Calling for 'a more open dialogue regionally and internationally,' Bodour Al Qasimi accepts UNESCO's designation of Sharjah as World Book City 2019. The post Bokova and Al Qasimi Certify Sharjah as UNESCO World Book City 2019 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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A bevy of upcoming books take aim at former Secretary of State and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Derbyshire bookshop Scarthin Books has raised more than £10,000 in an appeal to fund urgent structural repairs. Proprietor Dave Mitchell said an engineer has told him he needs to install four steel columns to support 1,000 feet of bookshelves, and has turned to Crowdfunder because he would... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A panel at the London Book Fair discussed the path a collection of Mexican author Juan Villoro’s essays took to be translated from Spanish to English. The post One Book’s Translation Journey From Spanish to English appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After winning the highest-ever valuation on BBCTV’s Dragon’s Den, The Little Girl (or Boy) Who Lost Her (or His) Name – designed for individual children – sells 500,000 copiesDavid Cadji-Newby used to get an email alert every time a copy of his personalised picture book was bought from his... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exposé published by Murdoch-owned HarperCollins claims State Department gave favourable treatment to those who donated to her family foundationA mudslinging, Murdoch-approved bestseller-in-the-making is ready to provide conservatives with their most potent fodder yet to cast the Clinton family... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anthony Doerr (fiction), David I. Kertzer (biography) and Gregory Pardlo (poetry) are among the winners of the 2015 Pulitzer Prizes for Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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167 titles have been submitted in for this year’s selection process of the German Book Prize 2015. The jury will announce the shortlist in August 2015. The post German Book Prize 2015: Let The Reading Begin! appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alma Books is launching a children’s and YA list of classic and translated titles and is hiring illustrators such as Axel Scheffler and Chris Mould. Alessandro Gallenzi, co-publisher at Alma, will launch 10 titles this September and 25 next year under the Alma imprint, and says the list is a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The London Book Fair has evolved to reflect the 'new ecology' of publishing and shift in confidence, says Faber's Stephen Page. The post London Book Fair’s Evolution Reflects Publishing’s “New Ecology” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shift to social reading is “liable to consign the traditional publisher and many a writer to decline and defeat in the Civil War for Books”, Philip Gwyn Jones is to say today (16th April), with the reader becoming the prize. In a speech at the London Book Fair this afternoon, Gwyn Jones... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Karen Joy Fowler's We are All Completely Besides Ourselves and David Nicholls' Us are the next two books to be selected for the ITV Loose Women Book Club. The recently-launched book club called Loose Books, sees a different Loose Women panellist pick a book to read each month, which will be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deals revealed during the last two days of London Book Fair 2015, which concluded yesterday (16th), include an "intense auction" for a thriller by Melanie Raabe, which went to Mantle, a "stunning psychological suspense novel" by Margaret McQuaile which went to Quercus, and a debut by Goodreads... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We all know how certain books, read at key moments in our lives, remain memorable and influential for years afterward. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, Toni Morrison's new novel, the story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway, and Montmartre at the beginning of modernism. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Olive Software's SmartLayers technology claims to turn a publisher's generic prose ebooks into an easily revised and upgradeable multimedia-enriched content platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Japanese novelist is joined by Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in famous ranking of the people ‘shaping the future’Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has been named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine, backed by Yoko Ono as “a valuable voice for peace” as Japan’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH's U.S. division successfully launched the program in December 2014, and received 32,000 page views and 3,600 requests for recommendations during its first month alone. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gay penguins, alien lovers and a cartoonist growing up on an Indian reservation are among the subjects of the books Americans are most keen to see banned from library shelves. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In her more than 25 years in the bookselling business in Barbados, there isn’t much that Beverly Smith-Hinkson hasn’t done. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Greenlight's Book/Plate series, a multi-course dinner and cocktail service for 40 diners and drinkers is crafted with a nonfiction book or novel in mind. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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