European study into e-reading launches next week

A new European Commission-funded project will study whether or not reading digitally changes people’s comprehension of the text they consume. The Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitisation (EREAD) research will launch next week in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and carry on until autumn 2017 at locations around Europe, involving scholars from multiple disciplines, including the arts, humanities, social sciences and neuro-sciences. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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News Briefs: Week of March 21, 2016

Books Inc. is PW Bookstore Of the Year, Solomon best rep and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: March 21, 2016

Cassandra Clare’s ‘Lady Midnight’, first in her Dark Artifices trilogy, is the #1 book in the country. Plus a pair of business titles focused on efficiency and productivity zoom onto our Hardcover Nonfiction list, and much more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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American University in Cairo Press Launches New Fiction Imprint

The mission of new fiction imprint Hoopoe is to "accurately reflect what is going on in the Middle East, from the Middle East." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of March 21, 2016

Harper lands a Kennedy memoir, Ballantine re-ups historical fiction bestseller C.W. Gortner, SMP buys a recent U.K. bestseller, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Follow-Up: NetGalley Launches at Leipzig Book Fair

Following commentary about its launch in France, NetGalley now confirms its expansion into the German market this week at Leipzig Book Fair. The post Follow-Up: NetGalley Launches at Leipzig Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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European theater owners join those rejecting Sean Parker's controversial Screening Room service

The trade group representing European movie theater owners has rejected a proposed in-home film-screening service from technology investor Sean Parker. Parker, an entrepreneur who served as Facebook's first president, is pitching a home-video service that would give users access to films when... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Director Michael Mann to launch own imprint

Film director Michael Mann is to launch his own book imprint, Michael Mann Books, it has been reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Roman Krznaric launches book on Unbound

Unbound has launched the new book from cultural thinker and philosopher Roman Krznaric titled Carpe Diem Reclaimed. Krznaric, who is the author of Empathy (Rider) and How to Find Fulfilling Work (Macmillan), turned down an offer from a "major" UK publisher in favour of crowdfunding his new book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Marketers Still Eager to Increase Spending on Facebook and Google, Study Finds

A record 57% of marketers and agencies are allocating 20% or more of budgets to digital advertising, including 23% who earmark more than half of their spending for digital, according to the most recent in a series of studies published by RBC Capital Markets in partnership with Ad Age. Two... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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BuzzFeed Launches New Ad Format to Further Monetize Its Big Social Reach

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Freedom insiders confirm bid for O.C. Register ahead of next week's auction

Bankrupt newspaper publisher Freedom Communications confirmed Friday that a group of inside investors, including developer Mike Harrah, has submitted a bid for the company's assets. That sets up a three-way competition for Freedom, the owner of the Orange County Register and Riverside... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Kobo’s Michael Tamblyn on the Age of E-Reading

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This week: studying the dead, and a brilliant adventure yarn set aboard a Yorkshire whaler. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This week’s regional nonfiction bestsellers help readers answer the big questions, from how best to live to what’s good for the dinner table. Plus Oscar’s touch proves golden for the winning adaptations, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Author Mary Hoffman and her husband Stephen Barber are launching an independent publishing house, The Greystones Press, as an “alternative to commercially driven major publishers”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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