Helena Bonham Carter and Simon Russell Beale are the stellar readers on an audiobook version of A Poem for Every Day of the Year compiled by Allie Esiri (Macmillan Children's Books). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Live literature producer and independent publisher Penned in the Margins is publishing the latest titles from Luke Kennard and Melissa Lee-Houghton, which its director Tom Chivers believes is a “bit of a coup” for a small indie. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James has been voted the "most embarrassing book in the world", according to Mumsnet users. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inpress has insisted the Poetry Book Society is "very much alive" following the corporate entity's move into liquidation, and will be "powering up rather than winding down its activities". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two-time Newbery Medalist DiCamillo on growing up in a town with no bookstore, and how important it is for kids to read in the summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Poetry Book Society (PBS) is winding down after more than 50 years supporting and encouraging the art of poetry and the sale of poetry books, with all staff made redundant. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The BBC today relaunched Love to Read, a campaign that celebrates reading for pleasure, at Hay Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tony Read leaves a legacy of improving educational facilities in a number of developing countries, writes Amanda Buchan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Saturday, which also happened to be National Readathon Day, the Minneapolis nonprofit Little Free Library hosted its first-ever Little Free Library Festival, featuring book swaps and the building of 100 little free libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Windows 10 has native support for PDF, but if ePub is your preferred reading format then you’ll still need to find a third-party viewer. Bibliovore is a good-looking eBook reader and manager app for Windows 8.1 and later. The app imports individual ePub and PDF files, and can also scan and open... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Influx Press has acquired Attrib. and other stories, the debut short story collection from Eley Williams. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers are preparing for another blockbuster summer of sales, with a second successive year of “event publishing” shoring up the industry in the sunny season, and one retailer declaring “we feel like we are winning again”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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People who love to see hot dudes reading â and really, isn't that most of us? â love the wildly popular Instagram account dedicated to capturing them in the act. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The website, which hosts a digital community of more than 385,000 readers, has undergone a significant facelift and will place a heavier influence on long-form content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oprah has her book club. Mark Zuckerberg had his Year of Books. And Bill Gates has his annual reading lists — book recommendations shared each year by the Microsoft founder and philanthropist. Gates' 2016 list of summertime reads, complete with an animated video describing his picks, was released... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With publishers under pressure to distribute their content directly onto social media platforms, the nagging question for many is whether their brands are diluted by being disconnected from their source. New research from Digital Content Next found that 57 percent of the time, people are aware... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Janetta Otter-Barry, the founder of independent publisher Otter-Barry Books, is hoping to publish new voices in children’s poetry with her new list. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Secondary school pupils are far less interested in reading than children at primary school, with only 40% of 14-16 year-olds saying they enjoy reading compared with more than 70% of 8-11 year-olds, according to a new National Literacy Trust (NLT) report. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forget your Foyles of London or that Barnes & Noble on New York's Union Square, the top shop sits on Lygon Street, Melbourne. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of When Breath Becomes Air, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tapas aims to optimize reading for mobile by dividing books into three- to five-minute chunks and charging readers as they go. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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