Satirical magazine’s journalists and cartoonists were killed in attack that also claimed lives of two police officers and a maintenance workerCharlie Hebdo attack: follow the latest developmentsCharbonnier had been editor of Charlie Hebdo since 2009 and led the paper’s charge against the taboo on depicting the prophet Muhammad, in the name of freedom of expression. He had been under police protection since November 2011, when the satirical weekly published a special edition mocking the prophet and Islam, and a firebomb attack destroyed the paper’s offices. e was a well-known cartoonist who had previously worked for the Franco-Belgian comic magazines L’Echo des Savanes and Fluide Glacial, as well as the communist daily Humanité. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Ally Carter sells her debut middle grade series, S&S buys a YA novel by NBA-winner Neal Schusterman and his son, MIT Press nabs an essay collection by Roxane Gay, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Costa award-winning debut novelist on the kindness of Glasgow and becoming a full-time writer in her 40sGail Honeyman arrives in London trailing a wheelie-case, having travelled from Glasgow on a plane that was supposed to leave at 7am, but was delayed by the freezing weather. As we take the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the headlines this week: what Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury' tells us about the library ebook market; Sally Yates will keynote the upcoming PLA Conference; and next steps in the net neutrality debate. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cristina Rivera Garza, author of 'The Iliac Crest,' highlights 12 essential female authors from the Spanish-speaking world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Press is to rush-release YouTube psychologist Jordan Peterson's book out in January. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Counterfeit advertising is an issue on the rise, affecting both brands and publishers alike with serious consequences. Even big name publishers have fallen victim to this fraud — but fortunately, there are measures you can take to protect your business. Sponsored by OpenX. The post Major... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended November 12, 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlie Brotherstone, literary agent at Ed Victor Ltd, is opening his own agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Better Homes & Gardens publisher says the agency's assessment is "without factual basis and legally erroneous." The post Meredith Sues the IRS, Alleging $12 Million Overpayment appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every era has its own fairy tales—fables that teach children what a princess looks like, and what monsters they should fear. According to the short stories in Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado’s exhilarating debut collection, a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction, our... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson is to publish the memoir of Charlie Gilmour, the son of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlie Higson is writing a new book in the bestselling Fighting Fantasy gamebook series for Scholastic UK, set for an April 2018 release. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edinburgh University Press has reported a 12% rise in sales for the year to end July 2017, to £3.22m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sister Pictures has acquired the television rights for writer and comedian Adam Kay’s debut This is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor in a 12-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin Random House are among the big New York houses who are offering their support—in the form of books and, in some cases, food and shelter—to those in flood-ravaged Southeast Texas. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of France's program as Guest of Honor at Frankfurt in October, the Parisian editor talks about how political distractions may be slowing book sales. The post Livre Hebdo’s Fabrice Piault on Politics and France’s Reading Culture appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of France's program as Guest of Honor at Frankfurt in October, a Parisian editor talks about how political distractions may be slowing book sales. The post Livres Hebdo’s Fabrice Piault on Politics and France’s Reading Culture appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All societies limit free speech in varying detail, writes Roger van Zwanenberg, founder of the radical publisher Zed. The censorship is by the customer – the Chinese government – not CUP, says Jessica LaganI refer to Paul Mason’s important, but mistaken argument about Cambridge University... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press was asked to suppress articles in China Quarterly. It has now resisted, but it is a worrying developmentThe international furore that followed Cambridge University Press’s compliance with “an instruction from a Chinese import agency to block individual articles from... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A man has been sentenced following an "entirely unprovoked" hate crime victimising The Cricklewood Islamic Bookshop in North West London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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