FarFaria Adds HarperCollins’ Titles, iPhone Support

FarFaria, a subscription app for iPad providing unlimited access to kids’ content for $3.99 a month, has inked a deal to offer 17 HarperCollins’ titles and has expanded support for the iPhone. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPA gives support to Thema

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alexander Lebedev sounding out buyers for Independent titles

Any deal would exclude London Evening Standard, while separate sale of profitable i thought to be open to discussionAlexander Lebedev has asked the founder of the Independent to seek a buyer for the newspaper, its Sunday sister and their cut-price stablemate, the i, 28 years after the daily... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane signs Wall Street title

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic Restructures, Supported by Allen & Unwin

Atlantic Books Limited has begun the year by announcing "a significant financial and organizational restructuring." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As DBW Convenes: If Hugh Howey Ran HarperCollins

On the opening of the Digital Book World 2014 Conference, Porter Anderson covers the hybrid author's controversial vision of an upended publishing industry. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Knewton Adds Cengage to Content Pool

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Don’t More Bookstores Stock Self-published Titles?

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard & Judy Book Club titles announced

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits drop for HarperCollins UK

HarperCollins UK has seen a 66% drop in profits for the year ending 30th June 2013, according to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inky Sprat title among iBooks 'best of 2013'

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some big titles unavailable, say indies

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AudioGO's BBC titles signed by Random House

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Keeping 'Duck Dynasty' Title on Shelves

Despite the controversy stirred up Wednesday afternoon by critical remarks of "homosexual behavior" by Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson in a GQ interview, Simon & Schuster has no plans to pull Phil Robertson's bestselling book, Happy, Happy, Happy. The title has sold nearly 600,000... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's bestselling titles of 2013 include Dan Brown, Khaled Hosseini

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kindle for Android adds Collections to help organize your e-library

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[ Engadget | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pennsylvania Legislators Support Tax Fairness

The state urges Congress to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 or similar legislation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boot up: Almunia's warning, Snapchat's numbers, China Mobile + iPhone, and more

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