Chet Van Duzer has spent a lot of time hunting sea monsters. Combing through centuries-old maps in libraries and museums around the world, he's found and studied scores of strange creatures. His new book explores how medieval and Renaissance cartographers drew on myths, literature, and the scientific knowledge of the time to create these beasts. Continue reading at 'Wired'
[ Wired | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We had a new monster every night. I had this book I loved, Bring on the Bad Guys. It was a big, chunky paperback collection of comic-book stories, and as you might guess from the title, it wasn’t much concerned with heroes. It was instead an anthology of tales about the worst of the worst, […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-10 08:49:26 UTC ]
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Former analyst Nada Bakos says the Bush administration had a chance to prevent the Islamic State. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-04 02:45:32 UTC ]
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Trapeze has snapped up a new novel from Michele Gorman about two families who swap houses when volcanic ash cancels their flights. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-25 17:35:24 UTC ]
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Octopus Publishing Group will publish My Story: How Love Changed Everything by Colin Thackery, the life story of a war hero and winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-22 14:59:25 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has launched a major marketing campaign for Jeffrey Archer’s new novel, including an online treasure hunt and partnership with the National Gallery. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 16:21:32 UTC ]
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London indie Flame Tree Publishing has entered a "pioneering" co-publishing deal with Jiangsu Phoenix Literary and Art Publishing, a division of the leading Chinese publisher Phoenix Publishing and Media Group (PPMG). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-22 09:37:01 UTC ]
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Welcome to the latest edition of Marketer's Brief, a quick take on marketing news, moves and trends from Ad Age's reporters and editors. Send tips/suggestions to [email protected]. A Boston-area seafood chain is giving new meaning to baked fish. Legal Sea Foods is celebrating the legalization... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-21 19:13:12 UTC ]
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Octopus Publishing Group deputy c.e.o. Andrew Welham has announced he is retiring after 12 years with the firm. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-01 08:12:17 UTC ]
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Michael Morpurgo will publish a book this September about a young Afghan refugee, inspired by Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-04 23:38:39 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors is urging prime ministerial hopefuls Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to support authors and the wider creative industries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 23:32:54 UTC ]
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They turned down Ulysses and Animal Farm, but still shaped 20th‑century literatureAll publishing houses have archives, but for anyone interested in 20th-century literature the archive of Faber & Faber is a fabled treasure house. This is the firm that was, as Toby Faber puts it, “midwife at... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-20 11:00:08 UTC ]
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Adam Kay is sending his exposé of life as a junior doctor during the leadership candidate’s time as health secretary to highlight how he ‘left the NHS in tatters’Adam Kay is sending a copy of his bestselling memoir about life as a junior doctor, This Is Going to Hurt, to all 330 Conservative MPs... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-12 11:40:05 UTC ]
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The one-time bookselling giant is being acquired by a hedge fund for $476 million. The national chain that many blamed for the demise of independent bookstores has been ravaged by Am…; and other... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2019-06-07 15:58:20 UTC ]
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A number of publishers and licensors exhibiting at or attending this year’s Licensing Expo in Las Vegas are looking to license their proprietary, book-based brands to manufacturers of toys, arts and crafts, apparel, and other products. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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With insights from the pharaohs’ era, Peter Hessler explores today’s chaotic Egyptian society. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-31 11:43:10 UTC ]
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White supremacists and misogynists see the ancient Mediterranean as a touchstone. A group of concerned scholars, including the Facebook founder’s sister, are sounding the alarm. When members of the Unite the Right rally marched through Charlottesville on August 11, 2017 in polo shirts and... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-05-30 12:59:08 UTC ]
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Digital book piracy isn’t going anywhere, legal enforcement on the issue is getting worse and worse, and if publishers and authors don't band together and force compliance, they'll be playing ebook buccaneering Whack-a-Mole forever, the Authors Guild panel determined. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This year Ingram (booth 902) is changing things up with an I-spy-style scavenger hunt in a booth extension that has been set up to resemble the interior of an independent bookstore. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Chronicle Books, which is distributed in the UK and Europe by Abrams & Chronicle Books, has acquired two picture books by Deborah Underwood and Meg Hunt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-27 20:45:38 UTC ]
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A doctored video showing the US House Speaker "slurring" her words doesn't violate Facebook standards. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-05-25 05:42:55 UTC ]
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