Fairlight acquires 1920s tale through open submissions programme

Fairlight Books has acquired Richard Smyth’s novel The Woodcock, a literary period drama set on the north-east coast of England. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 17:56:34 UTC ]
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Is Self-Publishing and Open Access Viable for Art Publishing?

A German art foundation is experimenting with an open-access self-published monograph as an ebook. Could this be a model for other institutions looking for greater exposure? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dundee UP acquired by Edinburgh

Edinburgh University Press has acquired the business and publishing assets of Dundee University... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tales From the Digital Media Crypt

Classic horror films have been remade for the digital media world: Prepare for a trio of digital marketing horrors stories to make brands and publishers scream.The post Tales From the Digital Media Crypt appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlotte Greig to join Open Road

Former Picador editor Charlotte Greig is to join digital publisher Open Road as strategic advisor... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Medium opens its social publishing platform to all Twitter users

Twitter's Ev Williams started Medium to simplify and socialize online article writing, but the service's invitation-only nature has kept many folks on the sidelines. Today, things are opening up: Medium's now accessible to anyone willing to sign into Twitter and verify an email address. Would-be ... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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1930s Olympics tale to Transworld

Transworld has bought a book about the 1932 Winter Olympics by senior Guardian sports writer Andy... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt 2013: CONTEC Opens 'Good Mood' Frankfurt Book Fair

The popular Tools of Change is no more, but in its place a more intimate digital conference--CONTEC--kicked off what Frankfurt v-p of conferences and entertainment & media Holger Volland said was going to be “a good mood” Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate buys drought-ridden tale

Canongate editorial director Louisa Joyner and m.d. Jamie Byng have acquired UK and Commonwealth... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize will now be open to any novel written in English

The prestigious UK writing prize will now be open to any works that are published in the UK and were written in English. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Want To Open A Pop–Up Shop? The Storefront Transformer Box Has Everything You Need

New York community organization Made in the Lower East Side (miLES) demonstrated just how great the appetite is for temporary storefront space in lower Manhattan this past spring. Its call for applicants to creatively use a neighborhood storefront brought in more than 100 proposals, including 10... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mira acquires David Solomons tie-in

Harlequin UK imprint Mira is to publish David Solomons’ Not Another Happy Ending, based on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will the Man Booker Prize be open to US authors next year?

News reports are saying American authors will be considered for the prestigious UK literary prize next year, while the Booker Prize organizers say these stories are 'incomplete' but haven't discounted the possibility. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paperless library opens in Texas

The Bexar County Digital Library doesn't have printed books – instead it lets patrons check out ebooks and audiobooks. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter Acquires Mobile Ad Exchange MoPub

Google's got an ad exchange. So does Facebook. Twitter is said to be working on one too. But in the meantime, the company has just purchased MoPub, a burgeoning mobile ad exchange business.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed. MoPub has built an ad exchange through which mobile publishers... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell's to open digital development office

Blackwell’s is setting up a new digital development office with nine new members of staff.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Storify Acquired by Web Publishing Services Company Livefyre

Storify, a digital storytelling tool used by journalists to surface conversations that originate on social media, has been acquired by the Web publishing services company Livefyre. Livefyre plans to fold Storify into its StreamHub product, which offers Web publishers tools for commenting, live... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Livefyre Acquires Storify to Expand Its Social-Media Curation Platform

Livefyre, a provider of comment-hosting tools for online publishers that has been expanding into other areas of social content, has agreed to acquire Storify — a service that allows users to curate conversations from Twitter, ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BIS Select Committee: government 'wrong on gold open access'

The Business, Innovation and Skills select committee has criticised the government's... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jesmyn Ward's 'Men We Reaped' is a tale of young men lost too soon

In her memoir, 'Men We Reaped,' Jesmyn Ward writes about her upbringing in a poor Mississippi family and the violent, early deaths of five young men who were close to her.Jesmyn Ward's heart-wrenching new memoir, "Men We Reaped," is a brilliant book about beauty and death. The beauty is in the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury acquires Hart Publishing for £6.5m

Bloomsbury has acquired legal publisher Hart Publishing for £6.5m. The addition of Hart... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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