The potential City Section Open Division playoff seedings got a little more intriguing on Saturday night after Narbonne (10-5) pulled out a 60-58 victory over Fairfax (15-2) in the championship game of the Huntington Park tournament. It was the second big win this week for Narbonne over a City... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Facebook convinced publishers to go all-in on exclusive content with Instant Articles, it hopes advertisers will do the same. In a presentation at Cannes Lions this week, Facebook's chief product officer Chris Cox showed ad buyers mock-ups of a new mobile format that takes over a screen... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dark Horse, the last major comics house to withhold its titles from Comixology--the dominant digital comics marketplace--has signed an agreement to start selling its list via the platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Publishing will publish the "autobiography" of “Only Fools and Horses” character Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter, titled He Who Dares. Kelly Ellis, senior commissioning editor, acquired world rights in all languages from the John Sullivan estate. The comedy character, a South London... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new font, Bookerly, and a totally new layout engine have made reading a Kindle ebook more like print than ever.Amazon's Kindle e-reader is a lovely single-purpose gadget, with an industrial design ethos that, in its singular focus on the purity of e-reading, even Dieter Rams could love. The... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The religion authority, author, and pioneer in the coverage of spirituality and religion publishing has been diagnosed with inoperable stage 4 lung cancer. Still, she has book projects in the works and no plans to abandon them. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Literacy Trust report also says girls continue to outpace boys in their enthusiasm for reading for pleasureGirls have more firmly embraced digital literacy and formats such as Facebook, email and text message, while boys are more comfortable with traditional printed media such as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hyde Park Editions is launching a new series of children’s books, The Hyde Park Squirrels, written by its m.d. Nick Croydon and illustrated by Petra Brown. The books are about two squirrels: Luke and Holly Bushytail. In the first book, Luke Goes to London, Luke leaves his rural life to go to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Have you scratched your head wondering why Apple would put audiobooks in iOS' music player, rather than... y'know, a book app? So has Apple. Besides a redesigned music app, the early iOS 8.4 beta also moves audiobooks into iBooks, where they arguably... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House will publish The Shepherd’s Crown, the final Discworld novel by Sir Terry Pratchett, in September. Tom Weldon, c.e.o. of Penguin Random House, said: “It is a huge privilege to be publishing The Shepherd’s Crown. Terry's writing is loved and respected the world over and this... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Club Bertelsmann, Germanys first — and for a long time very successful — book club finally closed its last two retail stores on March 31st 2015. The post Final Shutdown: Club Bertelsmann Closes Remaining Stores appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How far would you go to track down a childhood tormenter? Jeremy Olds talks to American author Allen Kurzweil about his mission to do just that, and the startling new book that details his journey. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Game of Thrones isn't the only highly anticipated returning premium cable program based on a hugely popular book series with a rabid fan base. Starz has its own budding hit in Outlander, based on Diana Gabaldon's historical/fantasy/romance novels, which will launch the second half of its debut... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An 11-year-old boy who dressed as a character from Fifty Shades of Grey was excluded from his school's World Book Day celebrations, says his mother. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins has signed a book on German-born Jews in the 1930s who escaped Nazi Germany, only to return to fight on the front-line. Editorial director Martin Redfern signed UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada in The Ritchie Boys by Bruce Henderson in a deal with Don Conaway at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last summer, two-time National Book Award finalist Gene Luen Yang ("American Born Chinese") gave a rousing speech at the Library of Congress, letting his fellow writers know at the National Book Festival kickoff that the comic-book industry needs to do more, and give itself more liberty, to... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you've written the book on making comics, what kind of comics do you make? For Scott McCloud, it's an ambitious graphic novel about creativity itself. The post The Guy Who Knows Everything About Comics Finally Made a Graphic Novel appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At its heart, Twitter seems to be suffering from some sort of existential crisis, struggling to work out if it's a social network, a messaging service or a publishing platform. Today sees the company launch two features that, if we're honest, only re... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Alex Malarkey recanted his story about visiting heaven during a coma, the publisher plans to take "the book and all ancillary products out of print." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An investigation into the rape trial of an Aussie rules footballer has been awarded Britain's leading sports book prize. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Publishing imprint Virgin Books has acquired a “timeless business book” by a basketball coach. Ed Faulkner, Ebury deputy publishing director, bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson from Simon Trewin at WME. During his career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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