Craven wins CWA Gold Dagger; No Exit takes inaugural publisher's award

Novelist M W Craven has won the prestigious Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year for The Puppet Show (Constable/Little, Brown). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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October’s Top Reviews of Self-Published Books from BlueInk Review

This month's recipients of starred reviews from BlueInk include a novel about a schizophrenic New Yorker who believes he is Beethoven and a timely look at profiteering in American medicine. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: The Publisher: Innovator or Traditionalist?

There is no denying that the past decade has seen some mighty changes within the publishing industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: An American’s Take on the French E-book Market

When I moved to Paris in 2010, I’d already begun doing the majority of my reading on my Kindle. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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San Diego Reader Launches eBook Publishing Program to Re-Introduce Great Writing to New Readers

The San Diego Reader is mining gold from its rich archives and releasing the treasures as a collection of six eBooks, the first installment of a series that will showcase the literary quality and historic value of a collection spanning more than 40 y ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lucidpress: drop-and-drag publishing app simplifies document design

For professional looking design, Adobe Creative Suite products such as InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop are feature-rich tools you can use to create stunning projects. But using them isn’t cheap. Creative Cloud, which gives you Web access to these software offerings  is $50 a month, and even... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Justice Department opposes company requests to publish surveillance statistics

The U.S. Department of Justice has opposed requests by Facebook, Google, Microsoft and other companies to publish the number of surveillance requests they receive from the National Security Agency and other agencies. Requests from five Internet companies, also including Yahoo and LinkedIn,... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Symmons Roberts wins Forward Best Collection

Michael Symmons Roberts has won the Forward Prize for Best Collection (£10,000) for his... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers, AOL Partner on Subscription Service

Publishers have partnered with AOL on a new bundled-subscription offering the company rolled out Monday. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing is Another Victim of Syria’s Civil War

Syria's civil war has decimated the local publishing business, all-but-ending the printing and sale of new books, and forcing many publishers authors to emigrate. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst's Dr. Oz Magazine Takes Shape as 'The Good Life,' Pitches Buyers

Hearst is likely to call its forthcoming Dr. Mehmet Oz magazine "The Good Life," according to two people familiar with the matter. The title will likely also include the celebrity physician's name, though it's unclear precisely how that will be presented.A Hearst spokeswoman declined to... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is Login Data the New Gold?

In case you haven’t heard, third-party cookies are dying. That means publishers’ first-party data is becoming more valuable than ever. But not all publisher data is created equal. The digital media world is elevating the ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advertising Week Video: How Publishers Can Use Data More Effectively

For digital publishers, effectively harnessing data can turn a large but poorly understood audience into the targets advertisers covet, or help predict when certain consumers will be most likely to buy. The Weather Company has figured this out -- noticing that drops in summer temperatures, for... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New award for 'non-traditional' children's books

A new award, the Spark Award, has been created to recognise excellence in a children's book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thompson made T&H publishing director

Thames & Hudson has appointed Sophy Thompson to the new role of publishing director.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Science books prize doubles award money

The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books has more than doubled its prize fund this year.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oswald wins Warwick Prize for Writing

Poet Alice Oswald has won the third £25,000 Warwick Prize for Writing. It is the first time... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ethiopians Complain Publishers are Out of Touch with Reality

Ethiopian readers lament that their publishing industry cynically puts out too many books people don't want and then charges too much for them. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-Publishing and the Industry: Implications and Impact

A discussion with nine experts from Frankfurt Academy's CONTEC 2013 interactive learning lab on self-publishing's implications for the industry. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dropbox pushes to publish spy data request details

Cloud storage locker Dropbox has joined Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, LinkedIn and Facebook in their quest for permission to publish the number of data requests they have received from the U.S. government, and the number of users affected by those requests. Dropbox filed a brief with the U.S.... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profit drops 25% at Haynes amid publishing 'slowdown'

Haynes Publishing Group has reported falls in revenue and profit in its results for the year... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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