How Local Literary Communities Can Find Strength During Social Distancing

A local virtual book club strengthens the local literary scene, cultivates a diverse community, and celebrates the power of stories and books. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

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G’day! New Aussie/Kiwi Literary Festival Sets Sail in London

London's new Australia & New Zealand Festival of Literature & Arts had a glamorous, clever launch on Monday. It takes place May 29-June 1, 2014. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small Demons Extends Deadline to Find Buyer

Small Demons, the L.A.-based book-focused venture that indexes the places, music, food and things mentioned in books, has extended its deadline for finding a buyer or new investor for at least another month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hacked Off warns local paper publishers not to join new regulator

A battle for the hearts, minds and pockets of small and medium-sized newspaper publishers is being fought over the new system of press regulation.The large publishing companies who created the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) are urging smaller publishers to sign up to their... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Livefyre Buys Social Analytics Platform Realtidbits

Livefyre, a real-time social conversation and curation platform, announced it has acquired Realtidbits, a 6-year-old provider of real-time commenting and analytics services to online publishers including The CW Network, Thomson Reuters and Dow Jones Local Media Group. Livefyre’s primary... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Montgomery's vision of local journalism's future: 'skimming online content'

Local World's chairman, David Montgomery, has revealed his vision of the future role for journalists employed by his regional newspaper group.According to a Press Gazette report based on a sight of Monty's mission statement, a single journalist will fill a weekly paper by "skimming online... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FutureBook: mobile gains prominence for social reading

Mobile devices are increasingly being used for social reading and recommendation sites, the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Distance, Dislocation Aid Novelists? Lebanon’s Rabih Alameddine Says “Yes”

The Lebanese-American novelist Rabih Alameddine discusses the need to both belong to and be estranged from a culture in order to be able to effectively evoke it in literature. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Did Preacher Finally Find a Home at AMC?

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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Short ebooks: don't let one bad experience ruin a literary phenomenon

Penelope Lively's recent short ebook for Penguin drew criticism for its brevity – but readers should not be put off the genre as a whole"Overpriced", "ridiculous", I feel cheated". Amazon reviewers haven't been wholly positive about a digital short Penelope Lively has written for Penguin... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding the Seeds of Inspiration in Distant Echoes of Childhood

Zimbabwean author S.N. Mahachi-Harper reflects on how her childhood in a mining village inspired her new most recent novel Footprints in the Mists of Time. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The More Social Media and Cable Change the News, the More Things Stay the Same

The media-industrial complex loves nothing so much as an anniversary -- especially a grim anniversary. Considering that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is an event that not only radically transformed our nation but the media itself, it's no surprise that the 50th anniversary of... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Offered Without Comment: B&N’s “Literary” Magazines & the NYTimes

The literary magazines at a Barnes & Noble include Tin House, The Paris Review, Mad Magazine and comics, while a New York Times renewal offers a year for $1099. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Progress for community-owned bookshop

Residents of Wandsworth in London have seen their dream of opening an independent bookshop move a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Infographic: Explore The World Of Literary London With This Exquisite Book Map

Mashing up the places, characters and events of various works into one shared universe isn't exactly a new idea. Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton universe imagines that most of the great fictionalized characters of the last few hundred years – including Tarzan, Doc Savage, Dracula, James Bond,... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: Could bees book win top literary prize?

The winner of the UK's leading award for non-fiction books, the Samuel Johnson Prize, will be announced next week, here Nick Higham speaks to nominated author Dave Goulson Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon launches literary magazine

Amazon.com has launched two new initiatives for its US customers – a digital literary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Medium opens its social publishing platform to all Twitter users

Twitter's Ev Williams started Medium to simplify and socialize online article writing, but the service's invitation-only nature has kept many folks on the sidelines. Today, things are opening up: Medium's now accessible to anyone willing to sign into Twitter and verify an email address. Would-be ... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding New Ways to Grow in Bargain Books

Over the past five years several bargain book wholesalers have closed their doors, along with one of their largest customers: Borders. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HGTV Magazine Tests Social Sharing Feature in Print

HGTV Magazine is jumping on the e-commerce and social sharing trend. Its November issue, which hits newsstands Oct. 22, will let readers shop and share from the pages using technology from digital watermarking provider Digimarc. Digimarc did a similar deal with Hearst Magazines sibling pub... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton targets literary sexism

The 28-year-old novelist from New Zealand, the youngest ever to win the prize, addressed the critics who have approached her complex novel with trite assumptions about gender.Running on a mere 2½ hours of sleep and exactly 12 hours after winning the Man Booker Prize for her novel “The... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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