The potential deal would be a breakthrough moment in the library e-book market as Amazon currently does not make its digital content available to libraries. It would also be a major coup for the Digital Public Library of America's upstart e-book platform and its SimplyE library reading app. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Successful publishing campaigns on Kickstarter raised nearly $22 million in 2014, despite a change that removed journalism projects from the publishing category. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: the true story of murder in a 19th-century convent, plus "The Shining" meets "The Abyss." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The End of Power' – a respected, though modestly-selling, nonfiction book – has now been launched to a global audience thanks to Mark Zuckerberg. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The future of Blinkbox books is unclear following the sale of Blinkbox movies to TalkTalk today (8th January). Tesco's trading statement for the 19 weeks to 3rd January revealed that Blinkbox had been sold to mobile and internet company TalkTalk, as mooted at the end of December. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo cast a shadow over the opening of the 25th Doha International Book Fair in Qatar on Wednesday (7th January). The French ambassador Eric Chevallier received messages of condolence as he visited the exhibition floor, and the Saudi... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liu Ruilin discusses her innovative Beijing-based publishing house Imaginist Press and shares her views on design, culture and China's publishing future. The post Liu Ruilin on Imaginist Press and China’s Publishing Future appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pegasus nabs backlist Korean bestseller and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone's William Heinemann imprint has confirmed that its plan to publish Michel Houellebecq's new novel Submission this autumn is "unaltered". The controversial novel, newly released in France by Flammarion, imagines a future France with a Muslim president, and has come into sharpened... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scotland's Falkirk council is consulting on cuts to its school library service (SLS) which managers say would wipe out the service. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE) said in a statement this afternoon that it was “deeply upset” by today's terror attack against publication Charlie Hebdo and “freedom of the press, expression and right to publish, the foundations of democracy.” Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin has acquired the memoir of young transgender activist Paris Lees. The book, which is as yet untitled, is “an original literary endeavour throwing light on feminism, sexuality, upbringing and class”, said the publisher. Helen Conford, publishing director at Penguin Press, acquired the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown Book Group has hired Maddie West as the new deputy publisher for its Sphere Fiction imprint, replacing Rebecca Saunders. West, who is currently editorial director at Atlantic imprint Corvus, will focus on publishing commercial women’s fiction for the list. Saunders, previously... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Officials in Birmingham are hoping that a deal with the British Library could help protect the flagship Library of Birmingham from cuts. According to a report in the Birmingham Post, the council is initiating talks which could see the Library of Birmingham become a regional centre for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A reinforced police guard has been installed at the offices of Flammarion, publisher of Michel Houellebecq's latest novel Soumission (Submission), according to the website of French daily Le Parisien. The novel, published in France today (7th January), is set in 2022 and tells of a new Muslim... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arab publishers have joined those from France and from the international publishing community in voicing condemnation of today's terror attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which saw 12 people lose their lives with a further 11 wounded. Author Salman Rushdie... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Zuckerberg’s selection of The End of Power by Moisés Naím sparks ‘seismic change’ in the book’s fortunes, with 18 months’ sales outstripped in daysHow to be a winner: the books that inspire Mark Zuckerberg and other high flyersWhy would Mark Zuckerberg recommend The End of Power? Facebook... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing projects launched on crowd-sourcing website Kickstarter raised $21.8m (£15m) internationally in 2014, according to the company’s end-of-year round-up. Last year, 22,252 Kickstarter projects reached their funding goals thanks to $529m of pledges from 3.3m backers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Third party sellers accounted for more than 40% of all items sold on Amazon in 2014, the online retailer has revealed. There are currently more than two million vendors on the online retail site, who sold more than two billion items worldwide last year, including books, clothing and other... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 10 most popular stories about graphic novel and comics published on publishersweekly.com in 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oklahoma's former Poet Laureate Nathan Brown discusses how his career was transformed by his decision to transition into self-publishing, tripling sales. The post Nathan L. Brown: The Self-Publishing Poet Laureate appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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