ABA Winter Institute 2015: Conversations with Keynoters

Winter Institute offers many ways for booksellers to interact with authors, with dozens participating in Tuesday evening’s author reception and Wednesday’s closing event with writers from small presses and university presses. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Horowitz to Deliver Digital Minds Keynote

The "polymath" author will offer "unique insight into critical and commercial success across books, film, and T.V." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iain Banks's final book – of poetry – to be published in 2015

Collection will include work by Banks's friend Ken MacLeod and will come out on the anniversary of his death in FebruaryThe final work by Iain Banks – a collection of poetry by the late author – will be released next February, his publisher has announced.Banks died last June, two months after... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iain Banks poetry collection coming February 2015

Little, Brown is to publish a first collection of poetry from the late Iain Banks –... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snow Days: Winter Weather Disrupting Book Sales

This week's cold weather and snow has led to canceled events and store closures, some for more than a day during Valentine’s Week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Willetts to give APS keynote

Universities minister David Willetts is to speak at this year’s Academic, Professional and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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C&R buys two from Winter

Constable & Robinson has acquired two further novels by Tom Winter, author of dark comedies... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NBC Leads C3 Ratings Race as Networks Bed Down for Winter Break

With a third of the 2013-14 TV season on the books and the networks having settled down for a long winter’s nap, NBC retains a comfortable lead over the rest of the broadcast pack. According to Nielsen C3 ratings for the period spanning Sept. 23-Dec. 1 (the most up-to-date figures available,... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LBF Moving to Olympia in 2015

After much talk about the London Book Fair's impending departure from its longstanding location at the Earls Court convention center, the event's operator, Reed Exhibitions, has announced that the fair will move to the ECO venue in the Olympia neighborhood in 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LBF picks Olympia as its 'new home' from 2015

The London Book Fair 2015 is to take place in Olympia in West London, allaying fears of a move to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA and ABA team up with Toy Industry Association

BookExpo America (BEA) and the American Booksellers Association (ABA) have teamed up with the Toy... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ABA-Kobo Partnership, a Year Later

Almost exactly one year ago, the American Booksellers Association announced that it would replace its ebook partnership with Google for one with Kobo, in time for the 2012 holiday season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Warner to chair judges for Man Booker International 2015

Writer Marina Warner is to chair the 2015 Man Booker International prize. The £60,000 prize... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inferno film release due in 2015

Tom Hanks is expected to reprise his role as Robert Langdon in the film adaptation of Dan Brown... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indonesia as Frankfurt Book Fair Guest of Honor in 2015

Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim community and 1,000 active book publishers, will be the Guest of Honor country at the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair. Indonesia's most well-known authors include Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Ayu Utami, and Andrea Hirata. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indonesia to be guest of honour at Frankfurt 2015

Indonesia is to be guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2015, following Finland in 2014... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Converse Has More Springfield in Its Step With New Simpsons Sneakers

Let's say it like Comic Book Guy: Best. Collaboration. Ever. Fox's dysfunctional yet loving animated family, The Simpsons, have joined with Converse for a line of screen-printed Chuck Taylor sneakers. Through Converse retailers and Journeys.com, you can get your paws on these colorful high-tops... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winter book preview

Local and national booksellers discuss some of the books they're most anticipating in 2013.Looking ahead to books in 2013 is a little like predicting the Los Angeles weather: sunny, pleasant, better than average. The fiction fields are fertile, the nonfiction skies clear and the young adult... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Kobo links with ABA

Kobo has teamed up with the American Booksellers Association (ABA) to enable independent... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter founders create Branch and Medium to keep the conversations, collections flowing

If you've ever been so embroiled in a chat or sharing splurge that you've been told to "take it off of Twitter," you now can -- sort of. Twitter co-creators Biz Stone and Ev Williams have launched Branch and Medium, two companion services that (naturally) use a Twitter sign-in but narrow the... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Sunday Conversation: Martin Amis talks 'Lionel Asbo,' money

The story is about a criminal who wins the lottery, and the author has moved to America, land of the super PACs, so money is on his mind.Martin Amis, once dubbed "fiction's angriest writer," continues dissecting the absurdity and excesses of postmodern society in his latest novel, "Lionel Asbo:... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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