Kazuki Takahashi found in snorkelling gear floating in the sea off coast of Okinawa, reports sayA Japanese artist who created the hit manga comic series Yu-Gi-Oh!, which spawned a worldwide media franchise including a trading card game, has been found dead in the sea, according to media reports.Kazuki Takahashi, 60, whose real first name was Kazuo, was discovered wearing snorkelling gear and floating in the sea near Nago, in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa, early on Wednesday and identified a day later, the NHK public broadcaster reported. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2022-07-07 09:37:41 UTC ]
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Audrey Carlan swept this week's list with her erotic series, Calendar Girl. The first book in Carlan's series, 'January,' topped the iBooks bestseller chart for the week ended January 3. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Just four days into 2016, Yahoo is making good on a plans announced at the end of 2015. The struggling tech giant has shut down Yahoo Screen, a 5-year-old digital video platform that housed its original series, its first livestream of an NFL game, and old episodes of Saturday Night Live. The... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After fifth disappearance, umbrella movement’s Agnes Chow criticises China regime in video that has gone viralA young pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong has released a video, which has gone viral, attacking Beijing’s campaign of “political suppression” following the disappearances of five... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Year’s weekend will be generally quiet as far as openings go — though the museums will all be doing their thing, with some terrific shows ongoing. But the art world gets cooking again early next week with the opening of a film festival at the Hammer Museum and a show at LACE that examines the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers including Phaidon, Galley Beggar Press, HarperCollins and And Other Stories have pledged to help West Yorkshire indie Book Case Hebden, which has lost all its stock to flood damage. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-30 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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Spoof titles with vintage artwork strike a chord with Christmas shoppers, selling more than 600,000 copies in less than two monthsNostalgia for the days of learning to read with Peter and Jane appears to have made Ladybird’s series of spoof titles for grownups a must-buy this Christmas, with... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author and poet Peter Dickinson OBE died yesterday on 16th December - his 88th birthday - in Winchester, following a brief illness. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You could say I have a sentimental attachment to the chain bookstore. Growing up in an intellectually impoverished American suburb, I spent much of my free time in now-defunct locations of Borders and Barnes & Noble. I read garbage, mostly: popular history magazines, Star Trek novelizations,... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finch Books, a new YA imprint of the Totally Entwined Group, has signed a three-book deal with Lady Victoria Hervey. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's been a big year for Andy Weir, author of acclaimed sci-fi novel The Martian. His bestselling book -- originally published serially for free on his personal website -- was turned into a similarly excellent movie starring Matt Damon and Jessica Ch... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hemingway's celebration of Paris in the 1920s, A Moveable Feast, has hit the top of the French bestseller lists following this month's terror attacks. The post In the Wake of Terror, Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feat” Hits #1 in Paris appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow has acquired a middle-grade fantasy series with a “feminist twist” by Ellen Renner. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print cookbooks "aren’t searchable, they take up lots of space, they can’t easily be wiped clean, and they are not easy to share with others," writes Matthew Cockerill. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Produced in the form of Japanese comics, the guides appeal to students and teachers looking for a novel approach to learning science, technology and math. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s no surprise that the Left Book Club is being relaunched now, with the imprimatur of the Labour leader and Ken Livingstone. It began in the anxious 1930s, a decade that has all too many parallels with the current oneAiming to “set the agenda for a new age of political debate”, the Left Book... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French authorities confirmed Thursday that the Islamic State militant suspected of masterminding the deadly Paris attacks was killed in a police raid the previous day. The body of Abdelhamid Abaaoud was found riddled with bullet and shrapnel wounds in the charred rubble of the raided apartment... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There is a tale told in the annals of the superhero casting history books that Christopher Reeve won the role of Superman not with bold, overstated moments of Kryptonian super-strength, but with the simple act of removing his glasses. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Constable has acquired three new crime titles from E V Harte, the pseudonym of Daisy Waugh. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Letter press is well known in the publishing world for its literature in translation program. It's less known in its hometown of Rochester, though the press's new French novel might change that. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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