Welcome to the Books newsletter! I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg, writing my last newsletter from our Spring Street address — next Friday we’ll be packing up for our new digs in El Segundo. THE BIG STORY When I saw that Parkland, Fla., shooting survivors David Hogg and his sister Lauren Hogg had... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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A new public art project will see benches shaped as open books. The benches - to be placed... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Instead of mining data or listening to a chorus of friends, Describli founder Laura Fredericks says we should look at how people found books in bookstores. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ellie Levenson, the author of The Noughtie Girl’s Guide to Feminism (Oneworld), has set up... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brad Stone's The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (Bantam Press) has won... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the new book Before They Pass Away, photographer Jimmy Nelson has captured a series of gorgeous pictures of 31 remote cultures that are on the verge of disappearing.Over the last three years, British photographer Jimmy Nelson traveled around the world--from Namibia to Papua New Guinea to... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is nominated for the best popular fiction prize at the National Book Awards. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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My Monster, by Julianna Goodman, bridges the divide between slick digital storytelling and homemade visuals.It's rare to see and "touch" things on the iPad screen that evoke the texture, color, and unpolished feel of real life. Fortunately, a new children's book app corrects that shortcoming,... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Though its headquarters building rises 46 stories over Central Park, and though its biggest magazine franchise, Cosmopolitan, sells more than a million copies on newsstands every month, Hearst Corp. is still, in some ways, little known to the general public. Certainly few people would guess that... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist John Grisham talks about his return to Ford County in 'Sycamore Row' and an unpleasant stint as a politician.John Grisham is the world's most successful author of legal thrillers (and one baseball novel, last year's "Calico Joe") with sales of more than 275 million copies to his credit.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andy Reynolds, former VP of marketing & publicity for a visual book publisher, is on a job hunt — so he showcased his expertise in the format he knew best. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The partnership between independent bookstores and university presses has a long and mutually rewarding history that has balanced the differences between the trade and academic business models. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite a dramatic drop in book sales, Aladin used bookstores have thrived, with some publishers dumping books to boost sales; a fixed-price law is now under debate. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A judge on Thursday rejected a request to remove Robert J. Hall from his post as publisher of the company that owns the (Philadelphia) Daily News, Inquirer and Philly.com. Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Patricia McInerney is still consideri ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There is nothing wrong with Google scanning millions of book and making that text available as snippets in search results. This is the ruling made today by a judge in New York, bringing to an end an eight year legal battle between Google and The Authors Guild in conjunction with several specific... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Undisputed Truth, the notoriously self-destructive boxing champion's autobiography, could be a contender in Christmas sales contestHeavyweight champion of the world, cocaine addict, convicted rapist – now Mike Tyson is set to become a bestselling author as a bare-all autobiography co-written... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IFC's upcoming The Spoils of Bablyon, a comedy miniseries that spoofs serious miniseries, is based on a book that seems to be sold out in Hudson News stores around the country. The problem with keeping the book in stock, though, is that there were never any printed copies. Eric Jonrosh (and the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the past few years, newspaper publishers have prowled their buildings, asking why, and getting some amazing answers. Institutional knowledge is wonderful, but institutional resistance is intolerable. We must invoke a brilliant strategy to conquer ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's massive book-scanning project that makes complete copies of books without the authors' permission is perfectly legal under U.S. copyright law, a federal judge ruled today, deciding an 8-year-old legal battle. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Follett lays off 570 bookstore employees and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US Circuit Judge Denny Chin says Google Books falls under fair use, while the Authors Guild calls it copyright infringement. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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