A Good Time for Independent Presses: Spotlight On New England 2014

Boston-based Beacon Press, the area’s oldest small press, is marking its 160th anniversary this year with a new tag line, “Igniting Hearts and Minds,” and a new colophon that hearkens back to early last century. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Sandstone Press has acquired world rights to Puffins: Life on the Atlantic Edge directly from photographer and author Kevin Morgans.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Time to decolonize and diversify the writer’s retreat?

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Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite drops to all-time low price of $71 in one-day sale

Now might be a good time to buy an e-reader for school — or that end-of-summer vacation. Amazon has cut the price of the ad-supported 8GB Kindle Paperwhite to an all-time low of $71 in a one-day-only sale, well below the official $130 sticker. That's lower than what we saw just two weeks... Continue reading at Engadget

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Coffee House Press Names New Publisher

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Cipher Press acquires Reeve's debut in two-book deal

Cipher Press has acquired Nat Reeve's "extraordinary, ambitious" historical debut Nettleblack and its sequel in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Flint scoops two climate change titles in time for COP26 summit

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The Loch Ness monster may not exist, but such mythical beasts fascinate for good reason

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was ahead of her time. ‘Two-Way Mirror’ does justice to her riveting life.

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