E-books and audio books on the Web site of the New York Public Library. Publishers are waiting for an industrywide approach to e-lending to gel. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2011-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reading From Behind lines up for public vote alongside works including Soviet Bus Stops and Paper Folding With ChildrenIt might sound like a pain in the behind to read, but an academic tome about the cultural history of the anus is among the contenders on the shortlist for the 2016 Diagram prize... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publishing industry's trade association had a busy year protecting copyright in a changing market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A consideration of cult films and a photographic history of Soviet bus stops are among the contenders for an award given to the year's oddest book title. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alissa Hugel, assistant manager and children's book buyer at Folio Books in San Francisco, shares her enthusiasm for a handful of titles that are hitting a sweet spot any bookseller can appreciate. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The subscriber list and review archive for mail-order book business the Good Book Guide has been acquired by book review and recommendation site Lovereading, following a “turbulent” decade for the Guide. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has appointed Paul Rockett as publishing director of education. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's highly anticipated open-source code Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) has rolled out globally. Its core premise: to speed up page-load times on the mobile Web. Publishers across the pond, in Europe and beyond, have all been frantically AMP-coding article pages, and many are now running all... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is the most popular reading group title in the UK, according to new research from The Reading Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jungle Books, a library for migrants set up in the French port city of Calais, is at risk of eviction after half of the camp has been threatened with demolition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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HarperCollins, in partnership with Warner Bros Consumer Products, is publishing the official The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Colouring Book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Issuing a call for papers, Frankfurt Book Fair and Publishing Perspectives announce the seven-nation focus for 'The Markets' 2016. Regions highlighted include Southeast Asia, Europe, South America, and the Middle East. The post ‘The Markets’ Announced for 2016’s Global Summit at Frankfurt Book... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Informa continues to grow its U.S. events business; Cole sells off lucrative trade show but plans to keep expanding products and services. The post Informa Purchases WWETT Show from Cole Publishing appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For a second time, Turkey's Kalem Literary Agency pitched a book to a crowd of film producers at the Berlinale Film Festival. Agent Nazlı Gürkaş shares the experience and some advice. The post What It’s Like to Pitch a Book at the Berlinale Film Festival appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The second novel in a Norwegian crime series sells in the U.S. and beyond, and a nonfiction account of a woman's escape from Boko Haram begins making the rounds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers have tended to think of their Facebook audiences as a single group with a single set of interests. But as more sites launch more verticals aimed at different readers, many are taking that approach to Facebook. BuzzFeed has 90 Facebook pages, while Huffington Post has 79 and Mashable... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The annual celebration of the freedom to read, set this year for Sept. 25-Oct. 1, will focus on banned books written by people of color. The event will also look to examine why titles by diverse writers are so often challenged. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The IPA's president Richard Charkin on the opportunity that the International Publishers Congress presents for British publishers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW captured a range of images during the Havana Book Fair, including photos of the book fair and the thousands of Cubans searching for books during the event. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning novelist Neil Griffiths is launching a new literary prize to celebrate “small presses producing brilliant and brave literary fiction” in the UK and Ireland - in part because he believes the publishing business model is "terrible". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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