Plus unfortunate controversy in the competitive 'Overwatch' scene, a publishing giant goes on the market, and more gaming news. Continue reading at 'Wired'
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E-books are just digital recreations of what you can get on paper. Wouldn't it be better if they took advantage of internet-connected mobile devices to tell new stories? Google, at least, wants to give this a shot. It just launched Editions At Play,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat is getting closer to forking over the data that advertisers want, and the stats will be coming in the form of mobile app-install ads. Today, a short video ad promoting SGN's mobile game Cookie Jam is running within iHeartRadio's Discover channel—the app's hub of daily content from... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At some point back in 2013, I asked a senior publisher if they had a contingency plan for a world with fewer high street bookshops. It was a period when ebook sales were growing ever bigger, taking chunks out of print fiction’s market share; Amazon was revelling in its recent victory over those... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Your mommy guilt might be misplaced: A new book shows that working mothers raise great kids.Juggling work and family obligations makes working mothers feel that they're always dropping the ball somewhere. When you're at work, you're missing time away from your kids. When you're at home, you're... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the run up to the NFL's conference championships, ABC and CW have loaded up tonight with comic book TV. ABC has a celebration of 75 years of Captain America leading into the Agent Carter premiere, while CW has Justice League action. FX is premieri... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon’s been steadily expanding the list of benefits you receive with a $99 Prime membership—two-day shipping, a library of music and movies to stream, the ability to “borrow” Kindle books—and today it added video games to the list. Sort of. Prime members now get 20 percent off video game... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Allen has acquired Terence, the "definitive" illustrated biography of design "visionary" Terence Conran. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Acquires Kentucky-based Rather Dashing Games to enter "new growth area in publishing." The post Kalmbach Moves into the Board Game Industry appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Year’s weekend will be generally quiet as far as openings go — though the museums will all be doing their thing, with some terrific shows ongoing. But the art world gets cooking again early next week with the opening of a film festival at the Hammer Museum and a show at LACE that examines the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laurence King Publishing has commissioned a designer colouring book by “iconic” British fashion designer Matthew Williamson. Senior commissioning editor for fashion at Laurence King, Camilla Morton, acquired world rights for the new concept book. Matthew Williamson: Fashion Print and Colouring... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While the giant firms sink huge sums into fleeting fads, the commitment and passion of the smaller imprints leave a larger impression in the long termIndependent publishers pick the books they loved and wished they published in 2015Here’s an observation: it sometimes feels as though smaller... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coronet has bought The Science of Game of Thrones by stand-up comedian Helen Keen. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new book called Material Innovation: Packaging Design catalogs all the ways designers are shaking up packaging design. The post New Book Material Innovation Goes Inside the Surprisingly Clever World of Package Design appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The battle over breaking news escalated this fall with a trio of mobile products from major tech companies. In November, Facebook announced its stand-alone app called Notify on the heels of Twitter launching Moments the month prior. When Apple released the iPhone 6s and iOS 9 in September, it... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With "Marvel's Jessica Jones" receiving rave reviews, the comic book company's next Netflix show, "Marvel's Luke Cage," steps up with the casting of a major actress, Sonia Braga, in the role of Soledad Temple, the mother of Rosario Dawson's character Claire. Dawson's Claire is slated to have an... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Franklin Watts has paid tribute to its former art director Jonathan Hair, who has died. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Katniss Everdeen may have come out on top of the weekend box office with an estimated $101 million in domestic ticket sales, but the new "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2" fell short of industry expectations and, unlike the "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" young-adult juggernauts, her "Hunger... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Estate of Francis Bacon is set to publish the entire oeuvre of the artist’s work for the first time, including 100 previously unpublished paintings, for £1,000 a copy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There is a tale told in the annals of the superhero casting history books that Christopher Reeve won the role of Superman not with bold, overstated moments of Kryptonian super-strength, but with the simple act of removing his glasses. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TELL and Agatha Christie Productions (ACP) have launched a new storytelling app based on Christie's short story collection The Mysterious Mr Quin, starring "Game of Thrones" actor Gethin Anthony in the lead role. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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