The gift of a simple red pencil gives a girl in war-ravaged Sudan the opportunity to express her feelings and overcome her grief. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Literature organisations in the North East have said they face difficult times with a combination... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biographer Anne Sebba is to take over as chair of the Society of Authors, succeeding Lindsey... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ziff Davis valuation is way up in the clouds. The tech-centric publisher has been sold to j2 Global, Inc., a business cloud services company, for $167 million, the companies announced today. The cash purchase is expected to yield j2 $60 million in 2013 revenues, said officials. Formerly a... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wade Davis has won the £20,000 Samuel Johnson prize for Non-Fiction for his book about... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador publisher Paul Baggaley has bought "a wonderfully entertaining dark comedy of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones has launched a “light-hearted” branding campaign to coincide with selling... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton is to undergo a restructure in the new year, creating two separate... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Patrick Harris, multi-hyphenate entertainer, will release a memoir in 2014 about his career so far. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'This Is Not My Hat' is from Jon Klassen, creator of the award-winning 'I Want My Hat Back.'Picture books might be for kids who can't read, but parents have been known to enjoy them as well. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Limited is planning to get rid of 10 per cent of its photographers across the publisher's newspapers. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton and St Martin's Press have acquired a new Roman crime series from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since 1988, QVC, the trailblazing, hugely popular home-shopping television network with a companion Web site, has been selling books in the cooking, motivational, children’s, and design categories, marketing celebrity authors in much the same way it sells the other 1,400 items offered each week... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic book superheroes and baddies do not explain the attacks of September 11, nor the Wall Street crisis, and despite Nolan's best efforts, Batman's retirement is overdue. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Professor Damian Walford Davies has been appointed chair of Literature Wales, following the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All publicly funded scientific research will be made freely available by 2014 according to a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A re-energized independent bookseller segment contributed to a vibrant 2012 edition of the BookExpo America convention held June 4–7 at New York City’s Javits Center. Indie booksellers were encouraged by a boost in their numbers—ABA reported that over the past year the number of member... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There was plenty of digital activity at this year BookExpo America, starting with the IDPF Digital Book 2012, which emphasized what IDPF executive director Bill McCoy said was the results of the “experimentation” and the “doers.” IDPF featured such “doers” as marketer and publishing maverick... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A “battle philosophy” is what agent-turned-entrepreneur Joe Regal said drove him to launch Zola Books, the new ebook retailer he, along with a handful of authors and tech industry veterans, recently unveiled. Regal is the first to admit that he never saw himself running a startup, much less... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The pros and cons of DRM have been a hot topic at this year's BookExpo America, with at least... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British journalist Richard Lloyd Parry skillfully goes beyond the headlines in the 2000 disappearance of fellow Brit Lucie Blackman in Tokyo. It is a dark, unforgettable ride.People Who Eat Darkness Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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