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'

[ Fast Company | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eurospan Finds a New Home at the Mare Nostrum Group

The academic distribution arm of bankrupt U.K. distributor of United Independent Distributors has been acquired by the publishing services provider Mare Nostrum Group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Game of Thrones’: AFR editor blindsided as Nine inundated with voluntary redundancy applications | The Weekly Beast

Nine CEO defends highly publicised decision to carry the Olympic torch in Paris. Plus: ABC revives beloved news themeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWeekly Beast understands the publishing division of... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-08-16 03:24:36 UTC ]
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Scientists find evidence of liquid water deep underneath the Martian surface

Water exists on Mars, according to a team of geophysicists, and not just as ice on its poles or as vapor in its atmosphere. The scientists have found evidence of liquid water deep in its outer crust, based on their analysis of data provided by NASA's Mars Insight Lander. Specifically, they... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-08-13 12:00:54 UTC ]
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Religious Publishers Find Renewed Faith in Devotionals

Demand is high for these books that mix scripture, inspirational messages, and steps for growing one’s faith. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Report Finds Customer Traffic Rising at Barnes & Noble

A new report by a market intelligence firm, whose services include store foot traffic analysis, found that customer visits at Barnes & Noble locations have increased every month but one since November 2023 compared to the prior year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Former UFC, WWE star Ronda Rousey finds 'path that I was meant for' as graphic novelist

Former UFC and WWE champion Ronda Rousey will publish her first graphic novel next year. She said it's somewhat autobiographical, 'even though it didn't really happen.' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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News Corp’s quiet apology after outrage over use of Indigenous children’s images | The weekly beast

Apology from Sky News was published at 7pm on Friday – a time when very few would see it, complainants say. Plus: speculation over Paul Barry’s replacementGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMiriki Performing Arts has gracefully accepted an apology from News... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-06-14 15:00:54 UTC ]
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Why you might struggle to find this year’s International Booker winner in UK libraries – and why publishing suffers as a result

If you search for translated books all of them won’t come up in a library catalogue search. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2024-06-11 17:09:25 UTC ]
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Survey Finds Spotify Audiobooks Popular, but Compensation Questions Remain

As part of its efforts to force Spotify to be more transparent about how it pays authors, the Coalition of Concerned Creators commissioned a survey to discover how audiobook listeners felt about the service. It found mixed results. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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As News Corp rages over Laura Tingle, Sharri Markson bewails an ‘explosion of racism’ across Australia | Weekly Beast

Murdoch’s empire down under has been quietly reorganised – with a long, slow cull of journalists expected to followNews Corp Australia has been laser focused on the travails of rival media entities Nine Entertainment and the ABC lately, while largely ignoring the major restructure in its own... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-05-31 03:38:19 UTC ]
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Google’s accessibility app Lookout can use your phone’s camera to find and recognize objects

Google has updated some of its accessibility apps to add capabilities that will make them easier to use for people who need them. It has rolled out a new version of the Lookout app, which can read text and even lengthy documents out loud for people with low vision or blindness. The app can also... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-05-16 16:00:07 UTC ]
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Black 'Nones' Find a Humanist 'Religion'

More Black Americans are choosing nonbelief as their "religion" and Humanism as their new identification, says Anthony Pinn, author of 'The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers' (Beacon, May 22). PW caught up with Pinn to... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Sales Dropped at Comics Shops in 2023, ComicsPRO Survey Finds

Sales fell at 69% of responding retailers in 2023 compared with 2022, with sales of new comics periodicals down at 73% of responding comic shops and graphic novel sales down at 65%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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New PEN America Report Finds School Book Bans at Record Levels

The report, 'Banned in the USA: Narrating the Crisis,' reports 4,349 book bans recorded from July to December 2023, with more book bans recorded during the first half of the current school year than in all of the last school year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Barry Diller Bets on Media Veterans to Turn Around The Daily Beast

The former Disney executive Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles, the former Hearst content chief, are being given a minority stake in the digital tabloid. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Some Former SPD Clients Find New Homes Despite Ongoing Uncertainty

Dozens of former publishers that had been served by SPD have signed with Asterism and Itasca as frustration mounts over the lack of information coming from the now-shuttered distributor. Meanwhile, Ingram is offering some flexibility in its 60-day deadline to have inventory removed from its... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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‘The crime writer crime writers read’: Garry Disher, author of 60 books and finding fame in his 70s

The Australian author is ‘incredibly influential’, but has had to survive decades of ‘cultural cringe’ and genre snobbery to make finally ‘a decent sort of living’Before parched and dusty towns across Australia became full of fictional sinister people; before the explosion of outback noir and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-04-05 23:00:18 UTC ]
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Books for Finding the God in You

These new books explore the nexus between introspection and spirituality, urging readers to form a relationship with the self rather than with a higher power. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Small Press Distribution Clients Scramble to Find New Distributors

The abrupt shut down of Small Press Distribution has left roughly 400 former publisher clients with a host of questions as they look to find new distribution options. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller Oral History Project Finds Permanent Home at the University of Iowa Libraries

The Bookseller Oral History Project, a program intended to document and preserve the history of bookselling in the U.S., has found a permanent home at the University of Iowa Libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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