin Blake has warned that colouring books can limit children’s imaginations, according to the Times. The illustrator told the newspaper that he is “completely against” the use of colouring in as a way of teaching children to draw. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alex Bellos and Edmund Harriss’s Snowflake, Seashell, Star promises to be ‘both a field guide and a therapeutic exercise book’Adults who are running out of cats and gardens to colour in as part of the new craze for “mindful” colouring books will soon have a more educational option for their... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has acquired a mathematical colouring book. Katy Follain, publishing director of non-fiction, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in Snowflake, Seashell, Star by Alex Bellos from Rebecca Carter at Janklow & Nesbit. Bellos has “created a unique and inspiring colouring book using... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octopus has launched four adult colouring-in and dot-to-dot apps which can be completed on screen using a finger. The Colouring for Mindfulness series, the first digital range of colouring-in titles, has been created in collaboration with developers Papertrell. The apps can be downloaded free... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-30 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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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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Penguin Random House (PRH) Children’s will this autumn release a series of colouring books for a crossover audience based on classic novels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paul Bacon's name may be unfamiliar, but anyone who has browsed the bestseller racks over the last 60 years knows his work. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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