Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Thu, 06/10/2011 - 14:17 Google eBooks has launched its e-bookstore in the UK. The store can be found at Google.co.uk/ebooks with frontlist titles including The Fear Index by Robert Harris priced at £9.06 and Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson priced at £8.06. Google has signed deals with the UK's biggest publishers, including Hachette, Penguin and Random House, and the store will feature on launch at the Gardner's Hive website and Blackwell's. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The 2023 Sheikh Zayed Book Award Young Author prize winner's world English rights have been bought by the UK's Bitter Lemon Press. The post UK: Bitter Lemon Press Buys World English Rights to Zayed Winner appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Sold at half price, the former PM’s apologia of his career has outstripped sales of recent novels by Sally Rooney and Richard OsmanBoris Johnson’s memoir, which is published next week, is already topping the Amazon UK Books Best Sellers list, outselling recently published novels by Sally Rooney... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Report finds that books with main characters from minority ethnicities or who are disabled or neurodivergent are written by those who do not share the protagonist’s identityMore than half of children’s books with marginalised main characters are by writers and illustrators who do not share their... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Sinclair's NewsON and Mindgrub have announced a collaboration to launch an Apple Vision Pro app for NewsON. This is Sinclair's first foray into spatial computing specifically for local news delivery, blending digital content with physical surroundings. Using Apple's... Continue reading at AdWeek
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Fondazione LIA's new APACE: 30 million Europeans await the EU Accessibility Act, but will publishers be there for them? The post Europe’s APACE: Only 1 in 4 Publishers Produce Accessible Ebooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Despite the entertainment industry having more streaming services than ever, Whoopi Goldberg and digital media veteran Larry Adams thought something was missing. That's where BLKFam comes in. Founded by Adams, BLKFam is a free, Black-owned, advertising-based... Continue reading at AdWeek
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Fablelistik has just published three limited editions of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' in print runs ranging from 26 to 2,500 copies. "We want to lean into the idea of books as objects,” said Fablelistik publishing director Taylor Armstrong. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The inaugural Aspen Literary Festival, slated for September 2025, will feature more than 40 authors in a multi-day celebration of books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Stevie Wilson: Tablets Are a New Way for Prisons to Profit off the Incarcerated In 2015, the PA DOC introduced tablets sold by GTL (now Viapath) to the general population. We were told we would be able to send and receive emails, buys songs and books, submits requests to staff and order... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Can the industry save itself from short-term thinking, even if Google is dealt a blackened eye, or bloodied nose during a raft of government tussles? Continue reading at Digiday
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A party supported by pals who made it through rush hour rain was appropriate for an anthology celebrating female friendshipNervous as I am of organising parties, I could hardly have launched a book about friendship without throwing one. And so it was that last Tuesday night, I found myself in... Continue reading at The Guardian
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A celebration of kids and their dogs, a monster-hunting girl, and more of today's best children's book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Unit sales of English-language trade print books sold in Canada fell 2% in the first half of 2024 from the comparable period in 2023 at stores that report data to BookNet Canada. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The president and CEO emeritus of BookNet Canada died on August 27. “It is impossible to imagine Canadian publishing functioning without Noah Genner’s contributions,” said Jack Illingworth, executive director of the Association of Canadian Publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The trial over the alleged ad tech monopoly begins Monday in Virginia. One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.The Justice... Continue reading at Fast Company
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Google’s AI-powered Photos upgrades are beginning to trickle in. Ask Photos, the Gemini-powered chatbot that lets you get ultra-specific and conversational with your photo searches, is launching in early access for select users in the US. In addition, the improved search for more descriptive... Continue reading at Engadget
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Old-fashioned address books and rolodexes are becoming an increasingly rare sight as the world goes digital. What’s more, digital address books are not something you need to buy separately. If you have an email address with Google (Gmail), Microsoft (Outlook), or Apple (iCloud), for... Continue reading at PC World
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The Internet Archive is starting to run out of legal options. Wired reports that the non-profit internet cataloguer of videos, games and books lost its appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The court rejected Archive.org’s claim in its ongoing lawsuit with several high... Continue reading at Engadget
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Sony's new team shooter Concord is not going to be playable for much longer. Developer Firewalk Studios says it will take the game offline on September 6, just two weeks after its release, to "explore options, including those that will better reach our players." You can no longer buy Concord... Continue reading at Engadget
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The diversity-led 'Lit in Colour' program at Penguin Random House UK places a vending machine at Scotland's Linlithgow Academy. The post Scotland: PRH UK’s ‘Lit in Colour’ Book-Vending Machine appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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