First look inside the new Blackwell's Westgate

These are the first pictures of the new 3,000 sq ft Blackwell’s store in Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Video: Inside the Super Secret Batmobiles at Warner Bros.’ SXSW Activation

Warner Bros. subsidiary DC Comics is bringing its comic books to life for its 2018 SXSW activation. The film and TV studio brought several vehicles from two Batman films, as well as last year's Justice League, allowing festival-goers to get up close and personal with movie history. "They... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inside 'The Wire': How one author tracked down the details behind the monumental Baltimore TV show

You will not read many author interviews or book reviews on this blog unless a book is something special. Jonathan Abrams’ “All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire” is something special. Abrams, a senior writer who who covers the NBA for Bleacher Report, is a superb sports reporter.... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spicer's 'insider's account' of Trump administration to Biteback

Biteback Publishing has acquired a memoir by former White House press secretary Sean Spicer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Insiders: What’s Ahead for the UK’s Leading Bookseller Waterstones?

Among unknowns facing the UK book industry this year, the idea of a Waterstones sale is among the most vexing. There's one point of agreement: Industry players would like managing director James Daunt to stay in place. The post Industry Insiders: What’s Ahead for the UK’s Leading Bookseller... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five new features in Windows 10 Insider Build 17074 include Quiet Hours, Edge autofilling

Microsoft fittingly released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17074 in the late hours of Thursday afternoon. The new build adds Quiet Hours, which will automatically dial down notifications, as well as a host of other improvements such as autofilling forms in Microsoft Edge.As might be expected,... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury's and Blackwell's report rise in Christmas book sales

Sainsbury’s and Blackwell’s have reported positive book sales over the Christmas period, with Pete Selby, head of books at the supermarket, saying that gift purchases are now "shifting" from other entertainment to books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Dunmore wins posthumous Costa award for collection Inside the Wave

Dunmore wins poetry category, while Jon McGregor takes best novel prize for Reservoir 13 and Gail Honeyman’s bestselling debut Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine lands first novel awardThe poet Helen Dunmore is in the running to become the second posthumous winner of the Costa book of the year... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown to publish 'inside account' of Trump presidency

Little, Brown is publishing what it calls an inside account of Donald Trump's presidency by journalist Michael Wolff. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell Learning acquired by Kortext

Blackwell’s e-textbook platform, Blackwell Learning, has been sold to rival Kortext for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Good Night Stories scoops Blackwell's Book of the Year award

Blackwell’s has named its Book of the Year as the "inspirational" Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Particular Books) by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook reveals how it handles harassment inside US offices

Facebook has been publicly searching for a solution to harassment, hate speech and bullying on the site for years -- and at the same time, less publicly, the company has been honing its internal approach to these subjects. Today, Facebook published i... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2017-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portsmouth Blackwell's under threat of closure in 'desperately sad' situation

The Blackwell's bookshop at the University of Portsmouth may be forced to close if it is unable to come to an agreement about new premises. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s to broaden appeal with new store

Blackwell’s is to open a new 3,000 sq ft store in the new Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford, with a "completely different" format designed to broaden its customer base.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Armed man barricaded inside Fairfax home prompts SWAT team response

SWAT officers Wednesday evening were trying to coax an armed barricaded suspect out of a home in the Fairfax neighborhood, police sad. The hours-long standoff began about 4:30 p.m., when police were called to the 600 block of North Edinburgh Avenue after reports of a man holding family members... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Inside story' of the New Zealand All Blacks to Pan Mac

Pan Macmillan has signed the “exclusive” inside story of the New Zealand All Blacks. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inside the Facebook team that’s charged with keeping publishers happy

“Their job is so much more difficult than it was two years ago," said one publishing executive. The post Inside the Facebook team that’s charged with keeping publishers happy appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Something old, something new: Inside NBCUniversal and BuzzFeed’s union

A few years ago, it would have been unthinkable for a major TV company to talk about digital publishers during its upfront presentation. The post Something old, something new: Inside NBCUniversal and BuzzFeed’s union appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inside story of the 'Election that Shocked Britain' to Biteback

Biteback is to publish Campaign 2017: The Inside Story of the Election that Shocked Britain by journalists Tim Ross and Tom McTague, this September. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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