On the heels of the rapper’s deal with Random House, a look at the stars dipping their toes into publishing with imprints of their ownWith the launch of his new book imprint with publishing giant Random House, announced on Thursday via Instagram, the grime rapper Stormzy joined a growing list of entertainers and musicians who have parlayed their celebrity into the world of literature.Where it was once standard for stars to pen a memoir or book of essays, or have a ghost writer do it for them, many have in the last several years opted to join forces with publishing houses to launch high-profile imprints, essentially offshoots of large publishers that offer curated selections of titles. Related: Stormzy launches publishing imprint, #Merky Books, with Penguin Random House Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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"Goodnight iPad" is a bedtime tour of our electronic lives, mimicking the tone of the classic "Goodnight Moon." Continue reading at The New York Times
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Cheap new e-readers are expected to be one of the hottest gifts this holiday season. But new owners of Kindles and Nooks may be in for sticker shock on Christmas morning: The price gap between the print and e-versions of some top sellers has now narrowed to within a few dollars -- and in some... Continue reading at AllThingsD
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French booksellers have called it a "catastrophe" that VAT rates will go up to 7% in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Printed book sales soared by £8.6m week on week last week, but spending remains down on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Little, Brown Book Group UK is launching a new imprint focusing on commercial crime, suspense and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Amazon.com has acquired 450 titles from publisher Marshall Cavendish, marking the retailer's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Constable & Robinson is to launch Canvas, a new commercial fiction list headed by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Apple's entry into the ebook business hasn't been a huge success, but it has still registered with European antitrust regulators. Continue reading at AllThingsD
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Printed book sales soared by £8.8m week-on-week last week, with the latest edition of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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According to a survey, 24 percent of people who said they had bought books from an online retailer in the last month also said they had seen the book in a brick-and-mortar bookstore first. Continue reading at The New York Times
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The only non-fiction title shortlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award has taken home the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Titles on rugby, cycling, horse racing and Gaelic games have been shortlisted for this year... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Digital royalty rates paid to authors by publishers are increasing, though there remains... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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American author Jack Kerouac's first ever novel, which was thought to be lost, has been published 40 years after his death. Continue reading at BBC News
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Megan Raphael, executive director of the National Writers Series, a literary nonprofit organization, in Traverse City, Mich., insists that local government leaders should declare it a book city. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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They publisher may want to make sure that library ebooks can't be easily stripped of DRM and kept by a borrower without penalty. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2011-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Cuban has 335,000 friends on Facebook and 760,000 followers on Twitter. Monday, the Internet billionaire and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team will test just how friendly those fans really are. Continue reading at AllThingsD
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 17/11/2011 - 06:45 Full Circle Editions is to publish Body of Work, celebrating 40 years of the University of East Anglia writing course, associated with authors such as Rose Tremain and Ian McEwan, on 1st December. Edited by Giles Foden, the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 17/11/2011 - 12:18 Sci-fi and fantasy specialist Angry Robot is setting up a YA imprint, Strange Chemistry, with genre blogger Amanda Rutter appointed editor. The imprint will launch in September 2012, with five titles to be published... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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