Like many people across the business world, publishers have a skeptical view of so-called Big Data, seeing it as “the next big hype.” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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A recent PubTrak survey from R.R. Bowker indicated that teens remain reluctant when it comes to ebooks. Accustomed to social media, they find that electronic stories have “too many restrictions,” according to the report. But many industry players—agents, booksellers, publishers, and authors—are... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter, who died Thursday while reporting in Syria, was to have embarked soon on a 20-city tour to promote his new book. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As much as a quarter of fiction ebooks sold in the UK could be from self-published writers, as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harvill Secker has signed a two-book deal with Belfast crime writer Stuart Neville. Publishing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Students are split on the necessity of physical textbooks in a digital world, but a majority of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired world rights in a biography of the late artist Lucian Freud, penned by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An international alliance of publishers, including Cambridge University Press, Elsevier and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers need to place a greater emphasis in getting their backlist titles published digitally... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Rosamund Lupton has hailed self-published authors at an event to mark half a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone has promoted Stephanie Sweeney to Windmill publishing director, effective immediately... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bedford Square Books, the ebook and print-on-demand venture set up by the Ed Victor Literary... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inkling has a new tool for publishing complex ebooks, ideal for educational publishers seeking more than what iBooks Author allows. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Printed book sales slipped 3% week on week last week, and were down 16% year on year as the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Melville, NY, February 14, 2012 – Newsday has been recognized by the New York News Publishers Association with three Awards for Excellence for its superior journalism. Award winners will be honored at a reception in Albany on Wednesday, Apr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines UK has appointed David Parker as publisher of Prima, replacing Steven Seaton, who is joining Immediate Media as managing director of its London specialist division. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin drops over-the-air downloads; now only Random House gives libraries unrestricted access to purchase and loan ebooks. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The murder of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey and a family's violent rise to prominence is given gripping life.On a morning in August 2007, a slender masked man ran up to Chauncey Bailey on an Oakland sidewalk and fired two shotgun blasts at the journalist. The first slug tore through Bailey... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Billionaire Gina Rinehart recently invested $146 million in Fairfax Media, the publisher of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Financial Review . Known as the "Iron Lady," Rinehart is the heir of mining magnate Lang Hancock and is believ ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the memoirs of Sam Pivnik, one of the few living British... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The tagline “It’s not TV. It’s HBO” is something many will remember from the late 1990s, back when the cable network was in the vanguard for airing critically acclaimed series like The Sopranos and Sex and the City. Today there’s hardly a cable network in the game that isn’t trying to capture... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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