Get Your First Clues About "Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them"

A movie based on a book inside a Harry Potter book is here, and this is our first glimpse.During a week where many people have reached critical levels of Star Wars overload, Warner Bros. has released the first look at an entire movie based around a book that was listed on Harry Potter's freshman syllabus in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Yes, for real.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

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Finding Paul Between Two Worlds

In Paula Fredriksen's forthcoming book, 'Paul: A Pagan's Apostle' (Yale, Aug.), the scholar finds that understanding Paul is key to reconstructing the first generation of the Christian movement. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Pope Francis focuses the faith on mercy, scholar finds

Jesuit scholar and moral theologian Thomas Massaro's book, "Mercy in Action," details the pontiff's urgent call for social change. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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‘A watershed moment’: Publishers find hope in a more rational post-Facebook media landscape

Facebook playing a shrunken role as the de facto regulator of media will be a good thing in the long run. The post ‘A watershed moment’: Publishers find hope in a more rational post-Facebook media landscape appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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'O, the Oprah Magazine' Finds Its Favorite Books in the New Socially-Conscious Zeitgeist

Longtime publishing industry editor turned 'O' books editor Leigh Haber explains the method behind the Favorite Books of 2017 list at Oprah's magazine. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Digital Publishers Find Shared Purpose at W3C Publishing Summit

Publishers, librarians, and digital leaders gathered in San Francisco last week for the W3C Publishing Summit. Participants stressed the pressing need for a common digital standard and looked to the future of digital publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Survey finds more than half of people in book trade have experienced sexual harassment

Poll by the Bookseller finds 54% of female respondents reporting sexual ‘harassment, assault or predatory behaviour’A survey suggests that more than half of people working in the books industry have experienced sexual harassment, with 54% of women and 34% of men reporting “harassment, assault or... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Justice League: DC's holy trinity of heroes finds safety in numbers

Many comic book heroes lay claim to the moniker "iconic", though few are as iconic as DC's holy trinity: Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. And between them they possess some of comic book history's most recognisable toys: Superman's bullet-deflecting supersuit, Batman's Batmobile and Wonder... Continue reading at Stuff

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Prime members will find another perk in Amazon's newest bookstore (Photos)

Amazon may have spent the past two decades pulling bookstore shoppers to its business online, but with a new storefront in California's East Bay, the retail giant is hoping to lure them back to a brick-and-mortar store. Amazon Books is in the final stages of preparing for its opening tomorrow... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

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Open Data use growing among researchers, finds Figshare

A survey conducted by Digital Science's data management company Figshare has found "strong signals that open data is becoming more embedded" with researchers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Faber finds Nile style is just what doctor ordered

Faber has bought rights to Petina Gappah's second novel, The Last Journey of Doctor Livingstone. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Publishers find Google AMP loads too fast for ad views

Ads load slower than content on AMP, which is part of the reason why publishers make less money per pageview from AMP than they do from their own websites. The post Publishers find Google AMP loads too fast for ad views appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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Finding a balance on celebrity authors

Fiona Noble says celebrity and branded books can play a positive role in World Book Day, but publishing needs to invest in career authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Creative sector is 'highly resistant to automation', report finds

Sir Peter Bazalgette’s independent review into the Creative Industries has been released, revealing that the sector could be worth £128.4 billion to the UK economy by 2025 if a “sector deal” can be done between the government and the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Crickhowell's Bookish finds the perfect chemistry

Siôn Hamilton heads to Bookish in Crickhowell to meet Bookish owner Emma Corfield-Walters. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Kirkus Collections wants to make it easier to find YA books that reflect America

Kids these days apparently want to read books that reflect their lives. So following that whole supply-and-demand thing we all learned in Economics 101, Kirkus is giving the people what they want. They’ve just launched Kirkus Collections, which brings together Young Adult and children’s lit... Continue reading at Fast Company

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UK publishing industry remains 90% white, survey finds

Research indicates diversity has improved in recent years, but a generational change is needed to balance the book trade, according to researchersA survey of more than 1,000 people working in UK publishing has found that more than 90% currently in the industry classify themselves as white... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Clinton Devotional Book Pulled After Publisher Finds Further Instances of Plagiarism

Abingdon Press is discontinuing the sale of ‘Strong for a Moment Like This,’ a book of devotionals written for Hillary Clinton by Rev. Bill Shillady, after finding that several passages were lifted from the writing of other pastors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Weekly E-Ranking: Lost Things finds number one

After hovering in the top five for the previous fortnight, Ruth Hogan's The Keeper of Lost Things has vaulted four spots to claim her first pole position on the Weekly E-Book Ranking. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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To tackle a conspiracy theory, you have to find it first | Brigid Delaney's diary

Technology has liberated the spread of information and enabled like-minded people to come together to share their views. But it can make them harder to argue with tooWhen researching my book Wellmania (available in all good book shops, and some bad ones), I spent many months immersed in online... Continue reading at The Guardian

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iBooks Bestsellers: 'Soul Mate' Finds Its #1

The end of the summer and the beginning of the school year finds a mixed bag of ebooks hitting the Apple iBooks store's bestseller list, including Kendall Ryan's self-published romance at #1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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