Han and Smith win £50,000 Man Booker International prize

The winner of the "newly evolved" Man Booker International Prize 2016 is The Vegetarian by South Korean author Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith (Portobello Books). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Gantos, Raschka, Whaley Take Home Top Kids’ Prizes

Last Monday, the American Library Association announced its annual Youth Media Awards at its Midwinter conference, held this year in Dallas. The 2012 John Newbery Medal went to author Jack Gantos for Dead End in Norvelt (FSG), a semiautobiographical story set in the town of Norvelt, Pa. The... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith ‘won market share’ at Christmas

W H Smith says it increased its market share over the Christmas period, with retail analysts... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell wins £2.5m tender from MOD

Blackwell has won a £2.5m tender from the Ministry of Defence to supply books to 19... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Resilient' Christmas trading for W H Smith

W H Smith has reported “resilient” trading over the Christmas period, with total... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiction, Nonfiction Mix it Up: International Bestsellers January 2012

Germany’s top fiction title at the end of December, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out His Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson climbed up from #5, supplanting previous chart-topper Inheritance (Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance was also #2 in Spain). Jonasson’s novel has sold more... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Feds shut down Megaupload, call it an international organized crime ring

As the internet pats itself on the back for protesting SOPA and changing the minds of a handful of U.S. Senators, file-sharing site Megaupload has been brought down in one of the largest copyright infringement cases of all time. Seven individuals and two international corporations have been... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith to enter Qatar

W H Smith will branch out into Qatar after entering a franchise agreement with Al Meera Holding... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Unprecedented" seven make Man Asian shortlist

An "unprecedented" seven novels have been shortlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TBH wins eight-way auction for Aftermath

The Bodley Head has secured the rights to academic Lewis Dartnell’s new title after an... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wright departs W H Smith

W H Smith Travel’s trading controller for books Julie Wright has left the business and is... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC Christmas Day downloads top 100,000

Over 100,000 HarperCollins UK ebooks were downloaded on Christmas Day, the publisher has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moran wins Galaxy Book of the Year

Journalist Caitlin Moran's take on modern feminism How to Be A Woman, published by Ebury, has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S' Reidy: Digital could 'reshape international business'

E-books are expected to account for 17% of Simon & Schuster's total revenue in 2011,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jobs Bio a Global Hit: International Bestsellers December 2011

A few days after Amazon announced that the Steve Jobs biography was its top-selling book of 2011 (combined print and ebook sales), the book debuted on bestseller charts around the world, including the three countries highlighted this month. Steve Jobs was #3 in France and the Netherlands, and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Bookaboo series to go international

Preschool TV programme “Bookaboo” has secured an international deal for a 52-episode... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ross wins Educational Writers' Award

The £2,000 Educational Writers' Award 2011 has gone to Moon: Apollo 11 and Beyond... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WBN aims for international expansion

World Book Night founder Jamie Byng has said there is a "very good chance" the book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith supports Asda's Kobo move

W H Smith has backed rival retailer Asda's move to join WHS in selling Kobo e-readers. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac wins 'Dragons' Den' memoir

Pan Macmillan has won a "heated auction" involving 10 publishers to buy businesswoman... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oswald withdraws from T S Eliot prize over investment sponsor

Poet Alice Oswald has withdrawn her book Memorial (Faber) from the T S Eliot prize because of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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