APS to explore e-textbooks initiative

How best to deliver digital textbooks to students and who should do it, will be two key issues up... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Qandeel Baloch was a social media star in Pakistan. A new book explores her life and murder.

“A Woman Like Her” is both an intimate portrait and a sweeping look at cultural shifts — and the price paid by women. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-06 15:00:00 UTC ]
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A round of ap-paws for this bookstore, where you can also adopt a cat!

Sometimes you just have to read between the lines—the felines, that is! There’s something about books and cats that just go together. You’ve probably met your fair share of bookshop cats, but have you ever stumbled into a store looking for A Tale of Two Cities and left with two kitties? Otis and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-16 18:38:25 UTC ]
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In ‘Cleanness,’ Garth Greenwell explores the mysteries of love and pleasure

This story collection revisits an American teacher in Bulgaria from the novel “What Belongs to You.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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University presses launch new initiatives to reach readers with ‘experts’ in vogue

The boom in "smart non-fiction" has been a boon to university presses, with several publishers investing in new or ramped-up trade crossover lists. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-21 12:05:56 UTC ]
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Elton, Sharabi, Hall and Ridout to explore global book economy at FutureBook

HarperCollins executive publisher Kate Elton, Wonderbly founder Asi Sharabi, Lonely Planet editorial director Tom Hall, and Amanda Ridout, founder of Boldwood, will discuss the global book economy at FutureBook Live 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 07:41:35 UTC ]
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FutureBook Live to explore publishing freedom and free speech

Issues around publishing freedom and free speech are to be debated at FutureBook Live, with a panel of industry insiders, including publishers, agents and authors to discuss how today's political climate and the rise of social media has changed what is permissible and possible to publish today.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 22:49:03 UTC ]
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The biggest barrier to future space exploration is in our heads

With enough time, the technological challenges of sending humans to Mars and beyond are solvable. But psychologically, we’re not ready to leave our home. In 1945 British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke—now best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey—correctly predicted the invention of... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2019-10-22 00:00:30 UTC ]
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Ford botches Explorer launch, putting CEO back on hot seat

Ford Motor Co.’s Jim Hackett and Wall Street analysts started this year frustrated with one another. Sure, the automaker had been underperforming, but the chief executive appealed for time to show he was fixing things. He assured them the redesigned Explorer SUV rolling out months later would be... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-21 21:58:49 UTC ]
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Idris Elba-backed literary podcast Generation veX to explore race

A new podcast exploring race and identity in literature with guests including Bernardine Evaristo, Sara Collins and Derek Owusu has been launched, sponsored by Idris Elba’s production company. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-21 13:07:13 UTC ]
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Facebook Watch Updates Its Initiative of Partnering Publishers With Creators

Facebook provided an update on an initiative it is testing, in which it partnered up digital publishers with creators and public figures with established communities on the social network to create exclusive video content for its Facebook Watch video destination. The test began in the U.S.... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-10-15 16:45:31 UTC ]
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Science fiction offers a useful way to explore China-Africa relations

Science fiction writing often serves as a thought experiment that explores shared and hidden beliefs whose material and political reverberations lie further in the future. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2019-09-16 11:39:25 UTC ]
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News Corp Answers Big Tech by Exploring its Own News Distribution Site

In a response to most news publishers’ checklist of needs from a digital conduit to their content, News Corp is Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-09-12 18:30:12 UTC ]
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Lynda Barry Explores the Language of Art

The cartoonist and educator uses comics to help readers unleash creativity in 'Making Comics.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This Cookbook from 1942 Is a Textbook for Making a Better World

My stove and I have been at odds for some time now. Beautiful and wasteful, it is the kind that is ubiquitous in Los Angeles kitchens of a certain vintage and which has chrome fins like a muscle car. And like those muscle cars, it is a gas guzzler. Aside from the standard four burners, […] The... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2019-08-29 11:00:20 UTC ]
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A Witch's Invitation to Initiation

In ‘Initiated: Memoir of a Witch,’ Amanda Yates Garcia describes the empowerment she found through witchcraft and encourages others to do the same. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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7 Crime Manga That Explore the Other Side of the Law

Do you like criminals in your manga? What about criminals as the main characters? If so, check out this list of crime manga! Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-08-15 10:34:10 UTC ]
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Facebook Joins Initial Lineup at IAB’s NewFronts West

The Interactive Advertising Bureau is putting together the lineup for its second annual Digital Content NewFronts West, the L.A. version of its one-week event held in New York in the spring. So far, the list includes tech giant Facebook, which will make its case for ad dollars for the first time... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-08-08 15:34:45 UTC ]
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Comscore is 'exploring all strategic options' after missing on revenue

Comscore, its stock already approaching all-time lows, missed expectations of flat revenue with a 4.4 percent decline last quarter. The media measurement company’s interim CEO said on a Tuesday earnings call after market close that it’s “exploring all strategic options.” The stock already has... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-07 00:08:01 UTC ]
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Jonathan Fetter-Vorm and Mary Anne Mohanraj on the Anniversary of Apollo 11 and Space Exploration

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, author and illustrator Jonathan Fetter-Vorm and science fiction writer Mary Anne Mohanraj talk to hosts V. V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and how space exploration has been... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-25 08:47:28 UTC ]
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Bookselling Groups Ready Green Initiatives

The U.K.'s Booksellers Association is working with the ABA and the Australian Bookseller Association to develop a manifesto detailing environmentally friendly practices for the book business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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