The Guardian has partnered with Amazon-owned Audible to provide a free audio edition of its... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Louise Kennedy has made the six-strong shortlist for this year's Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award for the second year running. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-07 17:27:57 UTC ]
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Walker Books is releasing picture book Rain Before Rainbows by Smriti Halls and David Litchfield early and for free digitally in partnership with Save the Children’s #SaveWithStories campaign. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-31 21:43:34 UTC ]
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At Home with 4 Indies—the Facebook Live series spearheaded by four independent bookshops—is back with a new programme for June featuring authors shortlisted for The British Book Awards 2020, including Adele Parks, Caroline Criado Perez and Katherine Rundell. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-29 05:14:09 UTC ]
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Michelle Obama's Becoming (Penguin) has returned to the Audible weekly chart number one, after the Netflix docuentary following her book tour dropped. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-21 01:46:08 UTC ]
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Jo Spain's Dirty Little Secrets (Quercus) has swept straight into the Audible weekly number one for the week ending 2nd May. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-06 16:17:52 UTC ]
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Lookout Books, a teaching press housed at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, is partnering with indies to provide students and others with virtual bookstore backgrounds to maintain confidentiality during video calls. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Daniel Radcliffe, David Beckham and Dakota Fanning are among a handful of celebrities who will be reading various chapters of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone/Sorcerer’s Stone” exclusively on Spotify. The move underscores the streaming giant's efforts to invade all things digital audio. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2020-05-05 18:54:51 UTC ]
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Roddy Doyle and Joseph O'Neill have been longlisted for the £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-02 23:49:24 UTC ]
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Audible has snapped up an exclusive “white-knuckle suspense” thriller from Kindle bestseller Paddy Magrane. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-30 20:14:26 UTC ]
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Tom Bradby's Secret Service (Penguin Audio), narrated by Juliet Aubrey, has zipped into the Audible weekly number one spot for the week ending 26th April. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-29 21:05:22 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press has partnered with online library Perlego to offer students access to digital textbooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 23:04:36 UTC ]
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Michelle Thomas' My Sh*t Therapist (Lagom) has risen to the top of the weekly Audible top 10 for the week ending 19th April, defeating the previous week's number one, Michelle Obama's Becoming (Penguin). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-21 19:07:27 UTC ]
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Audible will publish novel The Game's Gone by Simon Barnes, former chief sports writer of the Times, exclusively on audio. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-20 14:14:31 UTC ]
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It’s no surprise that people read a lot when stuck at home. But novels are more than a way to kill timeIt’s no surprise that keen readers have looked to books for historical analogues or literary insights into the coronavirus outbreak. Sales of the English translation of Albert Camus’s 1947... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-04-19 17:25:44 UTC ]
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Michelle Obama's Becoming (Penguin) was Audible's most downloaded audiobook for the week ending 12th April, with the self-narrated autobiography continuing on from its success across 2018 and 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-16 04:23:02 UTC ]
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Audible is to release Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses this week, becoming the first platform to produce an audio version of the novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-05 14:47:11 UTC ]
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San Antonio-based TrueAbility, a skills assessment software company, has signed a multiyear agreement with Minneapolis-based Pearson VUE, enhancing the global testing company's ability to administer certification exams for clients that can accurately demonstrate a test taker's competencies and... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-04-04 13:27:17 UTC ]
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ANNE PERRY’S ANTHOLOGY Odd Partners, a showcase sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America, is an entertaining and compelling hodgepodge. If the reader anticipates a particular kind of mystery story, the book will challenge expectations. The selections are remarkably diverse, featuring... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-04-01 17:00:04 UTC ]
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J K Rowling and her Wizarding World partners have announced three new initiatives under the banner Harry Potter At Home, to help children, parents, carers and teachers who are at home during the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-01 16:21:07 UTC ]
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