After 600k personalised picture-book sales, London firm secures investment from Silicon Valley firms Google Ventures and GreycroftChildren’s storytelling startup Lost My Name raised its first $100k of funding in 2014 on TV show Dragon’s Den. Now the London-based firm is turning to Silicon Valley for a $9m funding round.The investment – led by Google Ventures with venture capital firms Greycroft and The Chernin Group also participating – follows more than 600k sales of Lost My Name’s first personalised picture-book since its launch two years ago. Related: Nosy Crow talks fairytales, reluctant readers and game-like apps for kids Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google will launch an $81 million (€60 million) Digital Publishing Innovation Fund to assist French news organizations with their efforts to move their content online and to increase advertising revenues. President Francois Hollande an ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MacLachlan, author of 'Sarah, Plain and Tall,' said she was inspired to write a picture book after talking with her friend, an illustrator who lives in Newtown. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of books for children surged in the UK last week, as schools broke for the spring half-term... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Companies like InPowered and Disqus have rolled out ad platforms for brands to promote articles and other more media-ish content with paid placements on publishers’ sites, and now Sharethrough is upping its stake in the game. Last September, the San Francisco-based ad startup launched Sponsored... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere has acquired a book based on the Twitter feed Very British Problems following a “... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber is preparing to publish a novel it has dubbed a "hand grenade tossed into the heart of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new survey of startups, publishers and venture capitalists reveals what needs to change for the three groups to collaborate and continue to innovate the book industry. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Children's Books, Egmont and Little Tiger Press have each picked up two... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer and filmmaker Jonah Ansell shares how he took his story "Cadaver" from a poem written for his sister to a short film to a graphic novel and, hopefully, a feature film. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A biography of Hillary Clinton's time as US secretary of state will be released on 5th March... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus Children's is planning to expand its list by 50% over the next two years, with growth... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's laureate Julia Donaldson's follow-up to Edward Lear's classic, The Owl and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The growing use of libraries by children and young readers has once again been emphasised by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McDonald’s in the UK are replacing the toys that come with Happy Meals with educational books to help boost literacy; they plan to distribute 15 million books by the end of 2014. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chorleywood Bookshop in Hertfordshire, which already runs the Chorleywood Literary Festival, is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press is launching a children’s imprint, Pushkin Children's Books, for publishing works that have had success overseas but have not found a publisher in the UK. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To mark its 50th anniversary the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, will award six new prizes for publishers at the "forefront of innovation" and "creative editorial choices." Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curtis Brown has teamed up with Kobo to launch a short story competition, to be judged by author... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Salley Vickers and Chiome Okereke are among the authors shortlisted for the Costa Short Story... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A tightly focused strategy on maintaining margins has enabled WHSmith to persist after than two centuries at the heart of UK bookselling, inspiring admiration and ire alike. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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