Five thrillers to read now — and soon

New books by Andrea Camilleri, C.J. Box, Flynn Berry, Elly Griffiths and Alma Katsu. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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New Donato Carrisi thriller to Little, Brown

Little, Brown imprint Abacus has acquired bestselling Italian thriller writer Donato Carrisi's latest novel The Girl in the Fog. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inaugural Little Free Library Fest Celebrates Reading, Community

On Saturday, which also happened to be National Readathon Day, the Minneapolis nonprofit Little Free Library hosted its first-ever Little Free Library Festival, featuring book swaps and the building of 100 little free libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bibliovore is a stylish eBook reading app for Windows

Windows 10 has native support for PDF, but if ePub is your preferred reading format then you’ll still need to find a third-party viewer. Bibliovore is a good-looking eBook reader and manager app for Windows 8.1 and later. The app imports individual ePub and PDF files, and can also scan and open... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cursed Child leads retailers’ summer reads

Booksellers are preparing for another blockbuster summer of sales, with a second successive year of “event publishing” shoring up the industry in the sunny season, and one retailer declaring “we feel like we are winning again”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Serial-style' thriller to Orenda

Orenda Books is to publish Six Stories, a "Serial-style" debut thriller by Matt Wesolowski. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Dudes Reading Instagram is now a hot book

People who love to see hot dudes reading â€” and really, isn't that most of us? â€” love the wildly popular Instagram account dedicated to capturing them in the act.  Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crown Reboots Book Discovery Site Read It Forward

The website, which hosts a digital community of more than 385,000 readers, has undergone a significant facelift and will place a heavier influence on long-form content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here's what Bill Gates says you should read this summer

Oprah has her book club. Mark Zuckerberg had his Year of Books. And Bill Gates has his annual reading lists — book recommendations shared each year by the Microsoft founder and philanthropist. Gates' 2016 list of summertime reads, complete with an animated video describing his picks, was released... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking acquires thriller debut The Witchfinder's Sister

Viking has acquired a literary historical thriller The Witchfinder’s Sister by debut author Beth Underdown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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43 percent of Facebook users don’t know where the stories they read originally appeared

With publishers under pressure to distribute their content directly onto social media platforms, the nagging question for many is whether their brands are diluted by being disconnected from their source. New research from Digital Content Next found that 57 percent of the time, people are aware... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pupil interest in reading drops in secondary school

Secondary school pupils are far less interested in reading than children at primary school, with only 40% of 14-16 year-olds saying they enjoy reading compared with more than 70% of 8-11 year-olds, according to a new National Literacy Trust (NLT) report. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Readings Carlton crowned the world's best bookstore at the London Book Fair

Forget your Foyles of London or that Barnes & Noble on New York's Union Square, the top shop sits on Lygon Street, Melbourne. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald

[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustration to Thrillers, Fiction and Nonfiction: International Titles on Offer at London 2016

We asked a few publishers which international titles they are especially excited to present to the publishing world at the London Book Fair this spring. The post Illustration to Thrillers, Fiction and Nonfiction: International Titles on Offer at London 2016 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Audio Book Club Reads When Breath Becomes Air

To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of When Breath Becomes Air, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ex paramedic wins three-book and TV deals for detective thriller

The Bournemouth-based 33-year-old was offered a six-figure sum for his series about a troubled Met investigator in the sights of a serial killerA former paramedic has received a three-book publishing and television deal for his debut crime series, which publishers and producers describe as... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book App Applies Gaming E-Commerce Model To Mobile Reading

Tapas aims to optimize reading for mobile by dividing books into three- to five-minute chunks and charging readers as they go. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Is It So Expensive to Read Academic Research?

The aphorism “information wants to be free,” coined by entrepreneur Stewart Brand in 1984 at the inaugural Hackers Conference, has come to serve as a shorthand justification for an ideology that would remove all unjust barriers to information access. And information has rarely been more... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PA plans to recruit 10,000 'Reading Ambassadors'

The Publishers Association is urging members of the public to "share their love of reading" by volunteering to become Reading Ambassadors in their local communities. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After you've seen Batman v Superman, read these books (they're better than the movie)

Whether you come away from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice thrilled or disgusted, there are always more (and often better) stories about DC's icons in your neighbourhood comic book store. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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