Patricia Engel's third novel, released on March 2 by Avid Reader Press, already has all the trappings of a charmed publication. It also has a moving pre-publication history. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Culture secretary says presence of campaign group at party negotiations was a 'hijacking of government business'The culture secretary Maria Miller has described campaigning group Hacked Off's involvement in political negotiations over press regulation as "quite a destructive force" in the eyes... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I wrote the other week about Rupert Murdoch's newspaper outfit, News UK, being reborn by putting a digital smile on Wapping's face.Now, with the company's move to London Bridge in mind, the publisher has put a smile on the face of Southwark Cathedral by donating £1,000 to its All Hallows... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top off your last-minute holiday shopping list with these four fabulous picture books for young readers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Its second bankruptcy now behind it, RDA Holding Co. is entering a new phase. CEO Robert Guth is putting his stamp on the company's flagship brand, Reader's Digest, with a redesign and changes to the business model. The new magazine—which went on sale last week—has updated its logo, invested $1... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trinity University Press to reissue forgotten mid-20th-century naturalist and author Donald Culross Peattie's backlist, including A Natural History of North American Trees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For anyone struggling with choosing the perfect literary present this holiday season, there’s a large, vocal, and opinionated group that just might be able to help: the more than one million subscribers to the Books category on Reddit, the popular social media Web site. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The London Book Fair 2015 is to take place in Olympia in West London, allaying fears of a move to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What should we make of Impress, the from-left-field intervention in the press regulation saga?My immediate thought on reading Jonathan Heawood's article on Monday was that it was some kind of front organisation for Hacked Off.This was swiftly and strenuously denied by Evan Harris, associate... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Legend Press has acquired a new crime novel by former BBC journalist Bea Davenport.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Impress Project aims to attract newspapers and publishers that want a regulator 'independent of owners and politicians'The former editor of the Sunday Times, Sir Harold Evans, is backing an initiative to set up a press regulator to rival the body being launched by the publishers of the Sun,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The newspaper owners behind Ipso are ignoring the public, so we need to think about building a robust, independent regulatorWhen I was seven years old I launched my own newspaper. For several days I laid bare hypocrisy and corruption in our small Yorkshire village. Publication lapsed when the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon and Schuster and Reader's Digest announced an agreement where S&S will handle sales and fulfillment for all adult titles published by Reader's Digest. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New industry-backed watchdog, successor to the Press Complaints Commission, could be up and running by 1 MayMore than 90% of national newspapers and most regional publishers have signed up to the industry's successor to the Press Complaints Commission, according to the new regulator's... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnston Press is trying to dispose of its Irish newspapers. According to the Sunday Times in Ireland, the company "is in advanced talks" to sell its 12 Irish titles to the British advertising executive Malcolm Denmark.The indebted publisher paid about £115m in 2005 to acquire the stable of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Survey finds that 62% of 16 to 24-year-olds prefer traditional books over their digital equivalentsSixteen to 24-year-olds are known as the super-connected generation, obsessed with snapping selfies or downloading the latest mobile apps, so it comes as a surprise to learn that 62% prefer print... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Manhattan court case about digitisation rights has brought books and the web a step closer togetherOn 14 November, after eight years of wrangling, Judge Denny Chin of the Manhattan district court finally ruled in the case of Google versus the Authors Guild. At issue was Google's scanning and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forty years ago this fall, a University of Chicago graduate student named Curt Matthews and his wife, Linda Matthews, founded Chicago Review Press, naming it after the Chicago Review literary journal, for which Curt was then poetry editor. Operating initially out of the couple’s basement, CRP’s... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Touch Press was a major winner at the FutureBook Innovation Awards, scooping a duo of prizes for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Wisconsin Historical Society Press scored big this fall by signing on bestselling author Michael Perry, who wanted a collection of essays published with a quick turn-around. It's a story of patience, persistence -- and nimbleness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's been a long way for Preacher from the comic book page to the small screen, but an adaptation of the salty DC Comics horror/Western book (formerly with DC's corporate sibling HBO) might finally be getting closer to full-fledged production, this time at AMC. A tip was first reported by Badass... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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