Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 07/10/2011 - 08:25 Little, Brown is to be bring forward publication of Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson, publishing now on 24th October. The biography was written by Isaacson based on conversations with Apple-founder Jobs, who died on 5th October, and on interviews with members of his family, key colleagues at Apple and competitors. It was originally scheduled for publication on 21st November. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is to launch its controversial Kindle Owners' Lending Library in the UK from the end... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 7th Woman by Frédérique Molay is a serial killer novel that’s sold over 150,000 copies in France and has been published in seven languages, in addition to its native French. You can add English to that list on October 23, when indie startup Le French Book brings it to the U.S. as an ebook,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown has said it intends to pursue "vigorously" anyone who pirates the ebook... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At this year’s publishing pow-wow in Germany: John Banville channels Raymond Chandler; Daniel Woodrell explores a 1929 American bombing; Michael Pollan gets elemental; Elif Batuman tries fiction; and Lionel Shriver goes to Iowa. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While plenty of industries have shrunk over the last couple years, few have been hit as badly as newspaper publishing, which was already contracting before the economic downturn began. Since then, economic woes have simply reinforced the long-term tr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Christopher Little Literary Agency LLP is entering into a new association with Curtis Brown.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At a time when some university presses have cut back their publishing program or changed course, the MIT Press, which celebrated its first 50 years this spring, continues to look to the future—“relentlessly,” according to editorial director Gita Manaktala. “The retrospective glance doesn’t come... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raymond Chandler is the latest classic author to have a current writer take on his mantle, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The editor of Newsweek Daily Beast wrote to reassure staff members after comments by Barry Diller about the future of a print version of the magazine. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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West Yorkshire indie Bluemoose Books is to publish the "unauthorised biography" of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aspiring authors are being given the chance to pitch their novels to a panel of agents at a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We'd say it's about time. Although it's almost two years late to the party, Barnes & Noble is responding to Amazon's Kindle for the Web with Nook for Web. Much like its counterpart across the virtual aisle, the Nook web edition lets readers browse free samples and whole books entirely from a... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Oxford professor of poetry Geoffrey Hill has been shortlisted for the £10,000 Forward... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Donald Sobol, author of the beloved children's book series "Encyclopedia Brown," died Wednesday in Miami. He was 87. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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So you're an admirer of James Joyce's "Ulysses"? Well, thank Trieste for that book. So you're an admirer of James Joyce's "Ulysses"? Well, thank Trieste for that book. Why? Gordon Bowker's "James Joyce: A New Biography" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 608 pp., $35) shows readers how living in that... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flipboard, the social newsreader with a stylish magazine-like design, has emerged from beta and is now available free for all Android devices, including the Kindle Fire (although it’s optimized for smartphones rather than tablets). Editor's Note: It's not compatible with my ASUS Transformer Pad... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Rodney King's unexpected death this weekend at the age of 47, his recent book began climbing the charts. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The struggling conglomerate, which has a 30 percent market share in Australia, publishes The Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review and The Age in Melbourne. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rider has acquired a book about a forgotten figure involved in Edmund Hillary's 1953 ascent... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sceptre has acquired two titles which look to give more insight into two of the world's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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