Foyles’ acting head of fiction Gary Michael and Harvill Secker editor Mikaela Pedlow will judge the 2019 Harvill Secker Young Translator’s Prize, alongside editor Nii Ayikwei Parkes and writer Sarah Ardizzone. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-19 00:26:23 UTC ]
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Apple says it will appeal against a court ruling that bans the company from entering into deals with publishers that could allow ebook prices to be fixed or inflated. The case was raised by the Department of Justice and judge Denise Cote's decision is very much in line with what they were... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A history of Judaism, a biography of Margaret Thatcher and a book about the importance of bees are all nominated for this year's Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plenty of people have predictions about who will win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Care to place a bet? Ladbrokes announces its odds on which author will win. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comedian and writer Charlie Higson is confirmed as the latest name to pen a short story celebrating the BBC sci-fi series. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here we go again. Maybe. Ten years ago Colin Powell publicly presented the United Nations with formerly top-secret information about a Middle East tyrant and weapons of mass destruction to justify military action against him. The tyrant was Saddam Hussein and the briefing turned out to be a... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book by Robert Macfarlane, the chairman of judges of this year's Man Booker Prize is shortlisted for another literary award, the biennial Warwick Prize for Writing. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The federal judge who last month found Apple Inc. liable for fixing ebook prices said she plans to limit the remedies sought by the U.S. to ensure they "rest as lightly as possible" on the way the company does business.U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan Tuesday said she intends to... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple may escape some of the penalties sought by the government in the ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The finalists for the 2013 Thurber Prize for American Humor include Shalom Auslander for his darkly funny novel "Hope, A Tragedy."The finalists for the 2013 Thurber Prize for American Humor include Shalom Auslander for his darkly funny novel "Hope, A Tragedy." But all is not grim: The other... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The £10,000 Commonwealth Book Prize will no longer be awarded. The organisation responsible... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has published UK-specific user data, broken down for the first time into daily and monthly, and total and mobile user numbers. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2013-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer Marina Warner is to chair the 2015 Man Booker International prize. The £60,000 prize... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A DOJ lawyer shot down the objections of publishers over suggested measures for Apple, while the judge involved in the ebook price fixing case offered a modified version of the DOJ proposal. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A federal judge took Apple to task on Friday for showing no contrition about potentially defrauding its customers of hundreds of millions of dollars. "None of the publishers nor Apple have expressed any remorse" about colluding to fix electronic book prices in 2010, said District Judge Denise... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple, in its ongoing battle over an ebook price fixing scandal, has been dealt yet another setback. Last month, Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple had violated antitrust laws in conspiring with publishers to raise ebook prices. Cupertino asked for a temporary suspension of her ruling while it... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Puffin has released the cover and title of the eighth Diary of a Wimpy Kid book by Jeff Kinney... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two HarperCollins titles top the Booksellers Association Christmas picks, chosen by independent... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American publishers are faced with numerous challenges when it comes to publishing translations. Editor Ben Rosenthal offers several creative financial models as possible solutions. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A competition has been launched for Chinese readers to translate stories by novelist David... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author David Mitchell and his wife K.A. Yoshida have translated the Japanese memoir The Reason I Jump into English, by then 13-year-old autistic Naoki Higashida. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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