It's been a rough week for Barnes & Noble. And month. And year. And it may get worse before (if) it gets better. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thousands of Angelenos braved the heat Sunday to participate in the 31st annual AIDS Walk in Los Angeles. The 6.2-mile walk began at 10 a.m. at West Hollywood Park, with the route continuing along Santa Monica Boulevard and through the Fairfax district. More than 20,000 people registered to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Tokens is to partner with Book Aid International to help support the charity's work to provide books and develop library services in sub-Saharan Africa. A specially designed National Book Tokens gift card will go on sale this week with 1% of the value of each card sold to be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrity chefs have collaborated on a new charity cookbook, Soup for Syria, to help fund food relief efforts for Syrian refugees. The post Celebrity Chefs Publish Soup Cookbook to Aid Syrian Refugees appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LitRes, Russia's dominant ebookseller, is helping to develop the country's National Digital Library, which is expected to host 1.5m + titles by 2018. The post LitRes Aids Procurement for Russia’s National E-Library appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Luxembourg provided “state aid” to Amazon through its tax arrangements for the company, the European Commission has said in a preliminary finding. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Aid International sent more than a million books to African libraries in 2014, almost doubling their distribution figures for 2013. The charity, which works in partnership with library services in Africa to distribute new books and learning resources, celebrated its 60th anniversary... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key Books has acquired two titles for teens from Stuart David, a founding member of the band Belle & Sebastian. Editor Naomi Colthurst bought world rights for Jackdaw and the Randoms and a further untitled Jackdaw book from agent Joanna Swainson at Hardman & Swainson. Bass player... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster says it has become the first publisher in the UK to acquire books about the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere fought in some of Europe's toughest battlesWilliam "Wild Bill" Guarnere, one of the second world veterans whose exploits were dramatised in the TV miniseries Band of Brothers, has died. He was 90.His son, William Guarnere Jr, confirmed on Sunday that his father died... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Lebanese-American novelist Rabih Alameddine discusses the need to both belong to and be estranged from a culture in order to be able to effectively evoke it in literature. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House is to make a "substantial donation" to the Red Cross to aid relief... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Radical booksellers and publishers have banded together following a suspicious fire at an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alison Hubert, previously of Macmillan Education, has been appointed as the new director of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the amount of digital content expected to overtake the written editorial work carried out by customer publishers, plus a move towards redefining the sector as content marketing, Mike Fletcher investigates a sector that's keeping up with modern media times. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A sector in transition, magazines are experimenting with digital platforms and deeper reader engagement. Mike Fletcher speaks to the leading magazine publishers about what is happening, just weeks after the latest ABC figures were posted. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 06/07/2011 - 16:25 The Legal Services Commission, which handles legal aid, has been accused of "cynically changing the rules" by ignoring the decision of its own appeals panel that library campaigners pursuing judicial review claims should not... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 27/05/2011 - 12:34 Campaigners seeking legal aid to pursue judicial review claims against local library closures are being asked for "community contributions" of over 50% of costs by the Legal Services Commission (LSC). Isle of Wight... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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