Chancellor to offer shops £6k 'restart grants' and ponders online retail tax

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will offer shops in England grants of up to £6,000 to help them start trading again in this week's Budget and may also be planning a tax on online retail. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-28 15:29:53 UTC ]
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Tesco rumored to launch its own tablet, hopes you'll add one to the shopping list

Tesco's grown from supermarket heavyweight to digital content contender thanks to its paid Blinkbox TV / movie and music streaming services, Clubcard TV ad-supported video platform and in-development ebook store. According to The Times, Tesco's about to get into the hardware business, too, with... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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App offers Edinburgh bookshop tour

A free app providing a tour of Edinburgh's 53 bookshops has been released onto iTunes. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LSU Libraries Granted Additional Funding for Digitizing Louisiana Newspapers

The LSU Libraries' Special Collections division was recently awarded $210,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities, or NEH, to digitize an additional 100,000 pages of Louisiana newspapers published from 1836 through 1922. This marks ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More college bookstores offer book rentals

Students heading to college can expect to spend about $662 a year on textbooks and other course materials, according to The National Association of College Stores. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2013-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'If I Ever Get Out of Here' offers a boy's reservations from the rez

In Eric Gansworth's engaging YA debut, friendship blooms between two junior high outsiders."If I Ever Get Out of Here," Eric Gansworth's first novel for young people, rings true with a sophisticated look at what it's like to be an outsider and what it takes to be a true friend. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A win for readers? DOJ's proposed measures for Apple would make price-shopping easier

One part of a proposal to enforce the verdict against Apple for allegedly fixing ebook prices would require Amazon and Barnes & Noble 'buy' buttons in the Apple store, allowing consumers to easily compare ebook costs. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sports hailed in "very solid" autumn offer

Autumn will be a strong season for history, sport and fiction, book retailers are predicting.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Embedded Posts: This Is Facebook's Real Public Offering

Facebook announced today that it's rolling out embedded posts. That means you'll be able to click on a link in whatever you publish, get a code, and embed that content elsewhere on the Web-just like you can already do with YouTube, Twitter, Vine and Instagram. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nook and Amazon in 99p frontlist offer

A Nook promotion of "Hot Summer Books" is selling ebooks of frontlist titles from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook offers promotional help to small game developers

Hoping to strengthen its services for mobile users, Facebook has created a new program to encourage third-party developers to build games that will run on the company's mobile clients.The new pilot program, called Facebook Mobile Games Publishing, will assist selected game development shops in... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elle rolls out Chinese shopping guide

Hearst Magazines UK has published a shopping guide in Mandarin Chinese, which is being handed out with 10,000 copies of the latest Elle Collections luxury fashion biannual. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EU regulator accepts Penguin offer to end dodgy ebook deals with Apple

After the European Commission accepted offers from Apple and four publishers to free up ebook pricing restrictions in December 2012, it's now accepted Penguin's commitment to do the same. Much like Penguin's vow to the US DOJ, it will end its agency agreements with Apple and other retailers, and... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Xbox One retail consoles double as debug units, Microsoft to allow indie self-publishing (update)

Microsoft's Xbox One is getting decidedly more indie-friendly with today's confirmation from Microsoft that its forthcoming game console will double as a developer debug unit. In so many words, each $500 unit purchased at retail this holiday will also run in-progress game code, enabling... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LinkedIn Launches Sponsored Content Offering

LinkedIn is the latest social network to take the sponsored-content plunge, announcing today that it will offer a program for marketers. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AJR Shuts Down Print Edition, Goes Online Only

As newsrooms continue to shrink, journalism and media students are facing a harsh reality upon graduation. Media companies are changing business models and expectations rapidly. Those changes are starting to trickle down to colleges. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Galbraith reprint 'in shops by Friday'

Little, Brown has said printer Clays is "working around the clock" on Robert Galbraith/... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small Publishers’ Catalogue Offers Listing of African Publishers and More

The 2013 Small Publishers' Catalogue Africa offers more than just a listing of small African publishers: it's a guide to inspire small publishers from around the world. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kindle Worlds: Bringing Fanfiction Into Line But Not Online?

Limiting Kindle Worlds to the ebook form may cater the needs of licensors, but it is counter to the ethos, habits and desires of fanfiction writers and readers. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebecca Solnit's 'The Faraway Nearby' offers a storyteller's empathy

Rebecca Solnit offers a series of stories about life, health and connection, with a central thread relating to her preventative breast cancer surgery as well as her mother's Alzheimer's.Rebecca Solnit's latest book, "The Faraway Nearby" (Viking: 260 pp., $25.95), began with a delivery of 100... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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