After breaking military barriers, Amy McGrath came to question the mission

The former Marine fighter pilot and Senate candidate writes of her ambition and doubts. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Seven questions for... David Baldacci

American thriller writer David Baldacci is releasing a new novel this month and then headlining literary festivals Bloody Scotland and Capital Crime in the autumn. He speaks to us about his upcoming projects.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 00:20:22 UTC ]
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Waterstones staff 'safe' as major fire breaks out at Walthamstow shopping centre

More than 125 firefighters are tackling a blaze at an east London shopping centre, which includes the Walthamstow branch of Waterstones, as police declare a major incident.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-21 15:42:51 UTC ]
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Lily Allen correctly answers the question “Which book do you wish you’d written?”

Lily Allen, who once wrote a song about what a loser her brother Theon Greyjoy was, took The Guardian‘s “Books That Made Me” questionnaire, and landed on the objectively correct answer to the question of which book she wishes she’d written: “All of the Harry Potter books, for obvious reasons.” I... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-19 14:57:05 UTC ]
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Women Writing Taiwan, by Amy Lantrip

Book Reviews Amy Lantrip   Photo by Ethan Chiang / Flickr Contemporary Taiwanese Women Writers: An Anthology (Cambria Press, 2018) is a collection of short stories in translation featuring contemporary Taiwanese authors.[i] This compilation is diverse... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2019-07-18 14:13:08 UTC ]
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Pearson breaks from print with 'digital first' policy for US titles

Pearson will start releasing its updated US titles in digital form first as it breaks with traditional educational publishing and begins phasing out print textbooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-15 14:01:34 UTC ]
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Life During Wartime: War & Military History 2019–2020

New titles reflect on 21st-century warfare and look to the past for lessons in combat. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A Contrarian View: War & Military History 2019–2020

These titles challenge prevailing wisdom and hardened consensus to consider the necessities, mistakes, and tragedies of war. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Breaking Down 2019's Bestsellers (So Far)

Of the top 40 bestselling books this year across the adult and children's categories, only eight of them were published in 2019, for a grand total of 1/5 of the list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Five questions for... Kit de Waal

Kit de Waal talks to us about her reimagining of Moby Dick, Becoming Dinah, which is the launch title for Orion Children’s Books’ new YA feminist series, Bellatrix.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-04 01:27:59 UTC ]
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Milner answers football fans' questions in Quercus acquisition

Quercus has signed a book by Liverpool and England footballer James Milner, promising to answer all his fans’ questions about what goes on in a professional player’s life. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-03 01:58:56 UTC ]
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Publishing 'sleepwalking into oblivion' over library e-book lending barriers, says librarian

The book world is “sleepwalking into oblivion” if there are not changes to the terms under which e-books are made available to libraries, a chief librarian has warned. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 06:29:44 UTC ]
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Salesforce’s Stan Sugarman on driving business values, breaking down silos and hiring for attitude

Salesforce Senior Vice President Stan Sugarman sits down with Ad Age Associate Publisher Heidi Waldusky to inform why internal collaboration is the foundation for the best customer experience. This custom video series is made possible by Salesforce. Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-25 19:25:00 UTC ]
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Naomi Wolf faces ‘new questions’ as US publisher postpones latest book

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt had said it would stand by Outrages after row in UK over its historical accuracy, but has now recalled copies from storesNaomi Wolf’s US publisher has postponed the release of her new book and is recalling copies from booksellers, saying that new questions have arisen... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-06-14 12:45:53 UTC ]
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Big Tech Can Stay Ahead of Regulators by Breaking Itself Up

Regulators are coming after Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, and it could get ugly. The companies would benefit by acting pre-emptively. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2019-06-10 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Break Up Big Tech? Some Say Not So Fast

Antitrust action alone won’t solve all the problems posed by companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2019-06-07 18:39:40 UTC ]
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Barker questions publishing's long-term commitment to diversity

Pat Barker says she has a distrust of the publishing industry’s regional and class diversity drives because it could be "fashionable" and may not represent a long-term commitment. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-27 18:57:47 UTC ]
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Mark Zuckerberg brushes off 'break up' during Facebook safety check

Facebook issued its latest report on enforcing decency standards on the social network Thursday, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the opportunity to criticize calls for the company to be broken up by regulators. In its "Community Standards Enforcement Report" posted online, Facebook provided... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-23 19:54:32 UTC ]
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Big Tech: Breaking Us Up Will Only Help China

Amid escalating tension with China, executives at Google and Facebook argue that tough regulations against tech will hurt US competitiveness. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2019-05-23 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Six Questions for Kenya Publishers Association Chair Lawrence Njagi

Ahead of the International Publishers Association seminar in Nairobi, Kenya Publishers Association chair Lawrence Njagi looks at agenda-setting issues. The post Six Questions for Kenya Publishers Association Chair Lawrence Njagi appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-22 05:30:09 UTC ]
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Seven questions for... Catrin Wyn Lewis, Rily Publications

Wales on the Map, a hardback picture atlas and encyclopedia, from Children’s publisher Rily, was the bestselling children’s book in Wales in 2018—and the numbers continue to grow... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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