Canadian publisher House of Anansi prepares to bring a popular Swedish series to English-language readers, Skyhorse nabs an out-of-print book about the Kitty Genovese murder, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Accent Press has signed a four-book deal with Edinburgh-based writer Jenny Harper, who has self-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (LBYR) will next year publish the first children’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk is writing a sequel that will be published as a 10-part comic book series in 2015. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The deal will give HMH access to over 100k articles and passages from Cricket's library to include in instructional and supplemental tools for students and teachers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In November Fantagraphics will publish 'The Late Child and Other Animals,' a new work from Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger, the team that produced '7 Miles A Second,' the acclaimed graphic memoir of David Wojnarowicz. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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So, you've signed up for Amazon's Kindle Unlimited service and now you're feeling a little overwhelmed by what's on offer? That's OK; it's not often that you're faced with the sudden availability of over 600,000 digital books to sample at once. Here are a few practical pointers to help you... Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From one Adelaide evening paper to bidding for a US giant - Rupert Murdoch's life in acquisitionsRupert Murdoch created a global media empire from humble beginnings when he inherited Adelaide's The News from his father in the 1950s. More than 60 years and dozens of deals later, the 83-year-old... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's leaked 'Netflix for books' plan will alarm publishers and doom old-fashioned anonymous readingOnce upon a time, 12 years ago to be precise, David Bowie said something very perceptive. "Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity," he told a New York Times... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This month, new deals for a star of 'MasterChef Australia,' the minds behind NYC hotspots Eleven Madison Park and The NoMad, and the host of 'Korean Food Made Simple.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling's crime novels written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith will eventually outnumber her Harry Potter books, she reveals. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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These may be grim times at Microsoft, but co-founder Bill Gates seems to be having a good time in his semi-retirement (he resigned as chairman in February, though he retains a technical-advisor role). Lately, he's been posting entertaining videos to his personal YouTube channel, thegatesnotes,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s recently emerged that America’s two richest men share not only a fondness for bridge, but identical taste in literature. Both Bill Gates and Warren Buffet—according to an essay this week from Gates—count John Brooks’ Business Adventures as their single favorite book about business. Why is... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With tens of thousands of children attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in what Pope Francis has called a humanitarian emergency, illegal immigration has become a more divisive topic than ever, even within Christian churches. Now several new books tackle the issue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon introduced a $9.99- a-month service for unlimited Kindle ebook downloads, letting customers devour books like they binge on TV services like Netflix and Amazon Prime.Kindle Unlimited includes more than 600,000 Kindle books and thousands of audiobooks from Audible Inc., Amazon said today... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hugh Howey says his study, based on calculation of Amazon sales, shows 'real progress' for authors who have chosen to go it aloneA new report claims that self-published authors have surged to 31% of ebook sales on Amazon.com, and are now earning more ebook royalties than writers published by the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow has created a new board book, published by Unicef, that will be given to new parents in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite the heat, summer has been anything but slow when it comes to changes in bookselling this week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trade ebook sales rose 4.3% in the first quarter of 2014 to $387.9 million, according to AAP's monthly StatShot report. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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InterMix, the digital-first imprint of Berkley/New American Library, has acquired "Tryst," a novel by Alex Rosa developed on Book Country, Penguin Random House’s online writing community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The $9.99 monthly service offers access to more than 600,000 books and audiobooks.Now the go-to place for electronics, groceries, and pretty much everything else, Amazon's e-commerce empire was built atop books. The site hasn't forgotten about its roots--it is reportedly testing an ebook and... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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