Avery Hill Dreams Big for Graphic Novels

With only three employees, the U.K.-based graphic novel publisher is building an audience, at home and in the U.S. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Steam's Linux game count explodes in one year, big publishers still absent

Since Valve released the first stable version of Steam for Linux a year ago, the number of Linux-supported games has grown more than fivefold.Valve's digital game distribution service now hosts 333 games for Linux, compared to 60 games last February. (Strangely, Steam's store page claims that... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pocket Gems Launches Hybrid Game, Novel, Comic Platform

Pocket Gems, the San Francisco-based mobile gaming company, has launched Episode, a new mobile gaming platform, that includes a writer’s portal that will enable anyone to utilize the platform to create their own animated story. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphic Arts Books Buys Companion Press

In a deal that adds 27 titles to its backlist, Graphic Arts Books has acquired the trade books and publishing rights of Companion Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Haruki Murakami's new novel due in English this summer

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, already topping charts across Europe, will be published in the UK in AugustHaruki Murakami's UK publisher has announced that the Japanese author's latest novel, which is currently topping charts in Germany, Spain and Holland, will be... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PLA Preview 2014: What’s the Big Idea?

Public Library Association President Carolyn Anthony faces a dilemma. “There’s so much I’m looking forward to that it’s hard to know where to start,” she says, when asked for her perspective on the division’s upcoming biennial conference, set for March 11–15 in Indianapolis, Ind. “I look forward... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling to publish second novel as Robert Galbraith

The Silkworm focuses on killing of a vindictive novelist who has written character assassinations of his peersThe new novel from JK Rowling, written under her pseudonym Robert Galbraith, will feature a novelist who is brutally murdered after writing poison pen-portraits of nearly everyone he... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When the Hills Ask for Your Blood by David Belton – review

David Belton's account of the Rwandan genocide and its aftermath serve as a fitting tribute to the actions of a heroic Franciscan priestMy first reaction when confronted with David Belton's book was to ask what is to be gained from yet another book retelling the horrors of the Rwandan genocide?... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Star Is Convinced Social Media Is Ruining Our Lives

Specs Who Brandi Glanville Age 41 Accomplishments Star of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; author (her new book, Drinking and Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance, will be released Feb. 11) Base Los Angeles What’s the first information you consume in the morning? I guess it... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury buys last three Throne of Glass novels

Bloomsbury has acquired the world rights to the final three titles in Sarah J Maas’ Throne... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen King to publish two novels in 2014

Revival will see horror master return to his signature genre after excursion into crime fiction, Mr MercedesNot content with making his first excursion into hard-boiled detective fiction this summer, Stephen King has announced that he will publish a second novel in the autumn.The 66-year-old... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Second 2014 novel for Stephen King

Hodder & Stoughton will publish Stephen King’s second novel of 2014, Revival, in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta buys novel on Yorkshire Ripper hoax

Granta has bought a debut novel by London writer Mark Blacklock, based on the story of John... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Check It Out with Michael Kelley: Small Libraries Make a Big Impact

Big libraries get all the attention. But in late September of 2013, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) issued an interesting report on small and rural libraries in the United States. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlie Chaplin's only novel published for the first time

Footlights, the screen legend's unseen prequel in prose to the film Limelight, reflects his sadness at declining stardomRead an extract from Footlights by Charlie ChaplinThe only work of prose fiction ever written by Charlie Chaplin, a dark, nostalgic novella which was the root of his great... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gaiman novels adapted for TV

Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys (Headline Review) is to be made into a television series for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Interactive novel' invites readers to Choose-Your-Own sex adventure

Follow Your Fantasy promises fresh spin on the genre pioneered in rather less risqué stories in the 1980sA threesome, sex with a stranger or work on a porn film: the choice will be yours, as HarperCollins prepares to launch an erotic version of the Choose Your Own Adventure books which were... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Rock n roll' tour to promote Moran novel

Caitlin Moran is to go on a “rock n roll literary tour” to promote her new book, How... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs novel spanning China's history

Transworld has acquired world rights to Susan Barker’s The Incarnations, being described by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little music fanzines making a big noise

From the Fly to Zero Core, the most exciting titles in the music market are put together on a shoestring and given away in shops. We talk to the editors proving that print can still thrive• See the best free magazines in pictures hereA few months after its creation, the Fly magazine almost came... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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People Prefer Big, Interruptive Web Ads

So much for blending in.  While the online ad industry falls deeper in love with native ads that fade into the background of Web pages, consumers prefer ads that get in their face by taking over their computer screens. At least, that’s according to a new study on high-impact ads conducted by... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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