No one who reads To Kill a Mockingbird for the first time now can read it as we did before this week. No teacher, no student can ever ignore the complicated history of the book and its characters. Go Set a Watchman, published on Tuesday, changes everything. But is that as terrible as it sounds? Is the Mockingbird dead? Continue reading at 'Stuff'
[ Stuff | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson c.e.o. John Fallon has paid tribute to employee Dieter Kowalski, who was killed in the Sri Lanka bombings on Easter Sunday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House will publish an unfinished memoir by the late pop superstar Prince this fall, the Associated Press reported Monday. The publisher is set to release "The Beautiful Ones," which shares its title with a song on Prince's 1984 album "Purple Rain," on Oct. 29. The news of the book's... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad tech on the open web has become a disjointed chain of systems that is so fragmented that it prevents any single player from innovating at scale. The walled gardens of Google, Facebook and Amazon have left the rest of the ad-tech ecosystem behind. Take publishers, for example. The industry has... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E L James has said she has written a paranormal romance, a "ghost story set in contemporary London", according to an interview in the New York Times. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax has finalized the 16-team field for its summer basketball tournament that will take place June 24-29 at Fairfax High. Next season’s likely top two teams, Sierra Canyon and Mater Dei, lead the 16-team field. Also participating are Rolling Hills Prep, Orange Lutheran, Dorsey, La Canada,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Inc. housed dozens of cybercriminal groups that set up shop on the platform as online marketplaces to sell a variety of illegal services, such as stolen credit card information, account theft and spamming tools, a team of researchers found. Cisco Systems Inc.’s Talos security unit... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Mark Smith and Marcus Leaver have set up a new publishing group and acquired Carlton Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publishing industry embraced 1st April this morning, with a series of spoof announcements including a poetry tax and a new Jack Reacher "mashup" series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The beleaguered title's final print issue will go on sale on 2 April but the website will remain. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Starring Jared Leto and Matt Smith, Morbius - based on a comic book - is set for release next summer. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book celebrating the life and career of Anthony Bourdain, the author, chef and television personality who died last June, will be published by Harper Collins imprint Ecco this spring, People magazine reported Monday. "Anthony Bourdain Remembered," which collects tributes and photographs... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Any entity created on this planet comes into the world with a star chart, dominated by a sun sign, reflecting the motion of the spheres above at its moment of birth. Facebook, for instance, is an Aquarius, while Google, Snap and Netflix are all Virgos. Microsoft and Twitter — both Aries.... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-20 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Any entity created on this planet comes into the world with a star chart, dominated by a sun sign, reflecting the motion of the spheres above at its moment of birth. Facebook, for instance, is an Aquarius, while Google, Snap and Netflix are all Virgos. Microsoft and Twitter — both Aries.... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-20 12:00:00 UTC ]
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CNN anchor Anderson Cooper has signed a two-book deal with publisher Harper, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Cooper, the host of the CNN program "Anderson Cooper 360°," will collaborate on the books with Katherine Howe, an author best known for her Salem witch trials-themed novels "The... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eight writers, including California residents Rebecca Solnit and Young Jean Lee, were named winners of the annual Windham-Campbell Prizes, some of the richest and most prestigious literary awards in the world. The announcement was made Wednesday in London, at an event hosted by Damian Barr, the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber editorial director Laura Hassan has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Miss Dior, the “moving and powerful” story of Catherine Dior, from The Wylie Agency’s Sarah Chalfant. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane editorial director Tom Penn has snapped up UK and Commonwealth rights for writer and activist Shon Faye’s The Transgender Issue. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For Major League Baseball players, three teams are at the bottom of the standings on state taxes: the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. That’s because California is in a league of its own on personal income taxes. We’ve got by far the highest state rate in the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of this year’s London Book Fair, at which Indonesia will be the Market Focus country, the nation’s burgeoning book trade already looks to have plenty of potential for further growth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The end offered more relief than joy. After 118 days of waiting, across a winter of alarming frostiness between baseball players and baseball owners, the free-agent saga of Bryce Harper has concluded. Harper has agreed to a 13-year, $300-million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, according... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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