First winners of Comic Creators’ Prize revealed

The five winning entries has been announced for the inaugural Comic Creators’ Prize, a call-out for Black creatives to get editorial feedback. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Should Book Prizes Try Harder to Honor the Underappreciated?

Hillary Mantel wins another book prize—the Costa this time—and the backlash has begun, raising the question: should book prize juries spread the love a little more? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tops for Kids: Newberry, Caldecott, and Printz Award Winners

This year's coveted American children's book awards go to The One and Only Ivan (Harper), This is Not My Hat (Candlewick), and In Darkness (Bloomsbury). Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curtis Brown launches Jeffrey Archer Short Story Prize

Curtis Brown has teamed up with Kobo to launch a short story competition, to be judged by author... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bologna Children’s Book Fair Honors “Best Publishers” with New Prizes

To mark its 50th anniversary the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, will award six new prizes for publishers at the "forefront of innovation" and "creative editorial choices." Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thayil wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

Indian writer Jeet Thayil has won the third DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, worth $50,000,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten Authors Vie for 2013 Man Booker International Prize

Ten finalists were chosen as finalists from among 150 submitted for the Man Booker Prize International Prize for fiction. The shortlist was revealed at India’s Jaipur Literary Festival. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vickers and Okereke shortlisted for Costa short story prize

Salley Vickers and Chiome Okereke are among the authors shortlisted for the Costa Short Story... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quadrille offers Pink Lady prize

Quadrille has partnered with the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year competition to offer an... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Goldsmiths launches £10,000 literary prize

A new £10,000 literary prize rewarding original fiction has been launched by Goldsmiths,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Asian Literary Prize Shortlist Features Five Countries, Orhan Pamuk

The 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize shortlist includes books from Pakistan, Malaysia, Japan, Turkey and India; Orhan Pamuk competes with four other finalists. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kindle Touch updated with new UI, Whipersync for Voice and comic book navigation

Still have an old Kindle Touch sitting around? You have some new features to play with. Despite replacing it with a brighter son, Amazon is still updating its original touch sensitive e-reader -- outfitting it with a new UI, enhanced parental controls and Whispersync for Voice, which shares... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titan Comics in graphic novel venture

Titan Comics has teamed up with comics veteran Dave Elliot on a new co-publishing venture which... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Pan moves to WWII in a new comic book series

Captain Hook becomes a Nazi and Peter Pan is a freedom fighter in the series 'Peter Panzerfaust.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shortlist for International Prize for Arabic Fiction

The shortlist for the 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction has been announced in a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McGraw-Hill reveals the SmartBook: an 'adaptive' ebook for students

McGraw-Hill is taking on the one-size-fits-all approach to textbooks with its freshly unveiled SmartBook: an ebook that is claimed to adapt to student's learning patterns. Aimed at college students, the SmartBook service peppers users with questions as they read and determines what topics it... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What is the Future of the Comic Book Format?

What is the future of the comic book format? Will it go all digital? Continue its slow decline? Disappear? Or is due for a nostalgic revival like so much else? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hilary Mantel wins Costa novel prize

Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novel Bring Up The Bodies is named the best novel of 2012 at the Costa Book Awards. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Predicting the Winners and Losers in Brazil’s Ebook War

Surprisingly, Apple leads Brazil's ebook sales, but by 2014 Amazon should dominate, with Kobo, Google, Saraiva and others behind. We explain why. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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