Google has launched a new version of Google Play Books that it hopes will make for a better reading experience for nonfiction titles. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Among the books heating up around the globe this week are Raphaëlle Giordano's French bestseller, a debut Swedish thriller and a backlist novel by a Guatemalan author known best for his short fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“True mindfulness,” one illustrator discovers, lies somewhere “halfway between intense focus and zoning out.” When HarperCollins first approached me in 2015 about illustrating coloring books for adults, I was skeptical. The coloring fad had already become ubiquitous by then, as a kind of mental... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Polarising right-wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos filed a $10 million lawsuit against a New York publishing company on Friday over a cancelled book deal. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As publishers continue to give Facebook and Google more ad dollars and control over distribution, a group of outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, Tronc and smaller newspapers are banding together. The News Media Alliance--a trade organization that... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Le Monde and Le Figaro have paired up to offer a scaled digital ad proposition, and 15 other publishers are pooling audience data to rival the duopoly. The post French publishers are joining forces to take on Google and Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For years, news organizations have had little recourse but to cede more distribution and advertising dollars to Facebook and Google, even agreeing to give away articles in the hopes the wider digital audience will pay off in the long run. But as profits continue to decline in journalism, news... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alliance of 2,000 organizations says the two companies’ dominance in online advertising and traffic has created an unsustainable future for journalismNews outlets are seeking permission from the US Congress for the right to negotiate jointly with Google and Facebook, two companies that dominate... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A five-week summer program created by the L.A. Review of Books is currently underway at USC to help people break into the publishing industry. But that industry, despite having some local stars, is centered 3,000 miles away. “We do want to make people job ready," said LARB publisher and editor... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The IPA and its Freedom to Publish Committee denounces' Verona's mayor's plan to pull books promoting same-sex family contexts from libraries and schools. The post International Publishers Association Condemns Verona Mayor’s Books Censorship Agenda appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We meet four finalists in the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and ask them how they create the words and images that capture kids' imaginations. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An unpublished picture book by the late Maurice Sendak has been discovered, Publishers Weekly reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titles published by Amazon Publishing imprints took 12 of the top 20 spots on the Amazon Kindle ebook bestseller list in the first half of 2017. Last year in the same period, Amazon had one ebook in the top 20. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Highlights at this year's SDCC including a celebration of the Jack Kirby Centennial that features a souvenir book and a new Kirby hardcover reprint volume from IDW, as well as debut books from Fantagraphics, First Second, Top Shelf and others. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lake Union re-ups Kerry Lonsdale, Sherrilyn Kenyon signs a double with Tor, Simon Sebag Montefiore sells a novel to Pegasus, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW's adult book director Louisa Ermelino pays a visit to Italian publishing house La Nave di Teseo in her latest column. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: an oral history of Bob Marley, plus an existential mystery in which a couple's neighbors strangely stop speaking to them. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Decatur Book Festival executive director Daren Wang's book tour for his debut novel has also become an excuse to seek out the best bourbon cocktail in the South. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Contenders for this year’s Diagram prize also include An Ape’s View of Evolution and a must-have volume for ‘Australian coin error collectors’Nipples on My Knee by Graham and Debra Robertson, a memoir of “25 years in the sheep business”, is the fleecy frontrunner for the the 2017 Diagram prize... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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328 retail businesses have filed for bankruptcy in 2017, up more than 75 from last year. Kepler's Books in the Bay Area is determined not to be one of them. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rick Owens and his wife Michèle Lamy held court on Tuesday evening on the first floor of the designer’s store in the Palais-Royal in Paris, where they signed copies of “Rick Owens: Furniture,” the coffee table book published by Rizzoli New York. The pair’s banter provided an insight into the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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