Lucy Pearse joins S&S Children's as editorial director for fiction

Lucy Pearse is to join Simon & Schuster Children's as editorial director for fiction this autumn. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 03:18:25 UTC ]

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Amazon reveals fan fiction platform

Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new ebook platform Kindle Worlds. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2013-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Kindle Worlds will allow writers to sell fan fiction

The digital publishing platform will let fans write, publish, and sell the stories they've written based on popular books, TV shows, and more. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon launches Kindle Worlds publishing platform for fan fiction, will pay royalties to writers and rights holders

Amazon's taken a number of steps to bring different types of content to the Kindle Store, and it's now venturing into an area that has a long history with the internet: fan fiction. The company's today announced Kindle Worlds, a new publishing platform that promises to pay writers royalties for... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bakker's The Detour wins Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

Dutch writer Gerbrand Bakker has won this year's £10,000 Independent Foreign Fiction... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is Interactive Fiction Finally Reaching Critical Mass?

Several new high profile interactive fiction titles have been released so far this year, suggesting that publishers and readers may finally be ready for the medium. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Heath and Elise Dillsworth Agencies join forces

The Rupert Heath Literary Agency and the Elise Dillsworth Agency are forming an alliance, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children reading more on screen than print, NLT finds

The growth in children’s digital reading is an “opportunity for publishers rather... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Clarke joins Top That!

Vanessa Clarke, previously deputy children’s sales director at Macmillan, has joined top... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Children's buys middle-grade debut

Orion Children's Books has acquired a debut novel described as "a fresh and exciting new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Butler to be British Council literature director

Cortina Butler, currently m.d. at BookBrunch and formerly global editor-in-chief of Reader’... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roddy Doyle moves to Macmillan Children's

Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired a new children’s title by Man Booker Prize-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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South Asia Book Awards for Children’s and YA Literature!

"The Rumor" by Anushka Ravinshankar and "Kids of Kabul" by Deborah Ellis have won the 2013 South Asia Book Awards for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Children's partners with Box of Awesome

Simon & Schuster Children's Books has partnered with new company Box of Awesome to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Marketing Q&A with Scholastic’s Social Media Director, Morgan Baden

Morgan Baden is responsible for directing social media strategy at Scholastic and engaging teen readers online. Hear her speak at Reaching Readers Book Marketing Conference on May 28 in NYC. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Hunger Games' trilogy drives juvenile fiction sales up 13.1 percent for 2012

According to a new report by the Association of American Publishers, children's and young adult books experienced a sales jump driven by hardcover sales of Suzanne Collins' trilogy. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelicious to launch fiction imprint

Women’s fiction blog Novelicious is to launch a new digital imprint. Novelicious Books... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ashley appointed ACE library director

Brian Ashley, formerly Nottingham City Council's director of culture, will take on the role... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Morocco, Internet May Lead Children to Books Says Publisher

Amina Alaoui Hachimi from the Moroccan publishing house Yanbow Al Kitab believes the internet is a viable gateway to entice North African children to read. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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