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'
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Sphere is publishing Past Mortems by Carla Valentine - the author's story of eight years as a mortuary technician. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press is partnering with literary institution The London Library to produce a series of "beautifully designed" books containing material from authors such as Lewis Carroll, E M Forster and Virginia Woolf. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The BBC visits Nigeria's Comic Republic - a team inventing and illustrating comic book superheroes with homegrown names. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American and international publishers attended the 2016 Havana Book Fair in hopes of finding new opportunities in an economically friendlier Cuba. The post Havana Book Fair: New Chapters in Warming Relations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What happened with Russia? Why is it turning into the USSR Version 2.0? And was it possible to predict this turn of events? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tristram Shandy has been adapted into other media a surprising number of times for a novel that would appear to be unadaptable. The composer Michael Nyman has released excerpts from an opera based on the novel, begun in 1981 and still apparently “in progress.” Michael Winterbottom’s 2005 film... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are about as many Americans with no religious affiliation as there are evangelical Christians. Can religion publishers reach this market? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pool founder Sam Baker; Robbie Millen and Arifa Akbar, literary editors of the Times and the Independent respectively; authors Viv Groskop and Sali Hughes; and booksellers from Waterstones, Foyles, W H Smith and Booka Bookshop will judge this year’s inaugural Books of the Year awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Meze Publishing has acquired the debut cookbook from 2015 MasterChef champion Simon Wood entitled At Home with Simon Wood: Fine Dining Made Simple. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Wasserman, whose publishing career included stints as an agent and editor-in-chief of the 'Los Angeles Times Book Review,' has been named publisher and executive director of Heyday Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Most publishers and authors used their booth presence at the North American International Toy Fair to sell books and sidelines, though a growing number were also on the hunt for new licensing deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first U.S. publishing mission to Cuba in decades is seen as a first step in normalizing publishing relations between the two countries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Family Fang author Kevin Wilson sells his latest novel to Ecco, Soho Teen nabs the debut novel by Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: a mold-breaking time travel saga, plus a chronicle of years spent in a Red Hook bar. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Evening Standard has launched the Oscar’s First Book Prize 2016 and is inviting UK publishers to submit entries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YALLWest is coming, and if that doesn't mean anything to you, you're not a teen reader. Now in its second year, YALLWest is a book festival targeted at teens -- although it won't turn away grownups who like YA books, and younger readers are invited too. Set for Santa Monica April 30-May 1,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown is to publish White Highlands, a debut novel by John McGhie set in "one of the least known and darkest episodes in British colonial history". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Taipei International Book Exhibition has always been known for its large congregation of overseas exhibitors, and this year's event, running from February 16–-21, continues the tradition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The International Publishers Association has called for the immediate release and protection of a 73-year-old publisher arrested in Dhaka, Bangladesh on the grounds that he had launched a book deemed offensive to Islam. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For a second year, Frankfurt Book Fair (FBM) and Publishers Weekly (PW) are teaming up to produce the PW Star Watch program. Nominations are open. The post Looking Up: Publishers Weekly and Frankfurt Open Star Watch 2016 Nominations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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