A “number of offers” have been made to buy HMV after the retailer went into administration for a second time, KPMG has confirmed. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic has separated out LGBTQ books and BIPOC books into an optional add-on box in a policy some are calling a "bigot button." Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-10-16 14:39:10 UTC ]
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“His memoirs, novels, and short stories express, in infinite variety, the human struggle to reconcile the truth we wish for with the one we get.” Continue reading at The Paris Review
[ The Paris Review | 2023-10-11 15:15:29 UTC ]
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As Banned Books Week 2023 gets underway, new data shows that an organized right-wing political movement is continuing to drive a surge in censorship attempts in schools and libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers who attended the Digiday Publishing Summit opened up about their top challenges, concerns and curiosities during closed-door, anonymous town hall meetings. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2023-09-21 04:01:00 UTC ]
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The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association devoted its Fall Tradeshow’s second day to the exhibition hall, a membership meeting, and events to celebrate 40 authors and their new books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bluebird, who were due to publish Brand’s new self-help book in December, took the decision in light of ‘very serious allegations’The publisher of one of Russell Brand’s books has said that it is pausing all future publishing of books by the comedian after he was accused of rape and sexual... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-09-18 14:31:47 UTC ]
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A book-length thought experiment uses math to investigate some of life’s big questions. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2023-09-18 12:19:43 UTC ]
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Series sponsored by organisations including coal and gas companies features ‘incorrect’ claims on ‘green gas’ and context missing on carbon capture technology Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIn a double-page spread in News Corp Australia’s metropolitan... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-09-13 22:00:11 UTC ]
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Sponsored: On September 13, Bookwire's 'All About Multi-Format Publishing' program will look at digital publishing developments. The post Bookwire Stages ‘Shaping the Future of Digital Books’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-08-31 17:46:41 UTC ]
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Poor result weighed down by lower print and digital advertising at News Corp Australia, a division that includes flagship newspaper The AustralianRupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has recorded a steep 75% drop in full-year profit but sees opportunities ahead as it expands the use of cost-saving... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-08-11 00:14:07 UTC ]
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An ongoing lawsuit by artists against AI’s biggest players highlights how copyright law can’t keep pace with AI. Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming many industries and communities around the world. One of the first groups to feel its impact—and also generate some of its fiercest... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2023-08-10 06:00:00 UTC ]
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A recent New York Times article put a spotlight on the book deals made by sitting justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. But how have books written by Supreme Court justices sold? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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From the Gutenberg press to the word processor, a detailed trawl through the history of print offers lessons for the digital ageThe Gutenberg Parenthesis is a term coined by Danish scholar Lars Ole Sauerberg, who proposed that the history of literary culture as we had hitherto known it – the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-08-02 11:00:02 UTC ]
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Forthcoming titles—written by experienced herbalists, spell casters, tarot experts, and pagan practitioners—connect readers to ancient folkways and spiritual practices using everyday spaces. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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As I prepare for the paperback launch of my debut novel The Girls in Queens, I share with a group of writers and artists that I’m putting together a Book Club Kit. This has become a fairly common digital offering; a colorful PDF of brief insights from the author, a recipe or two related to... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2023-07-25 11:12:00 UTC ]
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Some of publishing’s most celebrated and enduring editors are leaving their posts at Penguin Random House after accepting buyout packages Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2023-07-17 23:33:55 UTC ]
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Nearly half of eligible employees have accepted a voluntary separation offer made by the company; to qualify, employees must be at least 60 years old and have been at the company for at least 15 years. Meanwhile, former CEO Markus Dohle has joined the board of Indigo Books & Music though he... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Keynoting a resurgent ALA Annual Conference, the author talked about her experiences with books bans in the 1980s and thanked librarians for their ardent defense of banned books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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At its Tudum 2023 event today, Netflix revealed new trailers for two highly anticipated live-action adaptations of beloved animated series. One Piece gets a full trailer ahead of its August 31st premiere on the streaming service, while we’ll have to settle for a brief teaser trailer for Avatar:... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-06-17 22:28:28 UTC ]
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A survey by the Publishers Association found reading to be more popular than going to the cinema or browsing social media, coming second only to watching TVMore people plan to escape into books than go to the cinema this summer, new polling from the Publishers Association has found.The survey by... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-06-08 08:00:00 UTC ]
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