Haruki Murakami takes his name out of the running for alternative literature Nobel

This year there won’t be any Nobel Prize in literature, and Japanese author Haruki Murakami wants to make sure he’s not in the running for its alternate, for which he’d been named a finalist. Murakami said he doesn't want to be considered for the New Academy Prize, a Swedish literary award established... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebooted Borders takes on Amazon

Bookworld, formerly Borders.com.au, has internet giant Amazon in its sights with new book business. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald

[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Community groups asked to take on Wakefield libraries

Community groups in West Yorkshire are banding together in an attempt to take over libraries... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's literature is a fast-growing genre thanks to 'Potter' & Co.

The success of 'Harry Potter, 'Twilight' and other has created a halo effect for the entire genre. And kids aren't the only ones doing it.For years, the book industry has been mired in debates about the plight of independent booksellers, the rise of Amazon and the fate of print as it struggles... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Council plans for volunteer-run libraries in Surrey approved

Volunteers will take over the running of ten libraries in Surrey after the county council was... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alternate endings for Hemingway novel revealed

Random House imprint William Heinemann has acquired rights in a unique edition of Ernest... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Schnittman: in-house expertise 'unnecessary' for alternative content

Hachette Book Group USA sales and marketing chief Evan Schnittman has said publishers need to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book festival 'will run again'

The organizer of the Kidwell-eFestival has vowed that the event will take place again, despite... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon.co.uk takes 21% of entertainment market

E-book sales have helped Amazon to gain a 21.1% share of the entertainment market in the UK,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell's to run Queen's University bookshop

Blackwell’s has returned a campus bookshop presence to Queens University Belfast after the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Huang to take IP acquisitions role at Penguin Childrens

Penguin Children’s will continue what it describes as its transition from traditional... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Davies made chair of Literature Wales

Professor Damian Walford Davies has been appointed chair of Literature Wales, following the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Imprints Take Root

Traditional trade publishers have been testing the digital-first/digital-only publishing waters for more than two years now, and the pace is accelerating. This month alone, Penguin is reviving the Dutton Guilt Edged Mysteries line as a digital only imprint, Kensington has launched eKensington as... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Duckworth plans Russian literature collection

Indie publisher Duckworth has teamed up with the Read Russia project to create a 125-volume... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital takes £50m bite from physical in 2012

E-books, plus the consumer downturn, have taken a £50m bite out of the print book market... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch to step down from running newspapers

Rupert Murdoch will be chairman of the divided News Corporation empire but will not be chief executive of the publishing arm, home to The Sun and The Times newspapers, the media company today (28 June) confirmed. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad Takes Quick $17.3M for Thriving E-Book Community

Wattpad, a booming ebook community site, hosts five million stories, with 500,000 added per month. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open access take-up 'variable'

Take-up by academics of the option to publish via Open Access models is “variable”,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Captcha Alternative for Publishers

As if there weren’t enough distractions on the Web, captchas have long caused annoyance for both Internet consumers and content creators. Meredith Corp. found an alternative for weeding out bots and quantifying consumer interaction with Solve Media, a performance-based brand advertising business. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Off and Running

Despite the odds—the growth of ebooks, rising rent, and online discounting—bookstores continue to open and succeed. Speaking at the American Booksellers Association Forum in Medford, Mass., last month, ABA CEO Oren Teicher affirmed that membership in the organization has “stabilized,” and the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HP takes print away from town for seven days, laughs at 'print is dead' claim

With ebooks and digital subscription of magazines and newspapers becoming the new hot, many are sending off the message that print is gradually losing or has even already lost to its digital counterpart, while others argue that print is far from dead. Needless to say, being one of the leading... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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