Harvill Secker has acquired rights to a thriller imagining a world where the Berlin Wall had... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The man who founded the famously ill-fated Fyre Festival plans to tell his story in a self-published memoir. Billy McFarland, who is serving a six-year sentence in federal prison, is writing a book with the unconventionally spelled title "Promythus: The God of Fyre.” McFarland is writing the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-06 17:50:00 UTC ]
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Andersen Press has consolidated its licensing plans for Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, with the PR agency Metrostar leading the brand across all categories. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith has revealed plans to refit its post office stores with a bigger emphasis on books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Even as Snapchat Discover has become more crowded and other publishers like The New York Times have pulled their channels, Conde Nast is invested in Snap. The post Conde Nast now has 28 shows on Snapchat, with plans for more appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a working session in Paris, final programming plans have been introduced for the coming UNESCO World Book Capital events, after Sharjah's Sheikh Al Qasimi launches English translations in London. The post UNESCO Goes Over Sharjah World Book Capital Plans; 2021 Applications Deadline is May 2... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Wordsworth Trust has unveiled further details of its £6.2m project to bring the poet’s story into the 21st century by enchancing its museum and his former home. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book-to-film trends and streaming entertainment are topics at the Jerusalem International Book Forum in May, as are panels on book sales. The post Jerusalem International Book Forum Announces Initial 2019 Programming Plans appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Switch hasn't quite lived up to its tablet potential due to a severe lack of software outside of games, but it's surprisingly found a groove as a comic book e-reader. It's all thanks to Inky Pen -- a comic subscription that's currently exclusive... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If the Mueller Report is made public, Skyhorse Publishing hopes to release a trade paperback edition in one to three weeks after receiving the documents. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Springer Nature's Steven Inchcoombe explains the publisher's stance on Plan S' implementation guidance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK will sponsor Independent Bookshop Week (IBW) and authors Cressida Cowell, Patrick Gale, Katherine Rundell and screenwriter Ben Aaronovitch will tour bookshops across the country as part of the annual celebration of indies. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon will no longer build a headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, following grassroots resistance from New Yorkers and adverse reactions from some lawmakers and unions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Springer Nature has said the current Plan S requirement for publishers to commit to 'flip' hybrid journals to Open Access is "unnecessary, and...unacceptable for us and for many other publishers." Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In January, the Guardian became the first national newspaper to use recyclable packaging. Here, the team behind the change explain how it came about – and how readers have respondedAs part of a pioneering move to reduce plastic waste, the Guardian’s print edition will no longer be sold in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones is to split its centralised buying functions into two roles, aimed at resolving the disconnect between what is ordered by the chain and what is then sold through. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publisher says its #Twentyin2020 initiative will cover fiction, non-fiction and poetry and help ‘normalise’ diverse readersA group of unnamed individuals has donated £25,000 towards an independent publisher’s initiative to publish 20 black British writers in 2020, in the hope it will... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bluemoose Books has revealed it will only publish female writers in 2020, with co-owner Kevin Duffy lamenting how “women over a certain age are overlooked in the publishing world”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Team has hired Tig Wallace, formerly commissioning editor at Penguin Random House Children’s, as senior commissioning editor in the fiction team. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tim West, co-founder of The Big Green Bookshop in Wood Green, plans to open a new, co-operative bookshop locally in the wake of the closure of the bricks and mortar Big Green store. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A letter discovered in a building at Cal State Northridge that threatens a mass shooting has prompted school officials to provide off-campus alternatives for final exams on Wednesday. A student found the note, written in red ink on lined notebook paper, late Monday folded up on the floor of a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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