Holt Takes Up Elizabeth Warren's 'Fight'

The publisher's Metropolitan Books imprint will publish 'This Fight Is Our Fight' by Senator Elizabeth Warren on April 18, Henry Holt president and publisher Stephen Rubin has announced. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Heroines fight off heroes in book poll

Heroines and female villains outnumber heroes and male baddies in a literary poll of memorable children's novel characters, to mark World Book Day. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Huawei MateBook is ready to take on Surface Book, Surface Pro 4 and iPad Pro

MWC 2016 may be barely under way, but the announcements are already pouring out thick and fast. As well as smartphones and smart car dongles, you can expect to see plenty of laptops and tablets, and one of the first to vie for your attention is the impressive-looking Huawei MateBook. Clearly... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2016-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Blake to publish Fighting for Mandela

John Blake is set to release the autobiography of South Africa ambassador and "freedom fighter" Priscilla Jana entitled Fighting for Mandela. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine Company Execs Talk About Taking On Tech, Disruption

The five magazine media company executives who graced the stage at the Grand Hyatt in Midtown Tuesday night all had specific (well, somewhat specific) ideas for how to grow their companies and take advantage of industry-wise disruptions, but only one called for an across-the-board increase in... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waleed Aly: don't take social media bait of misogynist provocations

Host of the Project says outrage at ‘neo-masculinist’ Daryush Valizadeh should be channelled into something positive, rather than fuelling his public profileWaleed Aly has called for a social media blackout on Daryush Valizadeh, the leader of “neo-masculinist” group Return of the Kings who... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winter Institute 11: Small Presses Take the Spotlight on Day Three

On the final day of the show, small and university presses promoted their offerings to booksellers at a luncheon and closing reception. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Canadian approach to fighting ad blockers: trade ads for user data

U.S. publishers could learn a thing or two about fighting ad blockers from their counterparts up north. Narcity Media, which runs a pair of city-focused sites aimed at Canadian millennials, last week started asking ad blockers to log in with their Facebook accounts if they wanted to read its... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Making of 'The Portable Veblen': Elizabeth McKenzie Talks with Her Editor

Elizabeth McKenzie, author of 'The Portable Veblen,' talks to her editor, Ed Park, about the editing process. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown Takes On Tie-Ins for DreamWorks's 'Dinotrux'

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has secured the publishing rights for DreamWorks Animation's Netflix-exclusive TV show, 'Dinotrux.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Slate, The Washington Post, Bloomberg fight ad blocking

There's no panacea to combat ad blocking, but that hasn't stopped publishers from trying a variety of approaches. Several detailed their strategies at Digiday's one-day WTF Ad Blocking course Jan. 14. While Forbes and The Washington Post have tried to make people disable their ad blockers,... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith's luxury venture takes off at Terminal 5

W H Smith has opened the first stores of a new-concept bookshop line in airport terminals, targeting more affluent buyers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith readies Fresh Talent promotion for take-off at Terminal 5

WH Smith Travel is holding a book signing at London Heathrow Terminal 5 on Friday as part of its 'Fresh Talent' campaign promoting new and emerging writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cheryl Strayed and Elizabeth Gilbert help raise $1 million for Syrian refugees

There are still some people who believe it's better to give than receive. And thousands of them joined together this week to raise $1 million for Syrian refugees in just 31 hours, through a donation drive arranged by five bestselling authors. The Compassion Collective, comprised of writers Cheryl... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Affair' and the Top Five Hollywood Takes on Book Publishing

The Showtime series, which ended its second season on Sunday night, has become a favorite topic of water cooler chat among book industry types. With so many delighting in the travails of Brooklyn-high-school-English-teacher-turned-successful-novelist Noah Solloway, we dug up five of our favorite... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kenya Fights to Foster More Digital Content Creation

The second half of our report from the 2015 East Africa Digital Reading Summit in Kenya looks at efforts to develop and distributing more local digital content. The post Kenya Fights to Foster More Digital Content Creation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, Adam Johnson take prizes at the 2015 National Book Awards

Coates' 'Between the World and Me' and Johnson's 'Fortune Smiles' won the nonfiction and fiction awards, respectively, at this year's National Book Awards. Johnson's work is the second short story collection in two years to win the fiction prize. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Television takes on film in the next chapter of book adaptations

Fungus the Bogeyman and Stick Man are latest book characters to go on the boxAdaptations of children’s and young adult literature are big news right now, both in film and, increasingly, on television. Mockingjay – Part 2, the climax of Lionsgate’s big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Taking books from podcast to print

Why would anyone launch a magazine in the year 2015? It’s a question we at Little Atoms asked ourselves more than once over the past few months as we put together our first print edition. Little Atoms has existed as a podcast for just over 10 years. We are, at heart, a books show. When people... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Legend Press takes flight with Blackbird acquisition

Legend Press has signed Matt Wilven’s "startling and brave" debut novel The Blackbird Singularity, to be published in August 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With shopping data, Skimlinks gives publishers a new way to take on Facebook

When it comes to competing for digital ad dollars, it's hard for publishers to beat the ad-targeting prowess of Facebook and Google. E-commerce company Skimlinks is trying to level the playing field by selling audience buying behavior data that it collects from its publisher clients. Among the... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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