Teens have been at the forefront of fighting for the freedom to read. BANNED TOGETHER, publishing in March, is a YA anthology to encourage and support them while talking frankly about contemporary book censorship. Check it out! Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-11 12:30:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#empowering teens
#ya anthology
#talking frankly
#anthology
Our feature interview with Hefner from the pages of the magazine nearly 39 years ago. The post From the Archive: Read Folio:’s Exclusive 1979 Interview with Hugh Hefner appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#hugh hefner
If users could opt out of retargeting with a single click, it could have ripple effects throughout the ad and media industries. The post Turning off retargeting could hurt publishers and empower Google, Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#post turning
#facebook appeared
#hurt publishers
#ripple effects
#media industries
Charlie Higson is writing a new book in the bestselling Fighting Fantasy gamebook series for Scholastic UK, set for an April 2018 release. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#charlie higson
#scholastic uk
Three gold certifications and one platinum go to big-selling UK novelist Victoria Hislop by the Specsavers optical companyand Nielsen Book. The post ‘Perfect Holiday Read’ Author Victoria Hislop Given Four Specsavers Citations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Organized by publishing running enthusiasts, the 5K run will start the week with a good look at the Main River before the rights trading takes over. The post At Frankfurt Book Fair: A First ‘Buchmesse Kickoff Run’ Benefits Room To Read appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#read appeared
Penguin Random House has acquired an "empowering" book for businesswomen called How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith in a seven-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Barack Obama published a Facebook post calling the White house out on its decision to rescind the Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act. “To target these young people is wrong–because they have done nothing wrong,” Obama writes. “It is self-defeating–because they want to start new... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#white house
Gamergate's first target has a new book that's part memoir, part manifesto, and all about combating online harassment. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2017-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#part memoir
#part manifesto
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg supports the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. He published a note late Wednesday, joining other business leaders in asking President Trump and Congress to protect from deportation those qualified undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#business leaders
#president trump
#satya nadella
An Indian writer who was refused a visa for a poetry project has had the decision overturned by the Home Office weeks after Tiny Owl illustrator Ehsan Abdollahi won his visa fight. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The Ukrainian ban on Russian-language book imports is seen as contributing to closures and consolidations. Surviving publishers are reported struggling. The post Ukraine Publishing Industry’s Bad Year: Closures Amid Kiev’s Russian Book Ban appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#bad year
Ahead of France's program as Guest of Honor at Frankfurt in October, the Parisian editor talks about how political distractions may be slowing book sales. The post Livre Hebdo’s Fabrice Piault on Politics and France’s Reading Culture appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#fabrice piault
#reading culture
#political distractions
Ahead of France's program as Guest of Honor at Frankfurt in October, a Parisian editor talks about how political distractions may be slowing book sales. The post Livres Hebdo’s Fabrice Piault on Politics and France’s Reading Culture appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#livres hebdo
#fabrice piault
#reading culture
#political distractions
Its chief critic took a buy-out. It's consolidating like crazy. But the Gray Lady's books team is neither flailing nor failing. Here's what it is doing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#chief critic
#gray lady
A cast of 350 readers will stage an 11-hour promenade performance to celebrate three-and-a-half centuries of Paradise Lost at John Milton’s cottage. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
A federal judge has signed off on a permanent injunction immediately barring Moppet Books from distributing in the U.S. any versions of its KinderGuides series held to be infringing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#federal judge
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) and digital textbook provider Kortext have bought a reading lists management system, rebus:list, from library management supplier PTFS Europe. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Former prime minister tells BBC Radio 4 that learning about the Russian revolutionary was ‘like a light going on’Tony Blair has said that he “toyed with Marxism” as a young man after being inspired by a biography of Leon Trotsky that detailed “extraordinary causes and injustices”.The former... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#tony blair
#young man
#prime minister
#jeremy corbyn
On April Fools' Day this year, Amazon spoofed itself with an introduction to PetLexa, an animal-friendly version of its Alexa voice assistant. Now, it's actually releasing something real--audiobooks for animals. Today, Audible announced a new brand of books with Cesar Millan, a longtime dog... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#april fools
Perhaps it was because today is the last hurrah before A-listers head off to the beach and the mountains to escape summer's dog days. Whatever the reason, Michael's was jumping today. I was joined by CNN's Alisyn Camerota, whose new book Amanda Wakes Up was released July 25. I read it in three... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#dog days