Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Macron, Merkel Speak of a Europe United by Culture

The two leaders touched on not only the power of culture to hold Europe together, but also on some issues within the publishing industry, including copyright and digitization. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lydia Cacho and Anabel Hernández – two of Mexico’s bravest journalists in the UK to talk about the risks of speaking truth to power

Bill Swainson on two Mexican journalists who are relentless in their pursuit of the truth. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Charts ranks books by what people are actually reading

Bestseller lists like the one at the New York Times measure a book's success by how many copies its sold. What it doesn't do is tell you how many of those books are being read, nor how fast. Amazon Charts aims to fix this problem with a new, weekly b... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TCAF 2017 Grows; Celebrates NBM, Image, Koyama Press

Attendance continued to grow at TCAF 2017, which featured programming highlighting the LGBTQ community and celebrated anniversaries of independent publishers Image, Koyama Press and NBM. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales Rose 15% at Bloomsbury in 2017

Led by strong gains in its children’s publishing division, revenue at Bloomsbury rose 15% in the fiscal year ended February 28, 2017 over fiscal 2016. Profits slipped, however, dropping to £9.4 million from £10.3 million in fiscal 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gun Safety Org Taps Book Professionals for New Advocacy Group

The nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety has recruited a group of book industry professionals--over 130 writers, illustrators, editors and agents--to speak out against gun violence. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actes Sud's Nyssen made France's culture minister

Francoise Nyssen, chief executive officer of French publisher Actes Sud, has been appointed culture minister in Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s new government. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kogan Page buy cyber attacks books

Kogan Page has bought two books about cyber attacks from a former Guardian editor and a professor. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Koala Who Could wins Oscar's Book Prize

The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright and Jim Field has been named the winner of Oscar’s Book Prize 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Festival of the Spoken Nerd's first book to Cassell Illustrated

Octopus imprint Cassell Illustrated has acquired in a "hotly contested" auction the first book from The Festival of the Spoken Nerd, a show that celebrates science, comedy and "unashamed geekiness" with live experiments and audience participation. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ockham NZ Book Awards: Catherine Chidgey, Victoria University Press the big winners

Waikato author Catherine Chidgey was the big winner at this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hay House UK wins Bernstein's self-help book after five-way auction

Hay House UK has won the rights to publish Gabrielle Bernstein’s new book The Judgement Detox after a “heated” five-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lovegrove to lead new 'inclusive' Little, Brown imprint Dialogue Books

Little, Brown Book Group is launching a new stand-alone imprint dedicated to inclusivity called Dialogue Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Photo Mania: Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2017

Organized by the Toronto Public Library in partnership with The Beguiling comics bookstore, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival was held May 13-14 at the Toronto Reference Library, a sprawling public facility in downtown Toronto. PW was on hand to bring back images of the artists, publishers and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Meet the 2017 Folio: Top Women in Media

Celebrating this year's class of inspiring women who make magazine media a dynamic industry. The post Meet the 2017 Folio: Top Women in Media appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: May 15, 2017

Kickstarter-supported indie gets a location; ex-bookseller starts massive book tour; Oregon store celebrates a milestone; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2017 Global Ebook Report: As Many Stories as Markets

In his Global Ebook Report this year, Rüdiger Wischenbart looks at how the disparate realities in world markets add up to no cohesive single interpretation. The post 2017 Global Ebook Report: As Many Stories as Markets appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How real books have trumped ebooks

The digital revolution was expected to kill traditional publishing. But print books are ever more beautifully designed and lovingly cherishedBooks have always had a fetishistic quality to them, with their dusty secretiveness. Now, though, it feels like we’re living through a special moment in... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2017: More of the Same but Better at BookCon

BookCon returns to New York’s Javits Center with two full days of programming, and is determined to pass the 20,000 mark this coming June with an if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it approach. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2017: Anne DeCourcey is PW’s Rep of the Year

A longtime book veteran who says that she’ll die in this industry, DeCourcey was named the 2016 New England rep of the year and the 2015 and 2010 HarperCollins rep of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone wins 'Book of the Year' in hotly-contested auction

In a "hotly contested" auction, Cornerstone has acquired a book of strange-but-true trivia authored by the "QI elves" behind weekly podcast "No Such Thing As A Fish". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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