The FutureBook Conference celebrated its fifth anniversary with a line-up including rapper Akala, the leaders of some of UK publishing's biggest companies, and the first BookTech Showcase. The use of data and the increase in mobile users were major themes of the event, which also saw the awarding of the FutureBook Awards. Here is the day in pictures. Akala performs a piece from his graphic novel The Ruins of Empires. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In addition to the shop-local movement, good weather and a strengthening economy boosted sales at many independent bookstores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Around The World in 8 Hours, London Book Fair’s virtual conference which tracks key trends in the global publishing industry, will return later this month. Building on the inaugural edition launched last year which engaged more than 900,000 people on Twitter, the conference will bring leading... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A quirk in the data cannot detract from a buoyant print return, with 2015 recording the first rise in sales for the print market for seven years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Donna Douglas: American actress known for playing Elly May Clampett in nine seasons of the 60s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. When the series finished, she became a real estate agent, gospel singer and children's book author. Died January 1, from pancreatic cancer, aged 81. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ree Drummond claimed three of the top 10 bestselling cookbooks of the year, including the top spot with her latest Pioneer Woman Cooks title. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twins in San Diego are getting some attention because, though born just minutes apart, one has a birthday in 2015 and the other in 2016. Jaelyn Valencia was born New Year's Eve at 11:59 p.m. Her twin brother, Luis Valencia Jr., arrived at 12:01 a.m. on New Year's Day. Join the conversation on... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2015 print bestseller list was topped, not surprisingly, by Harper Lee’s first new book in 55 years, "Go Set a Watchman," which was announced in February and went on sale in July. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Lee, Marie Kondo, and Jeff Kinney topped the print bestseller lists in 2015 for adult fiction, adult nonfiction, and juvenile books, respectively. Here are the 20 bestselling books of the year in each of those categories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Our annual review of the site’s most popular book stories puts Paul Mason’s utopian futurology ahead of perenially popular authorsThe living room carpet is covered in needles, the potato salad covered in mould: as we heave ourselves up out of the year that’s gone and prepare to belly-flop our... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here are the 10 most-read technology stories published by Adweek in 2015: 10. These Are the Digital Trends Everyone in Tech and Advertising Needs to Know Mary Meeker runs digital investments for top Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and every year she... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Money may be flowing into media, but it's not doing so equally. Some big publishers are raising more money at higher and higher valuations, while others are getting squeezed by the shifts in the media environment. Lucky, All You, National Journal and Details all shuttered their print operations,... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Lee returned, Marlon James took the Booker and Terry Pratchett made his final bow. The year also saw literature drawn into shocking violence in Paris, fierce arguments over diversity … and a colouring-book frenzyThe year opened in tragedy, as two masked gunmen opened fire at an editorial... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended December 20, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This lovely new cluster of seasonal picture books are all focused – in different ways – on the magnificent cold and white of winter. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books by women make up seven of the top 10 most bought this year, while colouring-in is more popular than TV tie-insAfter a 2014 that saw books for kids – led by John Green and David Walliams novels – ruling the annual sales chart, 2015 was the year of the women. Female authors, including Harper... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the year draws to a close, booksellers continue to make plans to open new stores in places across the country, including New York City’s Lower East Side. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How many have you read? Test yourself by seeing if you can match first lines to the titles of the Monitor's favorite novels (and one collection of short stories) from 2015. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Max Porter's debut Grief is the Thing with Feathers (Faber), Man Booker winner A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld) by Marlon James and Elena Ferrante's Neopolitan quartet (Europa) are among the titles highlighted by publishers as books that made their year, or that they wish they had... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Family Christian Stores’ bankruptcy journey to Ben Carson’s apology for plagiarizing, here are PW’s top religion stories of 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Burt Reynolds, author of 'But Enough About Me' (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 978-0-399-17354-7), is appearing on NBC’s 'Access Hollywood' in a re-airing of his November 18 interview. The two-part interview will appear on NBC on Tuesday, December 22 and Wednesday, December 23. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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