The columnist and podcaster’s How to Live When You Could Be Dead is out in August heads the bestsellers listPre-orders of Deborah James’s second book have soared within days of it becoming available. The podcast host’s memoir-cum-self-help volume is topping the Amazon UK bestsellers list, ahead of Richard Osman’s popular crime novel The Man Who Died Twice.The publication of How to Live When You Could Be Dead was brought forward this week, after the news that the author hasn’t long to live. It will now come out in August, rather than January next year, as first planned. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Maleficent and Captain America among films affected Online retailer already in dispute with Hachette Book GroupAmazon.com has halted pre-orders of some Disney movies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, in what appears to be another contract dispute after the online giant began a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, the Pittsburgh Business Times ranked the largest Pittsburgh-area telecommunications firms. Click on the photo to the right to start the slideshow. The complete list of the largest Pittsburgh-area telecommunications firms is available to subscribers via the digital edition or on Page... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's fight with Hachette over ebook pricing just got extra-personal. Hot on the heels of writers attacking Jeff Bezos' "retaliation," the Amazon Books Team has posted a Readers United site that calls on you to email Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neither side has confirmed it, but it looks like Amazon's latest pricing battle (after Warner Bros. and its ongoing battle with book publisher Hachette) is with Disney. That's why you can't pre-order a copy of Guardians of the Galaxy on DVD or... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eoin Purcell, formerly editorial director of New Island Books in Dublin, has been appointed to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen King and Donna Tartt among those petitioning Amazon to 'stop harming the livelihood of the authors'Readers of the New York Times will have to steel themselves this weekend, as the unseemly brawl between Hachette and Amazon erupts on to the tranquil pages of the Grey Lady. Perhaps the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling authors George R.R. Martin and Chuck Palahniuk and director Quentin Tarantino, along with their respective comics publishers Avatar Press, Dark Horse, and Dynamite Entertainment, generated a lot of attention at the recent Comic-Con International about their forthcoming comics projects. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has acquired a book about “Fifty Shades of Grey” actor Jamie Dornan. Amanda... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has made new additions to its publishing teams in the company's New York and London offices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin has defended its decision to use an image of a doll-like young girl on the cover of a new edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There's no sign that Amazon and Hachette are close to burying their ebook hatchet, which has prompted the authors caught in the middle to speak up. One of those affected, Douglas Preston, penned an open letter to Jeff Bezos, requesting that he... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, new Murakami, racial reassignment surgery, and looking for Jack Kerouac. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Veteran publishing consultant Bruce Harris advises publishers to get out of warehousing and fulfillment and into their own branded bookstores. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google and Barnes & Noble, taking on their mutual rival Amazon.com, have paired up to offer same-day delivery of books purchased online. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Even children's books aren't immune to hot-button politics, as members of the pro-gun lobby has penned a controversial kids book advocating open carry laws. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors United, the loosely knit group of authors who joined forces to formally ask Amazon to end its sales terms dispute with Hachette Books, is preparing to run a full-page ad in Sunday's "New York Times." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Slate correspondent Justin Peters is on leave this year while he writes a book based on his February 2013 Slate profile of the Internet activist Aaron Swartz. He has been sending regular progress reports to friends, family, readers, and others interested in getting an inside look at the... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book, 'The Ice Dragon,' appears to be set in the 'Thrones' fictional universe. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book, 'The Ice Dragon,' appears to be set in the 'Game of Thrones' fictional universe. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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