The cat with the perpetually frowny face will be appearing at Kitson in Los Angeles at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the launch of the book "Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book."What feline was Meme of the Year at the 2013 Webbys, beating out Korean pop star Psy? Who might just become a movie star? And who is coming to Los Angeles? Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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Erotic tale earns nomination for the National Book Award, while another surprisingly sexy tale is also making waves in Britain. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2012-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphicly abandoned their iTunes-like comic book marketplace to develop a full suite of online publishing tools for visual storytellers. As Adrian Tomine has pointed out, the one-time subculture of comics and graphic novels has migrated into the mainstream over the past decade. The... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic is donating a million books and offering free online resources to those children and teachers affected by Superstorm Sandy. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wade Davis has won the £20,000 Samuel Johnson prize for Non-Fiction for his book about... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Erotica star E. L James will go head-to-head with authors such as Victoria Hislop, Bernard... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The PDF is firmly entrenched in corporate culture, but as digitally savvy employees push for a sensible way to consume long documents at work the ebook format will take hold. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After volunteering at orphanages in Ghana, DreamWorks animators Rachel Tiep-Daniels and Margaret Wuller created the "Picture Book Project," which harnesses the work of talented artists to both inspire children, and raise money for them. The Picture Book Project Foundation is an effort to... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Seven Stories museum in Newcastle upon Tyne has changed its name to the National Centre for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of political statistician Nate Silver's book 'The Signal and the Noise' saw a surge of 850 percent – lifting it to No. 2 on Amazon – after Silver correctly predicted the 2012 election results. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the end of June, Amazon’s Kindle family of reading devices was used to read ebooks by 55% of ebook buyers, according to figures compiled by Bowker Market Research. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The rise of easy-to-use ebook publishing platforms that distribute globally, the inherent speed of digital publishing, and the low cost and ever-rising demand for ebooks in both the developing world, as well as from developed but remote economies like Australia, offer the potential of vibrant... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This month's starred reviews of self-published books includes a SF mystery set in dystopia where people live in domed cities and a memoir of Mexican immigration to the US. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waldek Węgrzyn’s innovative take on the electronic book turns the book itself into a new digital interface, without eliminating the joys of ink on paper. Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kerry Hudson's debut for Chatto has scored a second prize shortlisting in a week, with a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Though relatively small, the book business in New Zealand has proven resilient despite global economic tremors. E-books have had little impact as yet. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Books is great at helping you find interesting reads, and makes it easy to view them online from just about any device. The service isn’t quite as versatile when it comes to letting you download local copies in a format of your choice, unfortunately, but that’s where FSS Google Books... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A full day of publicity for Bradley Wiggins' autobiography My Time (Yellow Jersey Press) was... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The biggest publishing companies have an easy plan to save their industry: Get bigger Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lauren Hadden is the new editor for The Bookseller’s sister consumer books magazine We Love... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to Reuters, EU regulators look likely to accept an offer from Apple and a handful of publishers, including Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette Livre and Macmillan. The assembled publishers propose that they will allow retailers (including Amazon) to sell ebooks cheaper than... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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