Awards: UAE’s Etisalat, Canada’s Cundill, and USA’s Sisters in Crime Open for Submissions

Ten years in operation, the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature is among the world's highest paying prizes in the field, just as Canada's Cundill Prize is in history awards. The post Awards: UAE’s Etisalat, Canada’s Cundill, and USA’s Sisters in Crime Open for Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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BEA 2015: BEA’s Opening Act: Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen, arguably the most anticipated author at Book Expo, will be featured at the show’s opening session today to talk about "Purity" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Sept. 1), his long-awaited novel and his first in five years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2015: PubMatch Opens Rights Access

Responding to feedback from its most active users, PubMatch, the online rights management and promotion platform, is opening up access to its complete set of features to all users. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2015: The More Crime the Merrier

What could be a more positive sign of a healthy book industry than the launch of a new publishing venture? Crooked Lane Books, a new crime fiction imprint, debuts at BEA with its fall titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books Inc. to Open in Silicon Valley, New Owners for Mystery Lovers

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 52-Storey Treehouse comes out on top at Australian book industry awards

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[ The Guardian | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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USA Today Could End Daily Print Edition in 'Five or Six Years,' Editor-in-Chief Says

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Sigurðardóttir wins Petrona Award

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WHS to open six stores at Sydney airport

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On Developing Publishing in the Arab World and the UAE

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The Wake wins honour from the Bookseller magazine, recognising both the book and its innovative publisher UnboundPaul Kingsnorth’s crowdfunded novel The Wake, which the author wrote in an invented form of Old English and originally envisaged self-publishing, has won the inaugural book of the... Continue reading at The Guardian

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