Luis J. Rodriguez shared his new book, 'From Our Land to Our Land,' with the Los Angeles Times Book Club Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-02-17 00:49:19 UTC ]
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Collection will include work by Banks's friend Ken MacLeod and will come out on the anniversary of his death in FebruaryThe final work by Iain Banks – a collection of poetry by the late author – will be released next February, his publisher has announced.Banks died last June, two months after... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gone are the days when, if you wanted to read a book in bed, you'd need to take a torch with you. Nowadays, as long as you've got a Kindle Paperwhite, the books will happily illuminate themselves. The device's even front-lighting and engineering... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marie Claire is a highly polished magazine; its recent foray into digital video was not.The Hearst-owned title live-streamed its first dating show "The Love Match" on Friday, where three women "looking to find love" were paired with one of three eligible bachelors. Marie Claire staffers... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Specs Who Brandi Glanville Age 41 Accomplishments Star of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; author (her new book, Drinking and Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance, will be released Feb. 11) Base Los Angeles What’s the first information you consume in the morning? I guess it... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The latest popular trend in manga looks at the sometimes unconventional romances and culinary habits of some of Japan's greatest writers. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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QR codes have been called many names. Ugly. Has-been. A failure. Marketing expert Scott Stratten even has a book out called "QR Codes Kill Kittens."But not so fast: In China, those checkerboard-like codes are enjoying a renaissance.That's thanks to WeChat, Tencent's hot mobile app, which has 272... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-publishing sees traditional publishing as in denial about what readers want. But the problem isn't self-abnegation, it's capacity and mission. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Southern Living has produced bridal content before, but Time Inc.'s regional lifestyle brand chose to partner with a small independent publisher for deeper penetration into the vertical. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When the grim reaper comes for you has a lot to do with where you're born.Everyone dies, but depending on which country you live in, you could die significantly sooner compared with people born in other countries. That's the takeaway from this simple but striking infographic by Omani designer... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should Australian newspapers, like Fairfax, publish opinion pieces that deny or seek to cast doubt on man-made global warming?Should Fairfax — or other media publishers — give a platform for climate change denialist opinion pieces?The most recent example is Fairfax publishing a piece by John... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Coker of Smashwords, which recently inked a major content deal with Scribd, weighs in on how the all-you-can-read model changes the way we read, how authors make creative choices, and how everyone gets paid.Is a "Netflix for ebooks" nearing viability? Yesterday, Smashwords, the largest... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The clock is ticking for two bookstores in the midst of transition: one about to open a second branch, the other to move. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Photographer Iain McKell documents people in England who have voluntarily abandoned mainstream lifestyles in favor of nomadic ones.Photographer Iain McKell first became acquainted with new age travelers 25 years ago on an assignment for the London Observer. Calling themselves the "Peace Convoy,"... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The World Service's expert reporting of Mandela's memorial service showed why its grant shouldn't be cutLive Coverage of the Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela (World Service)| iPlayerBook at Bedtime (R4) iPlayerAlice's Wunderland (R4) | iPlayerThe BBC comes into its own when covering state... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate's star-studded Letters Live event (10th December), featuring Neil Gaiman, Benedict... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For Chang-rae Lee's forthcoming novel On Such a Full Sea, his publisher, Riverhead Books, is testing some visual fireworks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anthony Russell's vivid stories provide insight into the life of English nobility in the 1950s and '60s -- along with consequences that come with being handed every material good on a silver plate.Imagine if a woman such as the Dowager Countess from “Downton Abbey” was one of your grandmothers.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The guy who runs Facebook's most valuable real estate explains why the company just changed its rules. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When I was a teenager, I thought it would be great to be an adult and be surrounded by people who weren't mean to each other all day. Enter stage left: the world wide webBack in the early 90s, when I was still at school and words such as "friend" and "message" were nouns as opposed to verbs, a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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