BookExpo 2018: At PEN Panel, Free Speech and Race Go Hand in Hand

This year’s PEN America–hosted BookExpo panel saw journalists and a civil rights activist debate the meaning of free speech in an era of “fake news” and deep racial tensions. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sony Reader gets a new design, Evernote integration and a free Harry Potter book for $129

In the market for a new e-reader? One could certainly do worse than Sony's Reader line. The company's been packing features onto its devices, and the already leaked latest entry is no different, with upgrades over its predecessor, packed into a newly redesigned body with bigger, better looking... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlequin: 20p ebook price 'out of our hands'

Tim Cooper, commercial director of Harlequin, has spoken out over the inclusion of one of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Free prequels for Bloomsbury's Assassin

Bloomsbury has begun releasing prequel e-novellas for free through online girls’... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon puts 50MB limit on 3G Kindle's 'free' experimental browser

Sad news for global freeloaders travellers looking to keep up with Gmail and Twitter on their Amazon e-reader. The online book seller has started closing in on excessive free web browsing, policing a 50MB data limit on its keyboard Kindle iterations. According to users on MobileRead, you'll... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Gaiman will pen five children's books

Neil Gaiman will write five children's books for HarperCollins, including a sequel to his 2009 children's book 'Odd and the Frost Giants.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More Tablet Owners Want Free Apps, With Ads, Instead of Paid

Both the number of people who use tablets and usage per tablet user are exploding. But tablet users' appetite for paid apps isn't following the trend. A new study commissioned by the Online Publishers Association found that 54% of tabl ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac launches search for readers panel

Pan Macmillan is searching for a panel of readers to help create reading group content for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Osprey launches DRM-free list

Military history publisher Osprey has set up Digital Rights Management-free digital list aimed at... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books Plus in Penzance changes hands

Books Plus in Penzance has been sold to new owners and will soon change its name to The Edge of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alohomora! Free Harry Potter books coming to Kindle

Harry Potter has joined the Kindle lending library.Amazon.com announced Thursday that on June 19, the ebook editions of J.K. Rowling's seven Potter novels will become part of the Kindle service available to Amazon Prime subscribers. Members can download a book for free once a month. Amazon's... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PPA Conference: Stylist editor reveals how free title competes in challenging market

It would be a big surprise if one of the major publishers were to follow Stylist magazine and launch a mainstream free women's title, according to Lisa Smosarski, editor of Stylist, who believes such a move would be a "big step". Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libel reform included in Queen's Speech

The announcement of a Defamation Bill in the Queen's Speech today (9th May) has been welcomed... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book reviews: 'Free Will,' 'Religion for Atheists'

The necessity of self-improvement and social betterment is thoughtfully explored in Sam Harris' and Alain de Botton's books.Free Will Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australia and India join ebook adoption race

Australia and India have joined the UK and the US as world leaders in ebook adoption rates,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Kindle's Free Samples Change the Structures of Plots?

Search-engine optimization reshaped the craft of a good headline. Will Amazon's book promotions have a similar effect on novels? Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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English PEN to recruit for new director

English PEN is to look for a new director after Jonathan Heawood announced that he will step down... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN welcomes new writers' visa

English PEN has welcomed the government's announcement of a new visa for visiting writers and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowling to pen first adult novel

Author JK Rowling announces she plans to publish her first adult novel, which will be "very different" to the Harry Potter books she is famous for. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen Colbert to pen children's book

and Matthew Flamm - Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert, who has more time on his hands now that he's no longer running for president, will publish his first children's book in May, his publisher, Grand Central Publishing, announced on Tuesday. Viewers of The Colbert Report got the word early... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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