Audible buys rights to Robyn Travis memoir

OWN IT! has sold audio rights to Prisoner to the Streets by Robyn Travis to Audible. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Hilco buys HMV debt

Restructuring company Hilco has bought HMV’s debt, taking effective control of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oahu Publications, Inc. Buys 'The Garden Island' Newspaper

HONOLULU/LIHUE &ndash; Oahu Publications, Inc. (OPI) and Kauai Publishing Co. announced today that OPI has purchased The Garden Island newspaper from Lee Enterprises, of Davenport, Iowa. The expected closing date is February 11, 2013. Financial ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP buys Nelson Thornes

OUP has bought education publisher Nelson Thornes from Infinitas Learning for an undisclosed sum... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion races to buy McCoy thriller

Orion has bought a thriller written by champion jockey A P McCoy, set in the world of horse... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What We Buy Now

The first thing I do each Monday morning when I get to work at the White Plains Public Library is review a purchase alert report. By seeing what items have received the largest numbers of holds—or reserves—from my customers, I gain insight into what books and DVDs are trending in my community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advance Buys Digital Ad Agency Pop

Newspaper and magazine publishing company Advance Publications Inc. has acquired Seattle-based digital advertising agency Pop, the companies announced this week. Pop will operate as an independent division of Advance Publications. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate buys new Pilkington tie-in

Canongate has bought a new book by TV presenter Karl Pilkington, with the title, The Moaning of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liverpool UP buys Exeter's history lists

Liverpool University Press is to acquire University of Exeter Press' medieval studies,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Is How You Write a Memoir

There has lately been a rising backlash against the ubiquity of personal writing. Hamilton Nolan’s anti-confessional diatribe in Gawker claims that journalism students are now taught only to write about themselves, which I can say as a full-time faculty member at a journalism school is patently... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson buys a small stake in Nook Media, wants a fast track for digital education

Publishers often want to work closely with ebook outlets -- possibly a little too closely -- but it's rare that they involve themselves directly. Pearson is taking that uncommon step by making a 5 percent, $89.5 million investment in Nook Media, the joint venture between Barnes & Noble and... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book restrictions leave 'buyers' with few rights

Unlike the owners of a physical tome, buyers of ebooks are licensees with lots of limitations. It's time to change the rules.There's a crass old joke about how you can never buy beer, just rent it. Who would think that the same joke applies to book buying in the digital age? Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S acquires espionage memoir

Simon & Schuster has bought Joe Corry’s Second World War memoir 005: Ian Fleming’... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen to offer ebook buying research via Kantar Worldpanel

Nielsen is linking up with consumer insight company Kantar Worldpanel in an association that will... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon-Owned Audible Will Sponsor Much of the Guardian's Book Content

Newspapers&rsquo; books coverage is even less profitable than newspapers overall, and many book review sections are shrinking or disappearing completely. In an attempt to subsidize such coverage, the Guardian has partnered with the Amazon-owned d ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian partners with Audible

The Guardian has partnered with Amazon-owned Audible to provide a free audio edition of its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld Wakes up with Anna Hope buy

Transworld has acquired a "powerful wartime novel", Wake by Anna Hope, with plans to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N launches 'buy a Nook, we'll give a book,' promoting literacy one rhyme at a time

Sure, it's probably not going to convince you to pick up a new device if you weren't already in the market for one, but that's not really the point, right? Barnes & Noble's kicking off the season of giving with its "Buy a Nook, We'll Give a Book" promotion, which finds the company donating a... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Roads buys Kirsty Wark novels

Hodder imprint Two Roads has acquired two novels from "Newsnight" presenter Kirsty Wark... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Grace Coddington fashions a memoir

Vogue's longtime creative director writes about the names behind the pages. Do Anna Wintour, Pat Cleveland or Helmut Newton ring a bell?GraceA Memoir Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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