Cross to sponsor British Sports Book Awards

The British Sports Book Awards will have a headline sponsor for the first time this year, following a deal with luxury pen-maker Cross. Held on 3rd June at Lord's Cricket Ground, this year's awards will give out prizes for categories including autobiography of the year, biography of the year, and covering football, cricket, rugby and horse racing. For the first time in the award's 13-year history, an individual award will also be given to cycling, marking the increase of publishing in the area. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Gates: Six 'Really Fantastic Books' to Read This Summer

These may be grim times at Microsoft, but co-founder Bill Gates seems to be having a good time in his semi-retirement (he resigned as chairman in February, though he retains a technical-advisor role). Lately, he's been posting entertaining videos to his personal YouTube channel, thegatesnotes,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Starts Monthly Subscription Service for Unlimited E-Books

Amazon introduced a $9.99- a-month service for unlimited Kindle ebook downloads, letting customers devour books like they binge on TV services like Netflix and Amazon Prime.Kindle Unlimited includes more than 600,000 Kindle books and thousands of audiobooks from Audible Inc., Amazon said today... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcoming the Stranger? New Books Tackle Immigration Struggle

With tens of thousands of children attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in what Pope Francis has called a humanitarian emergency, illegal immigration has become a more divisive topic than ever, even within Christian churches. Now several new books tackle the issue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 21, 2014

This week, a spine-tingling horror novel, what life was really like in Dickens's London, and the new James Lee Burke novel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bauer's Rubbernecker wins Theakstons crime award

Belinda Bauer has won the £3,000 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unicef to distribute free board books in Scotland

Nosy Crow has created a new board book, published by Unicef, that will be given to new parents in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book Sales Rose 4% in First Quarter

Trade ebook sales rose 4.3% in the first quarter of 2014 to $387.9 million, according to AAP's monthly StatShot report. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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InterMix Acquires Book Country Title

InterMix, the digital-first imprint of Berkley/New American Library, has acquired "Tryst," a novel by Alex Rosa developed on Book Country, Penguin Random House’s online writing community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Tests Kindle Unlimited, Its Own E-book Subscription Service

The $9.99 monthly service offers access to more than 600,000 books and audiobooks.Now the go-to place for electronics, groceries, and pretty much everything else, Amazon's e-commerce empire was built atop books. The site hasn't forgotten about its roots--it is reportedly testing an ebook and... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iowa's Hill Avenue Books Sold

Jill Krebs, who has owned Hill Avenue Books, a full-service general bookstore in Spirit Lake, Iowa, for the past 15 years, has sold the bookstore to Rachael Tinker, a long-time customer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jackson moves to S&S in four-book deal

Simon & Schuster has signed Eighty Days erotica author Vina Jackson for a four-book deal.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book sales soared to £23m last week

Last week saw £23.4m of book sales registered through Nielsen BookScan; its highest value... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Tests Its Own E-Book Subscription Service

Amazon is quietly testing its own subscription ebook service, Kindle Unlimited, which will reportedly cost $9.99 per month and include over 600,000 titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mexico’s Manuvo: Building Book Apps for Spanish Readers

Award-winning Mexican app development studio Manuvo is at the forefront of building book apps for the Spanish-language market. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Lee says she didn't cooperate with new book 'The Mockingbird Next Door'

Lee says that 'as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood,' while author Marja Mills tells the Monitor, 'Nelle Harper Lee and Alice F. Lee were aware I was writing this book.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Books Inspire Hot-Topic Dialogue in Searing Sharjah

The Islamic Book Exhibition serves as a forum for dialogue on some of the hottest topics affecting the Middle East and Islam, all through the medium of books. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Polish Book Chains Re-imagine Stores, Expand to Small Cities

Poland's two largest bookstore chains, Matras and Empik, are adding new services and plan vast expansions amid a shrinking number of independent bookstores. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rep. John Lewis' 'March Book Two' Coming in 2015

Top Shelf has released the cover art for 'March Book Two,' the much-anticipated second volume of Civil Rights legend John Lewis’ three-volume graphic memoir. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fricking Awesome Maps From the Silver Age of Comic Books

When combined, maps and comic books are irresistible to fans who want to explore their favorite fictional worlds. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bragelonne: Fighting France’s Book Snobs with Success

Publisher Bragelonne has found extraordinary success selling what others in France might deign to be untouchable, including fantasy, romance, and ebooks. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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