Lee Child eclipses the competition with Blue Moon straight in at number one

Lee Child’s Blue Moon (Bantam) has illuminated the charts, beaming straight into the UK Official Top 50 number one with 56,700 copies sold in its first week on sale.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-05 11:31:57 UTC ]
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Locust Moon’s 'Little Nemo' Kickstarter Now at $90K

Organized by Philadelphia comics shop Locust Moon and its small press imprint Locust Moon Press, 'Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream,' an ambitious Kickstarter project to fund a tribute book to Little Nemo creator Windsor McCay, has blown past its initial goal of $50,000 and raised $90,000 with... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kickstarter Diary Chapter 2: Rewards and Goals—Running the Numbers

Once I’d made up my mind I was going to do a Kickstarter campaign, the first thing I needed to do was figure out how the math was going to work—and there were a lot of numbers to run. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New UK Competition to Find the “Next Big Thing” in Kids Books

A new competition to find the “next big thing” in children’s literature is being launched by the UK’s National Literary Trust and Bloomsbury Children’s Books. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: The Numbers Are In

Based on rough figures, professional attendance was down slightly, 10,965; BookCon sold out 10,000 tickets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Stan Lee: From Comic Book Legend To Children’s Author

With X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man 2 taking top box-office this month, one might presume that the co-creator of all these classic superheros is sitting by a pool somewhere sipping mai tais. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Blue Skies Ahead: M.O. Walsh

Louisiana writer M.O. Walsh (known as Neal) wonders whether the Buzz Books editors were confused or had a head injury when they picked his debut novel (My Sunshine Away, Putnam/Amy Einhorn Books, Jan. 2015) to be a BEA Buzz Book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales Up, Store Numbers Down in Christian Retail

Christian retail sales increased slightly last year, even while the total number of stores in that market continued to decline, according to a state-of-the-industry report for 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Child, Billingham & Mina on Theakstons longlist

Lee Child, Mark Billingham and Denise Mina are among the authors longlisted for the 10th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee's Mockingbird to go digital

Author Harper Lee gives her permission to issue her classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird as an audio book and ebook. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2014-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Panel Mania: Corinne Mucha and the Post Break-Up Blues

In her first adult graphic novel in six years, Corinne Mucha addresses once again the subject of relationships, or, to be accurate, the "getting over it" part after a relationship's end. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont mines its way to second number one

Egmont has notched up just its second UK Official Top 50 number one with its Minecraft franchise... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo Inks Deals with Nickelodeon, Blue Apple Books

In separate announcements, Nickelodeon Publishing and Blue Apple Books reached agreements to make their children’s titles available for sale through ebook retailer Kobo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mary Berry scores her first UK Top 50 number one

Mary Berry has achieved her first UK Top 50 number one with Mary Berry Cooks (BBC), three weeks... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facts and Numbers on the Korean Book Market: Digital Publishing in Korea 2014

A visit to the Gwanghwamun branch of Kyobo, Korea’s largest bookstore chain, provides many clues to the country’s present book market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: A novel approach to child rearing

The author of The Jane Austen Book Club gets inspiration for her new novel by a real life experiment where a baby chimp was raised as part of a human family Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robinson wins second Blue Peter book award

Author and TV presenter Tony Robinson has won his second Blue Peter book award, for Weird World... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to Upload Public Domain Books Straight to Your Kindle — For Free

If you're looking for digital versions of older books to download, check out Project Gutenberg first. The site is filled with stuff that has lapsed into the public domain, which means it's free.     Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wedded bliss as Kinsella nabs number one

Sophie Kinsella recorded her sixth overall number one last week and in doing has bumped J K... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How "Frozen" Director Jennifer Lee Reinvented The Story Of The Snow Queen

Frozen didn't click until the main characters were reimagined as sisters with a complicated relationship. Co-director Jennifer Lee talks with Fast Company about the collaboration that resulted in the highest-grossing Disney animated film of all time.The fact that Jennifer Lee is a woman isn't... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Roth Back at Number One

The titular book in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy took the top spot on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended February 24. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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