Alexandra Chang’s ‘Days of Distraction’ experiments with form to reveal the complexities of modern life

The debut novel intersperses the story of a tech reporter in Silicon Valley with Facebook posts, tweets, Google results and other fragments. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
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The Prose Factory by DJ Taylor review – beware the suggestion that literary life isn’t what it used to be

The truth about book prizes, why Amazon is like an old-fashioned library and how much famous writers really earned from their journalism …Periodically, signs go up saying that Grub Street is closed to through traffic. Observers speculate that the street is being redeveloped as gentrification... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘There’s been a mindset change': Legacy publishers are catching up

The narrative about legacy print and TV brands is that their legacy processes and businesses would make it hard for them to adjust to the Web, which has been dominated by smaller, more nimble upstarts. But many of these publishers have taken lessons from their startup successors, using the tools... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ABA Winter Institute 2016: Big Plans for April’s Independent Bookstore Day

Last year’s inaugural national Independent Bookstore Day, which coincided with Free Comic Book Day on May 2, was a huge success. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones reveals New Year Book Club titles

Two Weidenfeld & Nicolson titles and the Desmond Elliott Prize winner are among the eight novels to have made it onto the Waterstones New Year Book Club, commencing in January. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On the moon, China's Chang'e 3 Yutu rover finds a new type of basaltic rock

Sometimes fresh interplanetary discoveries can be made right next door. China’s Chang’e 3 rover has found evidence of a new type of basaltic rock in one of the dark basins on the moon. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, focus on a geologically young region of the moon’s... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Rankin's modern meat cookery guide to Ebury

 Ebury Press, part of Penguin Random House, has acquired Low and Slow: How to Cook Meat by Neil Rankin: a guide to "modern meat cookery". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Understanding the Complex World of Star Wars Publishing

Publishing books for the Star Wars franchise requires a understanding of interlocking multiverses, authorized storylines — and it hasn't always gone smoothly. The post Understanding the Complex World of Star Wars Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple reveals bestselling iBooks of 2015

E L James' Fifty Shades of Grey series has claimed five spots on Apple's iBooks 2015 best-selling fiction chart while Jeffrey Archer has claimed four spots and Lee Child has two. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Do These 'Instagram Husbands' Remind You of Any Poor Bastards in Your Life?

The life of an Instagram star might seem stylish and elegant, but what about the poor sidekick left holding the camera like some off-screen putz? A new video called "Instagram Husband" tells the heartbreaking (or at least relatable) story of men whose existence has dwindled into two roles:... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Allison Goes to College in ‘Giant Days’

Allison’s new series about young women off to college looks to repeat the success of another Boom! Studios series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling inspires surge to fund book on race and immigration in three days

A £5,000 donation and tweet from Harry Potter author JK Rowling have pushed The Good Immigrant to its funding targetA host of authors, including JK Rowling, David Nicholls, Jonathan Coe and Evie Wyld have powered a crowdfunded anthology of essays on race and immigration to its funding target in... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Modern Luxury Media Launches New Silicon Valley Magazine

City and regional luxury lifestyle publisher targets tech affluents with newest bimonthly title. The post Modern Luxury Media Launches New Silicon Valley Magazine appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Day: Writers are 'divided into two camps'

Authors are divided into two camps – those who self-publish and those who are traditionally-published, and the “eternal debate” over which is superior should end, The Bookseller’s Author Day has heard. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kids These Days: They Might Just Pay for Digital Content

Media consumers who prefer native digital content now make up nearly half the audience for entertainment in developed markets and more than a third of the audience for publishing and online services. In developing markets, those shares are slightly lower but trending in the same direction, Bain... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reading Agency reveals Summer Reading fall

The number of children in the UK who took part in The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge this year was down 2.8% on last year’s figure. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Radio 4 to air T S Eliot's Practical Cats poems on Christmas Day

Actor Jeremy Irons will read T S Eliot’s Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats poems on Radio 4 on Christmas Day morning as part of a host of literature-related festive programming. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Rally 'Round Ninja Day

A band of children's authors with recently published ninja-themed books have joined forces to organize Ninja Day Story Time, to encourage booksellers, librarians, and young ninja devotees to celebrate the occasion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Murtagh reveals Mog masterclass

Ann-Janine Murtagh, executive publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books, is expecting her “biggest ever Christmas” thanks to a partnership with Sainsbury’s, which has resulted in Judith Kerr’s picture book feline Mog starring in the supermarket’s festive TV advert. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winnie-the-Pooh sequel details revealed

Egmont Publishing has revealed the title and authors of a new Winnie-the-Pooh sequel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury's Brings Beloved Kids' Character to Life -- and Tops U.K. Book Sales

This week saw an unexpected new title shoot to the top of the U.K's official book charts: "Mog's Christmas Calamity," by children's author Judith Kerr. Aged 92, Kerr has penned a new book featuring "Mog," a cat beloved to generations of British kids but what's really unusual is that she wrote... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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