Lonely Planet is revising its two Nepal travel guides in light of the devastating earthquakes in April. Nepal (£17.99) and Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya (£14.99) will be reissued in December. Joe Bindloss, LP’s destination editor covering Nepal, said: “We wanted to get the revised books into the market quickly so that people thinking of coming to Nepal would be able to make an informed decision about whether or not to travel.” Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Bloomberg LP has made another big raid on old media again, poaching Justin Smith from the Atlantic Media Co. to be global media CEO. Smith is the Atlantic Media president who is credited with reversing 154-year-old Atlantic magazine’s losses by advancing an aggressive, digital-first strategy. He... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines UK has published a shopping guide in Mandarin Chinese, which is being handed out with 10,000 copies of the latest Elle Collections luxury fashion biannual. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft's Xbox One is getting decidedly more indie-friendly with today's confirmation from Microsoft that its forthcoming game console will double as a developer debug unit. In so many words, each $500 unit purchased at retail this holiday will also run in-progress game code, enabling... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lonely Planet has confirmed that 15 roles in its London office will be made redundant as part of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Having a hard time finding something on the internet? You're probably doing it wrong -- at least that seems to be Microsoft's supposition. The company has recently revised its Bing autosuggest categories to help users find the correct search parameters for the content they're looking for. The... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Icon Books has signed a self-published self-help book directly from the author. Kate Hewson,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Press has acquired a second book by N M Gwynne, following up on this April's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some of today’s biggest cookbook authors recommend their favorite New York City restaurants during Book Expo America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Looking to provide info to retailers, librarians, and consumers interested in its book-format comics, DC Comics is publishing the DC Entertainment Essential Graphic Novels and Chronology 2013, a 121-page reading guide and index to the publisher’s extensive backlist of collected and original... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House has recently updated its BookScout app that allow it to sync up with Facebook’s improved timeline and About page. Can it capitalize on Goodreads/Amazon discontent? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google has killed off the print editions of Frommer's guide books. And this makes sense, as Google never wanted to be a publisher and only bought Frommer's for the metadata. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Play Books has been on a slow world tour that hasn't given Asia much love. Google is addressing that regional deficit in grand fashion today by launching its digital bookshop in India. The collection includes the expected blend of local and international titles, although the Books... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This one's coming straight from the horse's mouth. Amazon is acknowledging a "known issue" with version 3.6.1 of its Kindle app for iOS -- the company is recommending that current users avoid the latest update, which hit the App Store today. According to TUAW, the new version may completely... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hammer Books is to publish another Woman in Black ghost story, based on an idea by the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile has announced a new book from Michael Haag exploring the background of Dan Brown’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Still have an old Kindle Touch sitting around? You have some new features to play with. Despite replacing it with a brighter son, Amazon is still updating its original touch sensitive e-reader -- outfitting it with a new UI, enhanced parental controls and Whispersync for Voice, which shares... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its annual report on the progress it has made in hitting various environmental goals, Hachette Book Group said today that it is ahead of pace in two key areas but behind in a third. HBG has already surpassed its target for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions as well as for the use of... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's been attuned to the needs of its vision-impaired customers for years, first rolling out text-to-speech technology on its original Kindle e-reader years ago. Today the company revealed plans to add to that feature set in its Kindle Fire and Fire HD (7-inch) tablets with Voice Guide and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to the Engadget holiday gift guide! Picking presents for friends and loved ones is never a simple task, and with thousands of options for each category, buying technology can be an especially frustrating experience. We're here to help. Below you'll find today's bevy of curated picks, and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is on the cusp of launching the complete Kindle line in Japan, so it's only right that the online retailer fine-tune its firmware for local reading habits. A new version 5.3.0 update for the Kindle Paperwhite puts much of that focus on Manga, introducing options to fit the stylized comics... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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