James Frey and Google team up to fuse interactive teen novels with AR games

We knew Google's Niantic Labs was planning to use its Ingress tech to power other augmented reality games, but we didn't expect this. In an announcement today, Niantic announced it has teamed up with publisher HarperCollins to create a location-based ... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google unveils holiday season savings on games, apps, books and movies

It can't have escaped your attention that -- in the US at least -- holiday season is just around the corner. With Thanksgiving comes Black Friday and other sales, and Google is getting in on the action with a series of discounts in the Play Store. There are great savings to be made on games and... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2018-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Patterson will preview his next novel in Facebook Messenger

James Patterson, the best-selling book factory in human form, is letting readers interact with the characters from his upcoming novel The Chef by speaking to them through Facebook Messenger. Starting October 30th, you'll be able to receive video and... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Boyne writes novel about transgender teen for PRH Children's

Penguin Random House Children's will next year publish a YA book about a transgender teenager and her brother by John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Funke and del Toro team up on 'Pan's Labyrinth' novel

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and author Cornelia Funke have collaborated on a new novel for adults inspired by del Toro’s 2006 film “Pan’s Labyrinth”, snapped up by Bloomsbury in the UK in a “fiercely contested” auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Claytan Daniels, Passmore Team to Create New Graphic Novel

Fantagraphics has acquired 'BTTM FDRS' by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore, a new graphic novel that combines satire and horror in a quirky exploration of race and gentrification. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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School Journal teams up with Toby Morris to create graphic novel about the Treaty of Waitangi

A new School Journal comic book is taking a fresh approach to teaching Kiwi kids about the Treaty of Waitangi.   Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2018-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First ever AR-powered novel to open Sprung ghosthunting series

Carlton is to publish its most expensively originated book on Super Thursday (4th October), an augmented reality (AR) novel for children. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven-figure deal for Peter James' next three novels

Pan Macmillan has acquired a further three titles in Peter James’ Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series in a seven-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Albertalli and Silvera team up for YA novel

Simon & Schuster UK has bought the UK and Commonwealth rights to a new YA novel co-written by US authors Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, and Adam Silvera, author of They Both Die At The End. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A painful coming-of-age debut novel of a gay teen whose family is sundered by suicide

There was a prickly if fleeting moment in last month’s Grammy Awards telecast during the “In Memoriam” segment that honored Chester Bennington, the late Linkin Park frontman and father of six, who took his own life last July. Moments after Bennington’s face faded from the screen, the rapper Logic... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google reveals the biggest apps, games, movies, songs and books of 2017

As we approach the start of a new year, the inevitable "best of" lists are starting to crop up. Never one to miss a trick, Google has released its own top five lists for 2017. The lists cover the US, and there are a few obvious names taking the top spots -- Super Mario Run is unsurprisingly... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New E L James novel coming in November

Cornerstone is to publish the next instalment of the Fifty Shades series, a retelling of 2012's Fifty Shades Darker from the perspective of Christian Grey, on 28th November 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strength in Numbers: Publishers Team Up in Fight Against Google and Facebook

The duopoly is forcing some unlikely partners into bed with each other.Large publishers are hatching new alliances to counter Google and Facebook, the so-called duopoly that's expected to capture 85% of new digital advertising this year in the U.S. and 60% of digital spending, according to... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Clinton teams with James Patterson to write White House thriller

The President Is Missing will see the former US leader make his prose fiction debut in collaboration with his golf partner the crime writing mega-sellerIn one of the most unexpected literary collaborations to date, former US president Bill Clinton is to publish a novel with bestselling crime... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Windmill acquires Swedish suspense novel The Dying Game

Windmill Books has acquired a suspenseful Swedish debut, The Dying Game, by Asa Avdic. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google sued over employee novel-writing rules

Google could be facing a fine up to $4bn after being sued for allegedly not allowing employees to post opinions about the company or write novels without getting their employer to sign off on the final draft. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George RR Martin and Apple announce interactive Game of Thrones books collaboration

A Game of Thrones: Enhanced Edition, available through Apple from Thursday, promises ‘a world of additional content’ including sigils, family trees and glossariesGeorge RR Martin has hailed “an amazing next step in the world of books” as he announced publication of a new digital edition of A... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft Team Up to Make Artificial Intelligence Less Scary

The Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society was unveiled today by Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft. Indeed, that's quite a name and quite a list of companies. Their chief mission is to promote public understanding of AI while developing standards and... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google swallows 11,000 novels to improve AI's conversation

As writers learn that tech giant has processed their work without permission, the Authors Guild condemns ‘blatantly commercial use of expressive authorship’When the writer Rebecca Forster first heard how Google was using her work, it felt like she was trapped in a science fiction novel. “Is this... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Google Help Translate a Classic Novel?

Esther Allen talks about the six-year process of translating the classic Argentine novel "Zama," which is finally available to U.S. readers 50 years after its original publication. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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