Ken Clarke reveals memoir cover in YouTube video

Ken Clarke has revealed the cover of his autobiography, Kind of Blue, in a promotional YouTube video, during which he said he "always rather enjoyed the controversy". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: Book festival 'stripped' for comics

Edinburgh's international book festival is getting Stripped and ready with a strand devoted to comic books. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: How to make money from ebooks

With many more authors appealing direct to the public by releasing their novels themselves over the internet, are any of them able to make money? Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2013-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: Online publishing firms growing

The internet and new technology is making a dream of being an author a reality for many writers. Online self-publishing - bypassing agents and publishing houses is now a fast-growing sector. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2013-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ron Burgundy, Will Ferrell's Anchorman' alter ego, will write a memoir

Ron Burgundy will be the name behind a book titled 'Let Me Off at the Top: My Classy Life and Other Musings.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Harry Potter' new covers will grace trade paperback versions as of Aug. 27

The new 'Harry Potter' covers, by artist and writer Kazu Kibuishi, were created to honor the 15th anniversary of the US publication of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook reveals 20m mobile users in June

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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Time Inc. Launches Documentary Video Unit

Time Inc. invested heavily in video initiatives under Laura Lang, but even as the company prepares to transfer leadership to new CEO Joe Ripp, the medium remains a priority. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent booksellers' Christmas picks revealed

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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Music industry changes its tune in copyright lawsuit against YouTube channel Fullscreen

The music industry’s lawsuit against a popular YouTube channel this week could indicate that publishers are looking for savvier ways to attack piracy besides going after YouTube itself, a legal expert said. The National Music Publishers Association Tuesday filed a copyright infringement suit... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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25 Crowdsourced Covers For Literary Classics

Frankenstein’s monster never looked so good. A few months back, we wrote about a project called Recovering the Classics, which planned to crowdsource enticing new covers for 50 literary classics--great books like A Tale of Two Cities, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Frankenstein, and Pride and... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Solo cover to sport 'bullet holes'

The cover for the new James Bond novel, Solo, written by William Boyd, will feature a retro-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: Meet the Author: Ben Wilson

Author Ben Wilson talks to the BBC's Nick Higham about his book charting the British Navy's history Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Parapalooza' YouTube channel features people reading from their favorite titles

The new YouTube channel encourages readers to upload a video of themselves sharing a paragraph from a favorite book. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Border Crossers: The Here/There Memoirs

Beth Kephart, author of Handling the Truth — a guide to writing memoir — discusses several of her favorite border-crossing writers and the art of geomorphology. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: How to Make the Perfect Comic Book TV Show

As the nation's geeks and nerds pack away their spandex and cardboard cosplay costumes (until October's New York Comic-Con of course) staff writer and office comic book aficionado Sam Thielman explains who should be TV's next smash hit superheroes.     Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: Music to read books by

The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by the books of visiting authors like The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry's Rachel Joyce. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs Stephen Hawking memoir

Transworld is to publish a memoir from physicist Professor Stephen Hawking. The book, My Brief... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic-Con 2013: A look at past comic books and a glimpse of the genre's future (+video)

Gerard Jones, author of 'Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book,' explains the origins of comic books, the hardships they went through, and where they are apt to go next.  Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rolling Stone slammed for Boston bomber cover

Rolling Stone magazine is getting slammed for a cover featuring accused Boston bomber Jahar Tsarnaev.The magazine's cover subjects have drawn their share of controversy over the years, whether it was Charles Manson or Britney Spears. But Mr. Tsarnaev seems to have drawn a far stronger reaction,... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown reveals Galbraith numbers

Little, Brown has confirmed it is reprinting 140,000 copies of Robert Galbraith/J K Rowling... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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