Industry Notes: UK Postcode Lottery Helps Book Aid; F+W Fine Arts Sold to Peak Media

Lottery funds in the UK have generated more than £1.85 million for Book Aid International, and F+W Media's assets in arts and crafts go to Peak Media. The post Industry Notes: UK Postcode Lottery Helps Book Aid; F+W Fine Arts Sold to Peak Media appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Mindy Kaling will reportedly write follow-up to her bestselling book 'Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?'

During a panel at Austin's South by Southwest conference, Kaling said she is writing another book. Kaling's show 'The Mindy Project' was recently renewed for a third season. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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World Book Day titles triumph; Berry cooks up a storm

World Book Day titles dominated the top of last week's UK Official Top 50, nabbing the first... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Indian Publisher Pauses on Second Hinduism Book

An Indian publisher says it will have independent scholars examine objections from a conservative Hindu group to a book by American religion scholar Wendy Doniger. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Orion Children's Books gets Keith Richards story

Rolling Stone Keith Richards is to publish a picture book with illustrations by his daughter.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Keith Richards to write kids book

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards teams up with his artist daughter to write a picture book inspired by his own granddad teaching him to play the guitar. Continue reading at BBC News

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E-books by Sainsbury's sells Anobii brand

E-books by Sainsbury’s has sold the brand and social networking elements of ebook site... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Festival of Books Adds IndieBound Buy Buttons

Following a vociferous response by SCIBA members to the "L.A. Times" decision to exclude their stores from its Festival of Books website, IndieBound buy buttons will be added this week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK mobile advertising set to overtake newspaper ad revenue in 2014

New eMarketer research forecasts mobile ad spend to top £2bn this year, and for total digital media to reach £9bn by 2017UK mobile advertising spend is forecast to top £2bn and overtake newspaper ad revenue for the first time in 2014, according to new research.Total digital media advertising... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of March 10, 2014

Tor seeks ‘Truth’ from Dennard, gets ‘Unnoticed’ by Brockway and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Plaintiffs: No 'Do-Overs' For Apple in E-book Case

Attorneys for the consumer class argue there is enough evidence to assess damages against Apple via a summary judgment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Duly Noted: Expanding Soldier Field for the Super Bowl would be foolish (Video)

Set aside that Soldier Field would have to expand to 70,000 seats -- or 8,500 more than its current capacity for football crowds -- in order to meet the National Football League's minimum stadium size for hosting a Super Bowl, but spending public money on expanding a sports palace doesn't have a... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

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Goldman Sachs elevator tweeter loses book deal

It was recently revealed that former banker John Lefevre, who lives in Texas and does not work for Goldman Sachs, was behind the popular Twitter account. Publisher Simon & Schuster said at first it would still publish Lefevre's book but now says the deal has canceled. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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The Audio Book Club Live in Seattle!

This month Slate’s Audio Book Club hits the road for a live show at Town Hall Seattle. Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and special guest star Hugh Howey (Wool) discuss Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel of war and space aliens, Slaughterhouse-Five. The trio discuss Vonnegut’s deep depression, the way Billy... Continue reading at Slate

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Samsung's thing for (faux) leather continues with the ATIV Book 9 Style

Samsung's clearly been listening to Venus in Furs a lot recently, which explains why it's gone a bit crazy on the faux-leather all of a sudden. After covering both the Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Tab Pro and Chromebook 2 in the stuff, the company has now... Continue reading at Engadget

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Read Harry Potter books in a few hours? New tech may make it possible

A new technology that is set to make its debut in April could one day make it possible for users to read Harry Potter books in just a few hours.     Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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'Paddington' movie trailer glimpses at children's book series bear

The 'Paddington' book series was written by Michael Bond and initially illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Tartt and Atwood vie for book award

Margaret Atwood, Donna Tartt and Booker winner Eleanor Catton are among the novelists longlisted for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SCIBA Mobilizes Against Festival of Books Amazon Connection

Partnering with Amazon for Festival of Books website sales makes L.A. Times an increasingly bitter target for SCIBA members. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Can A Startup Help Publishers Cut Out Twitter, Facebook, And Flipboard?

Connecting content creators and consumers would be an enormous coup for news sites, magazines, TV networks, and other media. We look at three startups that could help.At magazines like Fast Company, we rely on distribution networks to get our articles to our readers. In print, the primary... Continue reading at Fast Company

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, March 10, 2014

This week, Philip Marlowe returns, how Paris became Paris, and the book that powerful people don't want you to read. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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