'Guantánamo Diary,' written by an inmate, reveals inside look at infamous prison

Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s personal diary, which was published Tuesday by Little, Brown, is being billed as the first book written by a Guantánamo detainee. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Business Insider Challenges Digital Traffic Measurement, Says Its Audience Is Far Higher Than ComScore's Estimate

Business Insider has become the latest large web publisher to challenge an influential arbiter of digital traffic. It is arguing that it has a monthly audience of 328 million people, more than triple the 100 million suggested by ComScore's domestic estimate of 51 million and Google Analytics'... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘It’s all powerful and it knows it’: Publishers reveal their biggest challenges with Facebook

Facebook is all powerful and it knows it. Publishers have little choice but to play by its rules. At Digiday’s Publishing Summit in Nice we asked publishers what their biggest challenge with Facebook was: unclear metrics, murky routes to monetization and unpredictable priorities were among... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wigtown bookseller's diaries to Profile

Shaun Bythell - owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop - is to publish his "wry and hilarious" diaries about bookselling with Profile Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Clinton considered Tim Cook, Bill Gates for vice president, Wikileaks reveals

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft founder Bill Gates were both on a list of potential vice presidential candidates for Democrat Hillary Clinton, according to a leaked email published on Tuesday by Wikileaks. The email, apparently sent by campaign chairman John Podesta on March 17, named the two... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inside Chief Executive’s Data-Driven Evolution

How the 40-year-old business magazine adapted to meet 21st-century market demands. The post Inside Chief Executive’s Data-Driven Evolution appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Midnight Gang' revealed as next David Walliams book

The Midnight Gang will be the title of the next David Walliams children’s book, due for release next month.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze reveals five new signings on official launch day

Trapeze, one of Orion's newest imprints, has announced five new acquisitions to coincide with the official launch of the imprint, among them The Brexit Survival Activity Book, and a new book by Dan The Diamond Minecart. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Costa Book Awards 2016 judging panel revealed

​Costa has announced the judging panels for the 2016 Costa Book Awards, which include writers Nicci Gerrard, Justin Cartwright, Mary Loudon, Andrew O’Hagan and Matthew Dennison, poet, author and vlogger Jen Campbell, and author-illustrator, Cressida Cowell. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London’s first young people’s laureate revealed as Caleb Femi

Caleb Femi has been announced as London’s first ‘Young People’s Laureate’ at an event at Penguin Random House headquarters. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Diverse' BBC Young Writers’ Award shortlist revealed

Five young writers aged 14-19 are shortlisted for this year’s BBC Young Writers’ Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Look Inside an Amazon Pop-Up

Amazon has opened 26 pop-up stores at malls in 13 states, and it's projected the retailer will have 100 of these locations open by next year. We take a look inside one of these pop-ups, at the Natick Mall in Natick, Mass. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should reading replace prison time?

Reading books 'strengthens the spirit of faith and the will to solve social problems,' says an Iranian judge. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parents spend 25% less on books for boys, study reveals

A new study reveals that parents of pre-school children spend on average £6 per month on books for boys, 25% less than they spend on books for girls. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Cameron's memoirs to be based on audio diary

Former prime minister David Cameron's memoirs will be based on a "frank" audio diary he kept during his time in office. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New HQ YA titles revealed

Virginia Macgregor and Chloe Seager will be published the under new YA imprint HQ YA next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Intimate, yet universal' BBC short story award shortlist revealed

Booker Prize-winner Hilary Mantel, poet and author Lavinia Greenlaw, and short story writer K J Orr have all made the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award with BookTrust for the second time. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What is women's writing? Publishing insiders discuss power of female voices

Writers and editors explored what it means to be a woman in the literary world at an Emily Books event in Brooklyn: ‘The industry is mostly female, but male-run’“We’ll have a definitive answer of what women’s writing is by the end of this.”Emily Gould, novelist and founder of Emily Books, was... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone 'delighted' by E L James reveal

Fifty Shades of Grey author E L James has released an excerpt of a new book that, like Grey (Arrow), takes on another of her novels from billionaire Christian Grey's perspective. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Countess of Ranfurly war diaries optioned for film

LA-based production company Grandiosity Films has optioned the film rights to To War With Whitaker, the "celebrated diary" of Hermione Countess of Ranfurly. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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