Lantana and Peepal Tree make £10k independent press prize shortlist

The Clarissa Luard Award for Independent Publishers has been revealed with Lantana Publishing, Little Toller Books, Peepal Tree Press and Penned in the Margins all in the running for the £10,000 prize. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anne Somerset wins Elizabeth Longford Prize

Anne Somerset’s biography Queen Anne has won the 2013 Elizabeth Longford Prize for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber makes ‘powerful’ young adult acquisition

Faber has made a further YA acquisition, with publisher Leah Thaxton buying UK and Commonwealth... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sandstone longlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize

Scottish indie publisher Sandstone Press has scored a nomination on the longlist for the Desmond... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coe and Wiggins on BSBA shortlists

Sebastian Coe and Bradley Wiggins are among the sports stars included in the British Sports Book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press signs two for One

Pushkin Press has acquired two further titles for its new imprint, One, with editor Elena Lappin... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saud Alsanousi wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction

A "daring" novel which explores the plight of foreign workers in Gulf countries has won... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making Preorders Work For Indies

Most readers who preordered Charlaine Harris’s forthcoming Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Ever After (which will be released May 7), likely did so at Amazon, where it is 45% off and has hovered in the top 50 for weeks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Davies made m.d. at The History Press

The History Press has promoted sales and marketing director Tim Davies to the newly-created role... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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African fiction prize chooses longlist

The Kwani? Manuscript Project, a new one-off literary prize for unpublished fiction from African... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Another 20 Make List of Top Spanish-Speaking Publishing Pros

The Fundación El Libro and Buenos Aires Book Fair have added another 20 new names to the original 50 on their list of the most inspiring people in the Spanish-language book trade. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shehadeh in contention for second Orwell Prize

Author Raja Shehadeh is in the running to win the Orwell Prize for a second time, with Random... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer Colvin on Orwell shortlist

Journalist killed in Syria is shortlisted for Orwell Book Prize, which celebrates political writing. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seren title on Ondaatje shortlist

A title from Seren/Poetry Wales Press has been shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize, in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An End To The Aggregation Debate? Repost Makes It Easy To Embed Articles

A new startup called Repost aims to make it easy for online publishers to distribute their articles via embedding — the same way I can share a video from YouTube or a document from Scribd directly in a blog post.   Right now, if I saw ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie Alliance creates Independents Day

The Independent Alliance consortium of UK publishers is partnering with the ICA to launch a one-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World’s Press Calls for Withdrawal of Proposed Royal Charter

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum have appealed to the British government to rethink statutory regulation that threatens more than 300 years of press freedom in the UK. In a letter to Prim ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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North Korea book wins Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize for fiction has been won by author Adam Johnson for his novel based in North Korea, The Orphan Master's Son. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Impressive' Kim Scott Walwyn shortlist revealed

Foyles head of marketing Miriam Robinson (pictured), literary agent Juliet Mushens, BookMachine... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harvard University Press Turns 100

Over the course of its 100-year history, Harvard University Press in Cambridge, Mass., has had to navigate difficult times. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two for Harvill on Indy shortlist

Two titles from Harvill Secker have been shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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