Publication Date: Tue, 26/07/2011 - 15:24 Indies have dominated the longlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, announced today (26th July), with nine of the 13 titles from independent publishers. Forrmer winner, Alan Hollinghurst has also been nominated for his much-praised The Strangers Child (Picador). read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gavin James Bower says the Man Booker Prize longlist shows the publishing industry needs to start talking about class seriously. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Texas Independent Bookstore Day, set to launch on Saturday, will feature booksellers throughout the state, with stores in Houston, Austin and Dallas participating. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent houses Thames & Hudson and Darf Publishers are introducing new strands of children’s publishing to their lists. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Promoting diversity and representing women on their own terms, female-led, DIY zines are on the rise in the UK. Here, the industry’s rising stars reveal how they’re reshaping the genre on their own termsThe British media has a diversity problem. Research at City University last year found the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chicagoland indie bookseller Becky Anderson filed to run for U.S. Congress in Illinois' sixth district in the September Democratic Party primary, hoping to unseat in November the six-term Republican incumbent. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joe Wicks has claimed three spots on a ranking of Amazon’s top 10 bestselling print books, in a list dominated by non-fiction and lifestyle titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new commercial development operation and consultancy for small independent children’s publishers called Kid Gloves, has been established by Roy Johnson, commercial director at New Frontier and former key accounts manager for Frances Lincoln Children’s Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The season seven premiere of HBO’s adaptation skyrocketed George R.R. Martin’s ‘A Game of Thrones’ to #1 on the iBooks bestsellers list this week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five jurors based in the UK and North America will select the £50,000 Man Booker International Prize in the spring of 2018. The post Man Booker International 2018 Judges: Prize Honors Translator, Author appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft has quietly launched the Xbox Creators Program on Xbox One. Finding it and its wares on the Xbox Store may prove tough, however. Back in March, Microsoft said the self-publishing program would exist in its own subsection of the marketplace,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New England Mobile Book Fair, a sprawling, cavernous used bookstore in Newton, Mass., which has been in its 32,000-square-foot location for 60 years, is moving into a nearby space that is one-tenth the size of its current digs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent booksellers have slammed the heavy discounting of new hardback titles by larger retailers as “pretty close to chaos” and “enormously detrimental to authors” ahead of the release of Philip Pullman's first Book of Dust novel (Penguin Random House Children's and David Fickling Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titles published by Amazon Publishing imprints took 12 of the top 20 spots on the Amazon Kindle ebook bestseller list in the first half of 2017. Last year in the same period, Amazon had one ebook in the top 20. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Though the Irish book market, including Irish-published titles, grew in 2016, many in the trade are wary of the unsettling effect Brexit could have. Natasha Onwuemezi reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kit de Waal, Clare Mackintosh and C E Morgan are some of the authors competing on the longlist for the inaugural £2,000 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, which celebrates contemporary fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Ohio-based literary press is opening a bookstore/cafe/bar in its new headquarters in Columbus's South Side neighborhood. The new store will sell Two Dollar Radio's titles, as well as books published by other small presses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a charged political climate, a few left-wing indie publishers are quietly doing what socialists do best: working together for the sake of all. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloody Scotland today (20th June) revealed the longlist for the McIlvanney Prize Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Israeli writer David Grossman's A Horse Walks Into a Bar, translated by Jessica Cohen and published by Jonathan Cape, has won this year's Man Booker International Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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