Expanding to three days and a bigger hall did not prevent the Baltimore Comic Con, held September 5-7 at the Baltimore Convention Center, from remaining the same friendly, informal event that many in the area have come to love. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robyn Carr might not be a household name, but she’s certainly a force to be reckoned with on the bestseller lists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House has recently updated its BookScout app that allow it to sync up with Facebook’s improved timeline and About page. Can it capitalize on Goodreads/Amazon discontent? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Julieta Lionetti questions why Planeta was ever seduced by the tens of millions of Spanish-speaking Americans and if the Guadalajara Book Fair is following in its footsteps. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble may have saved most of the limelight today for in-app purchasing on Nook hardware, but it's not leaving other platforms by the wayside. Its Nook 3.4 update for iOS focuses heavily on visuals, with new support for both Nook Comics as well as "HD" magazines on Retina... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Jobs biography published again, this time as a manga comic...sans superpowers or one shred of lycra. Walter Isaacson's official Steve Jobs biography is a heck of a read, but if the idea of trawling through lots of dead-tree text galls your inner geek, then you'll love the fact it's now... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frédérique Rusch transforms Mondrian’s two-dimensional primary-colored grid into a three-dimensional space, with a subtle Charles Burns reference thrown in for good measure. It’s all wonderfully meta: The first page of this comic by Frédérique Rusch is a simple grid that you may or may not... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Porter Anderson's curation publishing buzz takes in the IndieReCon virtual conference, questions B&N's future, and looks atbuying your way to the top of the bestseller list. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Printed graphic storytelling is an extension of all that has been performed for centuries across Asia, where often the word and the graphic symbol are one. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With ebooks’ share of unit sales rising from 14% for the first nine months of 2011 to 22% for the same period in 2012, the biggest winners among retailers were Amazon and dedicated ebookstores and digital download sites. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Whether they call themselves publishers or distributors, whether they promise elaborate marketing plans, or the basic production tasks necessary to get an ebook up for sale, there are a growing number of companies selling (and acquiring) backlist books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every day, publishing is finding new ways to connect books to readers, but few traditional publishers give as much control to their audience as Osprey Publishing, a U.K.–based military history publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital royalty rates on ebook only lists are beginning to rise, as publishers look to grow... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo has appointed former Apple sales director Jean-Marc Dupuis to oversee its European expansion... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titan Comics has teamed up with comics veteran Dave Elliot on a new co-publishing venture which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Captain Hook becomes a Nazi and Peter Pan is a freedom fighter in the series 'Peter Panzerfaust.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Still have an old Kindle Touch sitting around? You have some new features to play with. Despite replacing it with a brighter son, Amazon is still updating its original touch sensitive e-reader -- outfitting it with a new UI, enhanced parental controls and Whispersync for Voice, which shares... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK retail sales grew by 1.5% in the run-up to Christmas and online retail saw a boost of 17.8%,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What is the future of the comic book format? Will it go all digital? Continue its slow decline? Disappear? Or is due for a nostalgic revival like so much else? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Andrew Lownie Literary Agency has appointed David Haviland to build a fiction list, with the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired two new novels by Gillian Flynn, author of bestselling... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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