Amazon has struck a major deal with the New York City public school district to provide ebooks to its students. The deal is reported to be worth $30 million. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amid cheers for YouTube stars and TV producers, BookCon 2017 pulls a big crowd and gets free books into eager hands, the follow to ReedPOP's BookExpo. The post Weekend at the Trade Show: BookCon Busies Up the BookExpo Floor in New York City appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The South Dakota Historical Society Press is hoping that lightning will strike twice at BookExpo: this year, the small press is promoting "Pioneer Girl Perpectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder," edited by Nancy Tystad Koupal, 150 years after Wilder’s birth on February 7, 1867. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Amazon runs out of ways to expand its mountain-sized market share in the online retail space, its attempts to grow its presence in the real world are continuing to materialize, with new plans being firmed up on both coasts of the United States. Today, it officially launched AmazonFresh... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stop by the PW BookExpo Librarians’ Lounge (Booth 875) to speak with Baker & Taylor representatives, who will be om hand throughout BookExpo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon will open its seventh bookstore on Thursday in New York, the company's first brick-and-mortar location in the home city of America's publishing industry. The 4,000-square-foot store, near the headquarters of publishers Penguin Random House, Hachette and Simon & Schuster, held a soft... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jimmy Breslin, the street-savvy, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist whose two-fisted prose championing the little guy and pillorying those who betrayed the public trust made him a New York City institution for more than 40 years, died Sunday. He was 88. Breslin, who also turned out a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From colouring and picture books for children to work by adult authors including Maira Kalman, new project will celebrate the library’s role in the life of the cityA treasure trove of rare books, manuscripts, maps, photographs and more are set to fire the imaginations of authors in a new venture... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The agreement will create and publish a program of print and ebooks for adults and for children, inspired by the library’s collections. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing has acquired two new and unseen titles by the late novelist Catherine Cookson, including a memoir. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following a court ruling that it was involved in ebook price-fixing with five publishers, Apple has started the process of paying back $400m in refunds. Despite agreeing to pay out the thick end of half a billion dollars, Apple denies doing anything wrong. Interestingly, the payouts will not... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ticketmaster isn't the only site giving you freebies this week. Thanks to a class-action lawsuit, Apple is paying for Amazon account credit for people who bought certain ebooks between April 2010 and May 2012. You can check here to see if you've got any settlement money in your account. Amazon... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Investigation Discovery channel has been taking notes on Comic Con. The marketing convention held at the Jacob Javits Center every fall allows comic book fans from around the world a chance to... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published author Adam Croft has been snapped up for a publishing deal by Amazon imprint Thomas & Mercer after releasing what he says is the biggest-selling book by a self-published author in 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bylines by women at the New York Times Book Review and the New Republic are among the ‘dramatic increases’ over the last year, according to Vida’s annual survey of the publishing gender splitFemale authors and reviewers have found more room on literary pages over the last year, according to the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With 18 days left on its $50,000 fall fix-up Indiegogo fundraiser, feminist bookstore Bluestockings has raised $37,800. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Items that inspired 'Mary Poppins,' given by P.L. Travers herself, are on view at the Children's Center of the main branch of the New York Public Library. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the end of 2014, after a groundswell of media attention and public protests, New York Public Library officials abandoned a controversial renovation dubbed the Central Library Plan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adam Silvera, whose first novel, "More Happy Than Not," is due from SohoTeen June 2, is a native New Yorker, a former bookseller, and a frequenter of some Manhattan book lovers’ attractions that he reveals to BEA attendees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In New York City for BEA? Lonely Planet’s got your free time in the morning, afternoon, and evening covered. From strolling wild urban greenways to sipping sangria on a riverside dock, there’s a world of great attractions within easy reach of the Javits Center. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Irish Arts Center in New York City will be handing out thousands of books by Irish writers to NYC residents on the holiday. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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