The finalists for the 2013 National Book Award have been announced anI, for the first time, a free ebook series with samples of all the finalists' work is available for download. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Spending on printed books in 2012 has passed the £1bn mark, but a fortnight later than last... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mitchell Beazley is joining forces with Simon Cowell for a book tying in to his production... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookNet Canada’s first survey of where Canadians buy books and what types of books they buy found that about 16% of purchases in the first half of 2012 were of ebooks, while paperback remained the most popular format, with a 57% share. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key Books has bought three books from Observatory Mansions-author Edward Carey, his first... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster, a fledgling mobile service for Spotify-style on-demand books, has raised $3 million in funding led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund. Oyster, which is still a work in progress, will let users of its mobile app access, discover, and read an ever-growing range of titles and genres, all on... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The books market in Italy has “deteriorated significantly” in 2011 and the first nine... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new global book classification system that aims to reduce cross-border confusion about subject... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Olympic cyclist and "Strictly Come Dancing" contestant Victoria Pendleton's memoir... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book that has moved me most in the past year is Wonder by R.J. Palacio. It’s the fictional story of August Pullman, a 10-year-old with a very different-looking face—the result of a chromosomal abnormality and an illness—and his journey from the nest of homeschooling to the wilds of middle... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are looking to move beyond the “smoke screen” of erotica as the Frankfurt... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rovio, the creator of the hugely popular mobile game Angry Birds, will partner with Cern to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Zealand has officially taken centre stage at the world's biggest book fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Syrian writer Samar Yazbek, author of A Woman in the Crossfire (Haus Publishing), has been chosen... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google and major book publishers have settled a lengthy legal battle over digital copyrights, but a bigger dispute still looms with thousands of authors who allege that Google is illegally profiting from their works. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author JK Rowling has promised fans that her next published book will be for children. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers can now decide whether Google can digitize out-of-print books still protected by copyright, but does not settle the issue of individual author rights. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has pre-empted a guide to successful parenting written from the point of view of an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A M Heath is bringing the first novel for 15 years from Charles Palliser, author of The Quincunx... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google today announced an agreement that marks the end of nearly seven years of litigation, kicked off in 2005, when five members of the organization filed an infringement suit against the online giant. The deal helps bring digitized books and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bulgarian author Miroslav Penkov has won the £15,000 BBC International Short Story Award,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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