Big Green Bookshop owner faces Piers Morgan on ITV

Big Green Bookshop co-owner Simon Key came face to face with presenter Piers Morgan on ITV this morning (26th June) - months after the pair had a heated Twitter feud over the merits of J K Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Storify Gets a Face-Lift

Social media aggregation site Storify debuted a major aesthetic refresh to its Web site on Tuesday morning, revamping the main homepage and tweaking the site's search tools to better surface the most relevant media among the items from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and others that are published... Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Incredible' shortlist for Green Carnation

A debut novel from South Africa has joined the shortlist for this year's Green Carnation... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Maritime Books opens bookshop

Naval book publisher Maritime Books has opened its first bookshop in the Historic Dockyard in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eason Opens Virtual Bookshop in Dublin Rail Station

By Alex Mutter Irish book retailer Eason opened a virtual, mobile bookshop at Connolly Station in Dublin on Monday, the Silicon Republic reports. The bookshop’s  ...  Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Confronting the Big Issues in Indian Publishing

A lack of trained professionals, of distribution channels for books, of good infrastructure, and piracy plague Indian publishers, but a dialogue for change has begun. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tough luck, iPad, Android owners read tablet publications more often

More Americans are discovering what I did, after buying the original iPad more than two years ago: Reading ebooks, magazines and newspapers on a tablet is an immersive experience and often much more satisfying than print. Today, comScore says that in August, two out of every five US tablet... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australia to Play Big Role in News Corp.'s Publishing SpinOff

In splitting News Corp. into two companies, Rupert Murdoch is creating something he hasn't had in years: an Australian media company. By some measures, the publishing company to emerge from the division of News Corp. sometime next year will have ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon.com tells customers: settlements a "big win"

Amazon.com has begun telling customers that they may be eligible to receive a refund on ebooks... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Irrational Allure of the Next Big Thing

Earlier this week, Random House shelled out more than $3.5 million for Lena Dunham’s first book, Not That Kind of Girl. She has an amazing résumé for anyone, let alone a 26-year-old, having directed two feature films and scored four Emmy nominations for her TV show, HBO’s Girls. But what makes... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon extending Kindle Owners' Lending Library to the UK, Germany and France this month

Amazon's Kindle Owners' Lending Library has grown considerably since launching in the US, and it looks like the company's finally decided it was time to let some other countries in on the service as well. It announced today that Amazon Prime members in the UK, Germany and France would all have... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Casual Vacancy’ and the State of Big (Print) Debuts

After months of hype, the first adult novel from J.K. Rowling debuted with the third biggest print opening of 2012. At outlets tracked by Nielsen BookScan, The Casual Vacancy sold 156,679 copies in its first week—enough to place it behind only No Easy Day by Mark Owen (254,046 copies) and Fifty... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Big' UK Nook push planned

Barnes & Noble will release its self-publishing platform PubIt in the UK following the launch... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moser to take on Edinburgh Bookshop

The Edinburgh Bookshop is changing hands after five years so that founders Vanessa and Malcolm... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Big X' marks the spot for Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the first biography of Roger Bushell, better known as "... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James fans queue for first bookshop signing

E L James enthusiasts began queuing outside Waterstones’ flagship Piccadilly store from 8am... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York bookshop launches rescue mission to digitize out-of-print sci-fi titles

Singularity & Co aims to rescue near-extinct 20th century sci-fi titles to ensure they still exist in the next one. Established from a Kickstarter campaign, the small team has already digitized and published A Plunge Into Space and The Torch, both with new cover art, while its third title... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US publishers face $69m payout for price-fixing

Hachette US, HarperCollins US and Simon & Schuster US have agreed to pay out a total of more... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Centreprise in Hackney faces closure

A 42-year-old bookshop in Hackney is under threat of closure, with the council taking the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Centerprise in Hackney faces closure

A 42-year-old bookshop in Hackney is under threat of closure, with the council taking the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Face-swap competition for Templar trilogy

Templar is launching Sweet Venom, a young adult trilogy by Tera Lynn Childs, with a reader... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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