Amazon.co.uk picks Rising Stars

Written By: Charlotte Williams Amazon.co.uk has selected books published by Myriad Editions, Fig Tree, Atlantic Books and Simon & Schuster as its four Rising Stars for this quarter. Snowdrops by A D Miller (Atlantic Books) is currently the featured book, with a Q&A with Miller on the promotion page along with media reviews. My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira (Fig Tree), thriller The Terror of Living by Urban Waite (Simon & Schuster) and Into the Darkest Corner byElizabeth Haynes (Myriad Editions) will follow as the other titles chosen for this first quarter. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google shuts down reseller scheme for UK bookshops too

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B&N moves fuel UK Nook hopes

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Amazon Will Review Kindle Newspaper Submission After All

Days after it told one publisher it had indefinitely suspended the programme to approve its Kindle newspaper edition submission, Amazon has suddenly relented. Last week, Scotland’s Herald & Times Group grumbled publicly that, after tw ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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Bad new for independent bookstores: Is Google becoming "another Amazon"?

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