Martina Cole, the bestselling and prolific author of crime fiction, is to be celebrated by publisher Headline in her 25th year as a published author. She deserves more respect for her achievements, says Tom Tivnan. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The United States celebrated World Book Night on April 23, which meant that over 25,000 volunteers throughout the country handed out half a million free books to promote reading. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate has signed world rights to a new novel from British author Lee Rourke. Editor Mark... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last year at the end of this annual bestseller article, we made the obvious prediction that unit sales for hardcover bestsellers would be even lower for 2012 books and that the “ebook explosion could be the culprit.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite what you have read, probably online, print isn't dead insists the magazine exec, speaking at D: Dive Into Media. Hearst's digital subscriptions are also up to 900,000. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Carey, president of Hearst Magazines, sat down with AllThingsD's Peter Kafka to kick off Day 2 of D:Dive Into Media here in Dana Point, California, with the interview centering on Carey's take on how digital magazines are working out in a world that seems less and less intrigued by... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new book cover for the classic novel 'Anne of Green Gables,' showing Anne as a blonde without freckles lounging in a plaid shirt, has Amazon users up in arms. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Born out of a British book and funded by Hollywood, The Hobbit is also a movie that has its heart in New Zealand. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mobile reading may revive entire genres of literature, such as mid-length novels and poems, which have fallen out of favor. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2012-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The PBS Off Book series interviews creators and collectors about their favorite analog formats. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Singer Cheryl Cole, who rose to fame on ITV's "Popstars: The Rivals", has topped... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“Growing up, Cosmo was my lifeline to the world,” says Joanna Coles, the freshly installed editor-in-chief of the largest women’s magazine. “A world that I wanted to be in but couldn’t get to yet.” Piloting a global magazine, married to a notable author, throwing "dream" dinner parties, and... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new children’s bookshop has opened in Essex, seeing “promising” sales in its... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has bought world rights to the autobiography of singer Cheryl Cole and will publish... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British journalist Richard Lloyd Parry skillfully goes beyond the headlines in the 2000 disappearance of fellow Brit Lucie Blackman in Tokyo. It is a dark, unforgettable ride.People Who Eat Darkness Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK has bought its first young adult titles from paranormal romance writer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All hail the ebook! Seriously, if it weren't for this marvelous literary development, try saying with a straight face that you wouldn't at least take pause before adding a new title to your collection. Numbers are in from The Publisher's Association -- a group of 120 companies across the trade... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are you ready for a bombshell? Turns out people who read ebooks read more books than those don't. That tidbit comes from the number crunchers at Pew. According to a new report titled "The Rise of E-Reading," the ebook readers read an average of 24 books in the past year, versus the 15 books read... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over 90% of the e-readers bought over Christmas were Kindles, according to research released... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook will "imminently" launch a plugin for publishers and public figures to ask their readers to subscribe on Facebook directly from their own Web sites. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2011-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Philip Stone and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 15:54 Martina Cole has become the first British female adult-audience novelist to surpass the £50m sales mark since records began. Thanks to the solid sales of her 18th thriller, The Faithless (Headline), which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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