Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 24/06/2011 - 10:55 Icon Books has acquired a maths and puzzle book by numbers guru Johnny Ball, based on his slot on his daughter Zoe Ball's Saturday Morning Show on BBC Radio 2. Managing director Simon Flynn commissioned the title, Ball of Confusion, acquiring world rights directly from Ball for a five-figure advance, with Icon to publish in October 2011 as a £12.99, b-format hardback. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Atlantic imprint Corvus is set to republish a 1980s “bonkbuster” by controversial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is on the cusp of launching the complete Kindle line in Japan, so it's only right that the online retailer fine-tune its firmware for local reading habits. A new version 5.3.0 update for the Kindle Paperwhite puts much of that focus on Manga, introducing options to fit the stylized comics... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Infinitum Nihi – Johnny Depp's new publishing imprint with partner HarperCollins – will publish titles including a Bob Dylan biography and a novel by Woody Guthrie. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett has set up his own multimedia production company,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers have become book writers for a popular science project from Icon Books. Icon’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Icon Books has acquired the book that inspired Danny Boyle's Olympic Opening Ceremony, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are readying themselves to respond to an explosion of e-reading devices in the UK in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin UK's focus on brand strategy and going direct to the consumer will continue into the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Constable & Robinson and the University of East Anglia have set up the Corsair Bursary, an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shares in News Corporation rise 2.4% in Australia following reports that it may split its entertainment businesses from its publishing interests. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin, Macmillan and Apple must wait just under a year for the ruling on the ebook price... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A US judge on Friday set a 2013 trial date for a lawsuit from the US government accusing Apple and book publishers of conspiring to fix the prices of electronic books. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Justice Department meant business when it accused Apple and five other publishers of price-rigging ebooks, and are officially taking Cupertino and two publishers to court. In a hearing on Friday, Judge Denise Cote set a bench trial for June 3, 2012, putting Apple, Macmillan and Penguin Group... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has set up a global publishing programme, HarperCollins 360, which aims to make... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lonely Planet is to launch its first European own-branded store in Manchester Airport as the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ball Publishing Company founded in 1968 by John and Carol Ball in Southwestern Ohio has been acquired by Brothers’ Publishing Company LLC, a media company owned by Fred and Keith Foutz, two long time newspaper executives. Their first acqu ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House's Square Peg is lining up two in-house projects for the second half of 2012,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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He's rumoured to be worth £10 million ($20 million), insured for £1 million, with a book deal in the works and an offer to be the face of an advertising campaign. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers including Foyles, Newham Books, Pages of Hackney and The Book Box will be among those... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leaders from the world of magazine publishing are set to tackle the industry's multiplatform future on Wednesday (9 May) at Publishing+, the PPA's conference at the Hilton Metropole. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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