Big Idea: Simplicity In Focus & Communication

By David Saabye Sometimes it's the little ideas that make a big difference. Magazine publishers have focused on many "big" ideas in recent decades, which have manifested in such projects as News Corp.'s The Daily iPad app and the CueCat (my personal... Continue reading at 'Publishing Executive'

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Calibre Audiobook Charity Joins the UK’s Big Give Holiday Challenge

The Calibre Audio charity for readers who have print disabilities is hoping to add 48 new audiobooks to its library this holiday season. The post Calibre Audiobook Charity Joins the UK’s Big Give Holiday Challenge appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Make room for ‘Big Girl, Small Town’

Michelle Gallen’s winning novel documents one Irish woman’s effort to organize the chaos swirling around her. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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An anthology of writings provides a glimpse into the mind of the Amazon founder. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Georgina Lawton | 'Ideas from our parents form the backbone to our identities'

"Ideas from our parents form the backbone to our identities... they condition us in more powerful ways than lessons from any book or religion ever could. Now the tale had been destroyed. So what did that mean about who I thought I was?” Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Pearson creates new division focused on D2C relationship building

Pearson has created a new direct-to-consumer division, hiring senior talent from Warner Bros to help lead it.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Lockdown's online shift fuelling 'crazy' market for big name authors, Redmayne says

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Focus on the customer to grow audiences, Shurin urges

Jared Shurin, author, editor and head of strategy at M&C Saatchi World Services, has urged publishers and booksellers to focus on customer insight to grow and retain their audiences.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Kamala Harris added to line-up for Little People, Big Dreams series

The Quarto Group's Frances Lincoln Children’s Books imprint has added US vice-president-elect Kamala Harris to its Little People, Big Dreams list for 2021.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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This fall, New York Review Books will publish new editions of two major works by the late postmodernist author William Gaddis, 'JR' and 'The Recognitions.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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