Coronavirus forces National Book Festival to shift to online-only format this year

The Library of Congress’s annual event usually draws hundreds of thousands of attendees. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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In Bars and in Books, American Whiskey Is on the Rise

“I’m for anything that gets you through the night – be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniel’s,” said the great American singer Frank Sinatra about one of the great American whiskeys. Or so say the ads on Jack Daniel’s new line of whiskey, Sinatra Select. And just as the American... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2014 London Book Fair Digital Spotlight

Read the complete 2014 London Book Fair Digital Spotlight in the Scribd reader below. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Apple Moves For a Stay in E-book Case

Despite a string of lopsided losses in court, Apple attorneys press for a stay, noting that an appeal victory would "radically change" the legal landscape. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2014: Big Data: Should Publishers Even Care?

Like many people across the business world, publishers have a skeptical view of so-called Big Data, seeing it as “the next big hype.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2014: Open Source for an Open Publishing Ecosystem: Readium.org Turns One

Last month marked the one-year anniversary of the formation of the Readium Foundation (Readium.org), an independent nonprofit launched in March 2013 with the objective of developing commercial-grade open source publishing technology software. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2014: Publishers and Internet Standards

Recently, experts working on ORCID and ISNI, both ISO-standard identifiers, spoke with one of the founders of schema.org to facilitate their use as embedded persona references, particularly through extensions such as BibExtend. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Check it Out with Michael Kelley: Simon & Schuster’s E-book Lending Pilot

When it comes to the library ebook lending market, it’s fair to say that Simon & Schuster has been the most cautious of the major houses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2014: The Center of It All

For years, we’ve spoken and written about digital publishing, sometimes as if it was a separate part of the business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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London Book Fair 2014: New Blood

On April 1, Michael Cairns officially replaced the retiring George Lossius as CEO of Publishing Technology. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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London Book Fair 2014: Meeting Publishers’ Digital Needs

The proliferation of digital devices in the classroom and the reinvention of education from traditional models to new, more interactive and individualized means of learning will change education publishing faster and farther than other segments, says executive director Bill McCoy of IDPF. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2014: Fast-Flowing Streams

Everyone knows that publishing is changing more than at any time since Gutenberg. But is it? I’ve always believed ebooks are much less of a disruption than was supposed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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London Book Fair 2014: Helping Publishers to Sell Direct: The Qbend Story

Powering more than 50 e-bookstores for publishers specializing in such subjects as fiction, academic, professional and romance has given Qbend COO Kaushik Sampath many unique insights on e-retailing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Tips for Librarians: Spanish Books Spring 2014

While many public libraries in the U.S. have been serving Spanish-speaking patrons for years, in some parts of the country libraries are just beginning to engage this part of the community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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London Book Fair 2014: Making Digital Pay at Cenveo Publisher Services

For Cenveo Publisher Services, 2014 is the year digital strategies must deliver in terms of profits for its publisher clients. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 13 Best John Steinbeck Books

Celebrating the writer's best books on the 75th anniversary of "The Grapes of Wrath." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Rundell takes Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

Katherine Rundell’s novel Rooftoppers (Faber and Faber) has been crowned the overall winner... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate confirms Brand kids' books buy

Canongate has confirmed it is the publisher for a series of children's books by controversial... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Creamer Joining Hachette Books

Stacy Creamer has been named v-p and executive editor of the newly announced imprint at Hachette, built off of the Hyperion backlist, Hachette Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russell Brand at work on children's books

Russell Brand is writing a series of books aimed at children, with illustrations by Chris Riddell... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Sales Rose 1% in 2013

Total book sales rose 1.0% in 2013 over 2012, to $15.05 billion, at the 1,211 publishers that report results to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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