Judges praise the 13 finalists – all but two published by indie houses – for ‘enriching our idea of what fiction can do’The “finest works of translation from around the world” are almost exclusively published by independent presses – at least according to the Man Booker International prize, which has unveiled a longlist of 13 books with only two showings from major publishing houses.The prize is worth £50,000 to its winners, split equally between author and translator. This year’s longlist ranges from Chinese author Can Xue’s Love in the New Millennium, set in a world of constant surveillance and translated by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen, to Palestinian-Icelandic writer Mazen Maarouf’s Jokes for the Gunmen, a collection of stories set in a war zone told from the perspective of a child, translated from Arabic by Jonathan Wright. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#chinese author
#stories set
#independent presses
"360-degree marketing" has been an industry buzzword for years, but what about 360-degree advertising?Facebook is starting to test 360-degree video ads with a handful of brands including AT&T, Samsung and Nestle, all of which can be seen below. Facebook officially introduced the virtual... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#desktop site
#android apps
Hot religion reading from across the web: seven books selected in honor of Jewish Book Month; 'The Office' star Rainn Wilson's new memoir on faith; a Christian man who claims he was fired for publishing a book about his beliefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#books selected
Facebook wants to become a one-stop shop for breaking news while giving media brands more mobile channels to reach viewers. The social media giant today launched Notify, an app curating push notifications from dozens of publishers and other media sources all into one place: your iPhone's lock... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#menlo park
#movie trailers
#latest addition
#flagship brand
#mark zuckerberg
Daniel Clowes didn't finish his new graphic novel in time for Comic Arts Brooklyn, but everyone came away happy any way. The weekend small press show also offered appearances by Jillian Tamaki, Charles Burns, Yumi Sakugawa, Andrea Tsurumi, and Denis Kitchen. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#jillian tamaki
#charles burns
The 2015 Saltire Publisher of the Year shortlist has been revealed, featuring two past winners and three Edinburgh-based publishing houses. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#year shortlist
#past winners
Stephane Charbonnier, the slain editor of French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, is getting the last word. Charbonnier -- known by his pen name Charb -- was one of the 12 people killed at the magazine's offices by terrorists in January. The gunmen reportedly called out Charb by name. Days before,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#published posthumously
Torstar chief accuses Postmedia chief of failing his group’s newspaper readers by dictating federal election endorsements... for the losing partyIn Britain, where there are a dozen national newspaper titles, most of which are uninhibitedly partisan, it is not considered unduly surprising that... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#sunday times
#newspaper readers
#rupert murdoch
#general elections
Among the books generating interest across the globe are a nonfiction account of a photographer who was held captive by ISIS, and a book by a German forestry expert which posits that trees can communicate. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#nonfiction account
#held captive
Iris Brandt, rights and contracts director at German publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch, explains why the soon-to-be-published nonfiction book, 'What’s That to Do With Me?,' has been captivating publishers around the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
New lifestyle brand will provide nationwide coverage of the pet adoption movement. The post i-5 Publishing Launches New Quarterly, Lucky Puppy appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lifestyle brand
JK Rowling's pseudonym Robert Galbraith, Ian McEwan and BBC journalist Kirsty Wark make the longlist for the world's richest literary prize, the International Impac Dublin Literary Award. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book prize
#jk rowling
#ian mcewan
SourceHOV argues that artificial intelligence can obviate the need for publishers to manually create metadata tags and significantly streamline workflows. The post On Automating Metadata Extraction for Academic Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#academic publishing
#artificial intelligence
While Facebook makes headlines for cooking up new initiatives with publishers, the actual traffic it’s sending those publishers has fallen sharply. Referral traffic (desktop + mobile) to the top 30 Facebook publishers (as defined by ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
September Publishing founder Hannah MacDonald offers eight essential learnings from the company's first year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Publishers Pan Macmillan, HarperCollins and literary agency Peters, Fraser & Dunlop will provide authors with face-to-face advice and feedback as part of The Bookseller’s inaugural Author Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#author day
#fraser dunlop
The Biographers' Club awarded prizes to Alan Cumming, Francesca Wade and John Julius Norwich at a dinner held at the National Liberal Club. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#alan cumming
An author and illustrator worked with PubCoder and Munich's ArsEdition to quickly publish an interactive picture dictionary to help with Syrian refugees. The post German Publisher Creates Picture Dictionary for Syrian Refugees appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#syrian refugees
A law in Romania allows prisoners who publish books to cut months off their sentences. Several imprisoned politicians and businessmen have taken advantage. The post Bizarre Romanian Law Frees Convicts Who Publish Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publish books
Author James Dawson argues that the publishing industry needs not to fight the power of YouTube, but rather seek to harness it. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publishing industry
Following the closure of the Roald Dahl Prize last month, Scholastic will introduce 'a new series of awards for funny children’s books in the UK.' The post Scholastic Takes Over After the End of the Roald Dahl Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#scholastic takes
#funny children