Horrible Histories books to end

Horrible Histories author, Terry Deary, says his book series has "naturally come to an end" after 20 years of writing the popular children's books. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books Offer Silver Lining for Australians

Australian book sales have plunged 10% in 2012, but ebook sales are finally taking off, writes Andrew Wilkins. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wimpy Kid books to go digital

Puffin is releasing the first six Wimpy Kid books by Jeff Kinney as ebooks for the first time on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury acquires "revolutionary" Spanish cookery book

Ebury Press has acquired a title aiming to be "the breakthrough book on accessible Spanish... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones to sell Paperwhite 'end of the month'

The Kindle Paperwhite is go on sale through Waterstones stores by the end of the month, the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books as Brands

Licensing is a growing focus for many publishers as they look to generate awareness and spur book sales for in-house developed and acquired properties, and bring in incremental revenue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kindle Users To Get Refunds And Lower Prices on E-Books After Settlement

Buy a lot of ebooks? Thank your state attorney general for the credit you'll get next year. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hobbit fans pay homage at book fair

Hairy hobbit feet and elfin cloaks took over the Frankfurt Book Fair this weekend as JRR Tolkien fans dressed to impress Weta Workshop’s Sir Richard Taylor. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books Share of Canadian Market Pegged at 16%

BookNet Canada’s first survey of where Canadians buy books and what types of books they buy found that about 16% of purchases in the first half of 2012 were of ebooks, while paperback remained the most popular format, with a 57% share. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mitchell Beazley signs Cowell food book

Mitchell Beazley is joining forces with Simon Cowell for a book tying in to his production... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Printed book sales pass £1bn mark

Spending on printed books in 2012 has passed the £1bn mark, but a fortnight later than last... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Awards finalists include a surprised Carrie Arcos

Carrie Arcos, an L.A. mom whose first novel, 'Out of Reach,' is a young adult literature finalist, is in the company of Robert A. Caro, Junot Diaz and more.Carrie Arcos was mystified when she received an email from the National Book Foundation instructing her to call its office. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Award finalists are announced

Junot Diaz, Dave Eggers, and Katherine Boo all made the cut for final consideration for the award. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key Books wins YA trilogy from Carey 

Hot Key Books has bought three books from Observatory Mansions-author Edward Carey, his first... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Truly global' book data on its way

A new global book classification system that aims to reduce cross-border confusion about subject... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster: A Spotify For Books

Oyster, a fledgling mobile service for Spotify-style on-demand books, has raised $3 million in funding led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund. Oyster, which is still a work in progress, will let users of its mobile app access, discover, and read an ever-growing range of titles and genres, all on... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Italian books trade slumping

The books market in Italy has “deteriorated significantly” in 2011 and the first nine... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair: ‘a new era dawns’

Publishers are looking to move beyond the “smoke screen” of erotica as the Frankfurt... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Award finalists include Junot Díaz, Anthony Shadid

Junot Díaz, who was recently named a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, is among the National Book Awards fiction finalists for his short-story collection, "This Is How You Lose Her." Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Angry Birds launches book app

Rovio, the creator of the hugely popular mobile game Angry Birds, will partner with Cern to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NZ takes centre stage at Frankfurt Book Fair

New Zealand has officially taken centre stage at the world's biggest book fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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