Indies dominate Costa Book Award winners

Indies dominate the Costa Book Awards 2020 category winners, with two Faber & Faber authors among the victors—Natasha Farrant and Ingrid Persaud—along with Monique Roffey, Lee Lawrence, and the late Eavan Boland. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Plagiarism Problem Plagues $150,000 Prize Winner from Peru

The awarding of this year's $150,000 FIL literature prize to Peruvian Alfredo Bryce Echenique, an accused plagiarist, has divided writers and critics across Latin America. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EU regulators to accept Apple and book publishers' offer of cheaper ebooks

According to Reuters, EU regulators look likely to accept an offer from Apple and a handful of publishers, including Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette Livre and Macmillan. The assembled publishers propose that they will allow retailers (including Amazon) to sell ebooks cheaper than... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Islam: Tunisian Start-up Targets Muslims with E-books

Tunisia’s ISLAMeBooks, one of several new digital start-ups in the Arab world, is looking to help explain Islamic practice and theology to a wider readership. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Autumn half-term break boosts book market

Sales of children's books soared last week as schools broke for the first holiday of the new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AA to change comp tie-in after winner disqualified

AA Publishing has moved quickly to correct the digital version of its book Landscape Photographer... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DJ Mayo's first book up for prize

Broadcaster Simon Mayo is longlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal literary award for his first novel, Itch. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Japan, Kindle May Finally Push Publishers Into E-books

Like Kobo, Amazon's Japan ebookstore is hampered by limited title selection, but the recent launch will motivate publishers to finally digitize their catalogs. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is Being First Into a New International E-book Market Ever Best?

Evidence suggests that the most successful ebook retailers build on the mistakes of the predecessors and being first-to-market isn't a key to success. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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60% of Young Americans Use Libraries, 83% Read a Book This Year

According to a study released recently by the Pew Research Center, 60% of Americans aged 16-29 still use their public library, and 83% read a book in the past year. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Press title named FT/Goldman Business Book of the Year

  Penguin Press title Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power has won the Financial... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Korea’s Moglue Offers Interactive Publishing Tools for Kids Books

By Dennis Abrams Want to create and publish an interactive children’s book but don’t have a lot of technical expertise?  Now there’s help. New York  ...  Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Maritime Books opens bookshop

Naval book publisher Maritime Books has opened its first bookshop in the Historic Dockyard in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Have We Already Reached “Peak E-book?”

If the e-reading platform wars do turn out to be a land grab for a mature, low growth market, publishers will find themselves at a major disadvantage as businesses. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strong showing for FutureBook Innovation awards

Penguin, HarperCollins, Profile, Bardowl and The History Press have been shortlisted for a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Binet debut on Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist

A debut novel translated from French is among the six titles shortlisted for the inaugural... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winterson memoir bags indie booksellers prize

Members of the public have voted Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book merger 'will not be blocked'

Penguin and Random House, which are merging to form one of the world's biggest publishers, are confident of regulatory approval but will sell "bits and pieces" if necessary. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Italy Print Falls 8.7%, But E-Books Are Up

At the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012, the Italian Publishers Association presented statistics about Italy's book market. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rovio Announces First Angry Birds Book App

Finnish app giant plans to bring home the bacon with their book app, which they predict will sell millions of downloads. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-Publishing Rules the EBM at Indies

When On Demand Books introduced its Espresso Book Machine to the U.S. book trade in 2008 by installing a beta model at Northshire Books in Manchester Center, Vt., the company promoted it as a tool for printing backlist titles and books in the public domain, as well as for authors who wanted to... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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