Contemporary recordings breathe new life into such books as “To the Lighthouse,” “Jane Eyre” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2019-11-22 17:06:26 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a book about women and leadership from a former Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton aide, Jennifer Palmieri. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Subscribe to us on iTunes, check us out on Spotify and hear us on Stitcher, Google Play and iHeartRadio too. This is our RSS feed. Tell a friend!What if you took a magazine and put it on stage? What you would get, if the magazine were any good, is Pop-Up Magazine, an evening of true stories... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are so many literary prizes these days that they could be regarded as an industry in their own right – but they’re needed to change the status quoHow many literary prizes are there in the UK today? To Wikipedia’s tally of around 70, I can immediately add half a dozen more – and still they... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Analysis finds proportion of female authors and characters fell after 19th century, with male authors remaining ‘remarkably resistant’ to writing women Women in novels have tended to “feel”, while men “get”; women smile or laugh, while men grin or chuckle. An analysis of more than 100,000 novels... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin is launching a pop-up bookshop stocked solely with titles by female writers for International Women’s Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2018 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is out today, with 2017 SI Rookie Danielle Herrington gracing this year's cover. Former SI cover model Tyra Banks first shared the news with Herrington in a video posted to SI.com this morning. This year's Swimsuit Issue is unique in that the first... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More men are listening to erotic audiobooks, making up almost a third of the market, with a quarter of all Fifty Shades of Grey downloads from male listeners. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publication’s editorial team will be combined with other Hearst magazines, including Cosmopolitan. Men’s Health faces a similar fate. It’s bad out there for the magazine industry as more consolidation leads to more dismissals. Hearst Media is laying off at least 15 editorial employees from... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online recipe library Cookstr, founded in 2008 and acquired by Macmillan in 2014, is reviving three out-of-print cookbooks as part of a collaboration with Picador. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the Audio Publishers Association's Audie Awards organizers say they get more and better entries annually, the market's hunger for audio rights is ratcheting up, too. The post The Audie Awards Finalists Are Announced, Amid Louder Competition for Audiobook Rights appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan celebrated female writers at its annual women’s fiction party on Tuesday evening. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The writings and adaptations of 'oustanding female writers whose work continues to be iconic and influential' is featured in the 'Book and Screen Week' program that runs parallel to London Book Fair in April. The post London Book Fair’s ‘Book and Screen Week’ Embraces Women’s Suffrage Centenary... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pottermore and Audible have announced a collaboration to publish a new audiobook Quidditch Through the Ages by J K Rowling, read by actor Andrew Lincoln. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Modern Classics series with the publication of 13 "deluxe" illustrated paperbacks, showcasing authors such as Muriel Spark, Angela Carter and Patricia Highsmith. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Later this year, you'll be able to buy ebooks and audiobooks straight from Walmart's website. The big box retailer has teamed up with Japanese e-commerce titan Rakuten to launch a business that can take on Amazon's Kindle offerings. Walmart will give... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A screenwriter has launched an award for a novel in the thriller genre in which no woman is beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped or murdered. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While hardly a shock that Google Play has started selling audiobooks, it's a moment to look at aspects of the format's sales-building prominence: the other way of 'reading.' The post Google Play Store Now Selling Audiobooks and Boosting Content on Voice-Activated Devices appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Play has launched a dedicated audiobook store to take advantage of the recent growth in downloads. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago has acquired rights to publish a German classic novel, The Seventh Cross, by Anna Seghers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Only one publisher, And Other Stories, has answered Kamila Shamsie’s challenge to publish only female writers this year. But wider lessons are being learned, as the novelist and other industry insiders explain2018 was meant to be the “year of publishing women”, after the novelist Kamila Shamsie... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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