Audio will be "centre stage" at the Quantum data conference at London Book Fair this year, organisers have said. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon Callow will voice a Headline audio original of Oscar Wilde's poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol and De Profundis ahead of the 125th anniversary of Wilde's sentencing for "gross indecency" next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 23:14:14 UTC ]
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Telling original, Indigenous-focused stories in different genres, filmmaker Jeff Barnaby is helping to normalize the presence of Indigenous people in a variety of realms: horror, science fiction and the broader cultural world. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-09-10 17:00:00 UTC ]
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Oren Teicher, head of the American Booksellers Association, has hailed the next generation of booksellers to take on Amazon and other challenges in the years ahead as he and his UK counterpart Tim Godfray prepare to retire. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-10 11:23:53 UTC ]
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The woman at the helm of one of the UK’s largest children’s specialists discusses the challenges and opportunities in the modern-day global publishing market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 21:54:50 UTC ]
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Booksellers must pull together with other retailers in their community to increase footfall and save the British high street, the Booksellers Association conference heard on Sunday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-08 23:26:25 UTC ]
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Booksellers have voted for their 25 favourite poetry books from the last 25 years to mark the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Day—with work by Alice Oswald and Maya Angelou making the cut. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-08 15:11:46 UTC ]
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Some of The Bookseller Children's Conference speakers talk about the advantages and disadvantages of working outside of London, and what the London-based industry can learn by looking further afield. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 10:32:27 UTC ]
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WPP's Essence has made its name as Google's digital media agency - with a culture that's more like a tech company than a traditional buying shop. And now its global CEO has been picked to transform parent company Group M. So how much does Essence's rise point the way to the future? Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2019-09-04 12:54:23 UTC ]
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This month's Publishing Next program is set in Miramar, Goa, with participation from Big Five and independent publishing representatives. The post The Eighth ‘Publishing Next’ Conference Set for Southwestern India appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-04 05:30:04 UTC ]
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The full programme for this year’s Bookseller Children’s Conference has been revealed, with a packed line-up including Catherine Bell, Cressida Cowell, Alice Burden and Jamila Metran. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-03 21:26:28 UTC ]
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FutureBook has launched an audio originals writing competition, which will see the winning work published as an audiobook and the successful author hosted at the FutureBook Conference. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-03 00:18:49 UTC ]
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The full terms and conditions for FutureBook's Audio Originals writing competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-02 01:30:35 UTC ]
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This time last year, we asked writers to imagine the future of the book, as part of FutureBook's first ever writing competition—this year we are turning the dial louder. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-01 22:06:37 UTC ]
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There are some things all agents want to see from writers, but they don't agree on everything. Here's how literary agents agree and differ on what they want from writers. The post How Literary Agents Agree and Differ: Lessons From the Annual Writer’s Digest Conference by Robert Lee Brewer... Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-08-28 13:00:41 UTC ]
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Blind magician Chad Allen has entertained audiences for 20 years at Hollywood's Magic Castle. His latest trick: an audio comic book whose heroine does battle in Trump's America. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-08-26 14:00:59 UTC ]
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An August 12 letter, signed by three senators raised concerns that the data harvested and maintained by digital educational publishers today “could pose a serious risk to students, parents, and educational institutions" if "stolen, collected, or sold without their permission or knowledge.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agents are gatekeepers of the publishing industry, and more than 50 literary agents and editors will be listening to pitches at the 2019 Writer's Digest Annual Conference as part of its popular Pitch Slam program. Here are a few Pitch Slam agents who have been featured on Publishing... Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-08-14 13:31:11 UTC ]
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Audible's push into original content now includes a team-up with a company best-known for its comic books and TV shows. The Amazon-owned audiobook service has struck a deal with Skybound, the team behind The Walking Dead, to create multiple Audible... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-08-13 18:43:00 UTC ]
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The past half-decade has seen a digital subscription renaissance in the news publishing industry. Publishers are increasingly recognizing a market Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-08-13 17:00:55 UTC ]
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A production of Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees’s Giraffes Can’t Dance (Orchard) is coming to the stage this Christmas, in association with Hachette Children’s Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 10:00:57 UTC ]
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