It’s a timely moment for the “Stark Trek” alum to look back at his early years behind barbed wire during World War II. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-12 12:00:00 UTC ]
Lee created or co-created a stable of superhero characters that drove the comics industry for decades and continues to drive Hollywood profits today. To celebrate the life and work of Stan Lee, the Marvel Comics pioneer who passed away at the age of 95 today, we rounded up some classic covers... Continue reading at Fast Company
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Silvertail Books told that if it releases Ruthless by Ron Miscavige it will face legal actionIndependent UK publisher Silvertail Books has vowed to go ahead with its plans to publish a memoir by the father of Scientology leader David Miscavige, despite legal threats from Miscavige’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Here's an exclusive preview of the new Superman series, out next week. It's the latest in DC's line of new-reader friendly Earth One graphic novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Donald Heiney, who published 16 novels under the pen name MacDonald Harris, turned 2 years old in 1923, the year Safety Last! came out, and entered into film history the image of Harold Lloyd dangling from the arms of a clock, high over Los Angeles. Heiney’s earliest memories of Saturdays spent... Continue reading at Slate
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There's a reason everyone you know is obsessed with the quirky site that makes content parodying viral content--and then makes it go viral.Getting George Takei to share something you made with his 7 million Facebook followers is like crushing a piñata filled with free pageviews. It's a huge... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones, children's laureate Malorie Blackman, poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Phillip Pullman among supportersA national campaign to stop children's books being labelled as "for boys" or "for girls" has won the support of Britain's largest specialist bookseller Waterstones, as well as... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The change is subtle, but its message is clear: Facebook has entered the news business.It's no secret that Facebook is changing what appears in your feed dramatically. Whereas memes used to rule supreme--making basically anything shared by George Takei go viral--Facebook has reweighted its... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The writer Carl Bernstein has struck a deal to write a memoir of his early years as a cub reporter in Washington, his publisher, Henry Holt & Company, said on Monday. Rather than focusing on his famous tenure at The Washington Post, where wit ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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Whether it’s figures from the Association of American Publishers or financial reports from individual companies, it is becoming clear that in the early years of the digital transition publishers are finding ways to improve earnings and margins despite slight declines in total revenue as the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Written By: Alice O'Keeffe Publication Date: Fri, 28/10/2011 - 14:44 Looking at the bookshelves it seems the French have a lot to teach us; how to diet (French Women Don't Get Fat), how to dress (Ines de la Fressange's Parisian Chic) and now, how to bring up children. French Children Don't... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 11:00 Arrow has acquired an autobiography of the spiritualist and healer Helen Parry Jones. Editor Gillian Holmes bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Sheila Crowley at Curtis Brown. The book will tell the story of Parry... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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