At Frankfurt: Isabel Cristina Giraldo on Sharing Colombian Stories

At Colombia's Frankfurt Book Fair stand, Isabel Cristina Giraldo is helping Colombian publishers and authors connect with international audiences. The post At Frankfurt: Isabel Cristina Giraldo on Sharing Colombian Stories appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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The Top 10 Library Stories of 2016

PW takes a look back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world in 2016, and what they portend for 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson shares learning design under creative commons license

Pearson is making its Learning Design Principles (LDPs) publicly available under a creative commons license to "broaden the conversation" on the learning principles that should form the basis for educational products. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW’s 10 Most-Read Religion Stories of 2016

From the ever-changing terrain of Christian fiction to a preview of religion books getting big-screen adaptations, here are PW’s most-read religion and spirituality stories of 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Weekly’s Top Comics Stories of 2016

Here are the ten most popular stories about graphic novels and comics published on publishersweekly.com in 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jack Reacher short story collection coming in June

Transworld is publishing a collection of Jack Reacher short stories in June 2017, set to be the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp’s Domain pornography story is ‘gutter’ journalism, Fairfax says

Report in the Australian says property portal is buying ad space on pornographic and illegal download websites to inflate its audience figuresFairfax Media has accused News Corp of gutter journalism after the Australian claimed the company placed advertising for its property portal Domain on... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Best of the week: Twitter’s woes and Snapchat Live Stories doubts

To get you ready for the weekend, we've rounded up some of our best stories this week: Twitter is falling out of favor with publishers as a reliable driver of traffic. It doesn’t have the audience scale, visual storytelling tools and ad products that Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook do. On... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicholas Allan donates archive to Seven Stories

Author and illustrator Nicholas Allan, whose books include as Father Christmas Needs a Wee and The Queen's Knickers (Red Fox), is donating his entire archive to Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible offers strike relief with free Philip Pullman story

Audible is giving away a short story by Philip Pullman to help London commuters deal with the Southern and TfL strikes. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short stories smuggled out of North Korea given PEN Translation award

A story collection smuggled out of North Korea - and translated by Man Booker International Prize-winner Deborah Smith - has been selected to receive a PEN Translation award from English PEN. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2016 Costa Short Story Award: public vote opens

The public vote for the 2016 Costa Short Story Award is now open and three shortlisted stories, selected from over 1,000 entires, are now available to read and listen to from the Costa Book Awards website.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cover Story: 'The Girl Who Knew Too Much'

When Jayne Ann Krentz decided to take her 19th century Amanda Quick mysteries into the 20th century, the look of the novels needed a thoroughly modern update. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Instagram recruits college football teams to market Stories

Instagram has recruited seven colleges to use Instagram Stories as part of a new initiative to show the behind-the-scenes atmosphere on game days through the rest of the college football season. For the program, Instagram is also providing training and insights on Instagram Stories. The approach... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small Stories, Big Picture

Why a new era of multimedia storytelling, fueled by smartphones and powerful digital tools, means change for libraries and publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks StoryTime app narrates children's stories on your Apple TV

To encourage parents and kids to read together, Apple has debuted a new app for tvOS. The iBooks StoryTime app features "Read-Aloud" tool that narrates books and flips pages automatically. For the times when you'd rather read to your child yourself,... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt, Krakow and Conrad: A Hungarian Perspective on Book Fairs

'A significant book fair doesn't seem to have been able to come into being in Central and Eastern Europe" says Hungary's Zsuzsanna Szabó. The post Frankfurt, Krakow and Conrad: A Hungarian Perspective on Book Fairs appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘No one’s making money on Facebook’: Video publishers share what’s on their minds

Monetizing Facebook, unsurprisingly, is a big concern for video publishers. Other concerns include competing with companies for a small pool of talent that understands social and digital; how Facebook’s algorithm has made it harder for publishers to differentiate while also chasing scale; and... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Week at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Andrew Harwell, senior editor at HarperCollins Children's Books and winner of PW's second annual Star Watch award, shares his notes and pictures throughout his week at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Story of The Songaminute Man to HQ

HQ has snapped up rights to The Songaminute Man, an "inspirational" memoir of entertainer and "viral sensation", 80-year-old Ted McDermott, told by his son Simon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film deal for hyped Frankfurt children’s title

Twentieth Century Fox has signed the film rights to Jessica Townsend’s Nevermoor, a children’s manuscript that was subject to an eight-publisher auction at the Frankfurt Book Fair last month.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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