The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and the Southern Independent Booksellers Association are moving their fall conference, New Voices New Rooms, to summer and have scheduled it for the week of August 8. In addition, they are launching a spring book event scheduled for May 17 and 18. Both events will be virtual. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Comedian David Mitchell has slammed Amazon as "benefit scroungers" in a barnstorming... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At a Saturday lunch at SIBA's regional fall show, HBG USA CEO Michael Pietsch and bestselling author James Patterson touched lightly on the ongoing negotiations with Amazon and both men thanked indie booksellers for their support. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Works that were nominated include 'The Innovators' by Walter Isaacson and 'Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?' by Roz Chast for the nonfiction prize as well as 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr and 'Station Eleven' by Emily St. John Mandel for the fiction award. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'Virtual Reality Beginners Guide' is a 40 page book in a box that includes a cardboard viewer that when assembled in combination with a smartphone turns into a VR headset viewer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The list of 10 finalists includes a previous National Book Award winner, two finalists for the award, two Pulitzer Prize winners, and two first time authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Foundation has announced the 2014 National Book Award longlist for Young People’s Literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Independent Publishers Guild will hold its 2015 conference from 4th to 6th March. The IPG... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Movies, movies, and more movies were the key to book sales for teens and younger readers this summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Samsung will be Innovation Partner at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair and help showcase technology solutions and unique content experiences for the book publishing industry. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the 2nd ASEAN Ebook Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, publishers discussed ways to catalyze the regional ebook industry, particularly in education. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite high rents and preliminary data from the U.S. Census Bureau that shows a 7.9% drop in overall bookstore sales for the first half of 2014, PW’s informal poll of nearly two dozen indie bookstores found that many overcame a tough winter and are, in fact, up for the year. Some are way up. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Each winner will receive $30,000, which will be presented on September 18 at a reception in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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But how much the star will take home from his 160m streams depends on his label and publishing deals Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The lineup this year includes debuts of October releases by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelists Marilynne Robinson and Jane Smiley. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obama angered some in the independent book world after he praised Amazon's business practices in 2013 and skipped his usual visit to a Martha's Vineyard indie bookstore later that year. Will he pick up some books during his Vineyard visit this year? Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New partners include ePubDirect, Independent Publishers Group, CoreSource and Firebrand Technologies. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s leading literary and human rights organization, today announced the winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Market data company Voxburner, publisher Nosy Crow and publicists Angel Publicity are among early... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent Press has signed a four-book deal with Edinburgh-based writer Jenny Harper, who has self-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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These may be grim times at Microsoft, but co-founder Bill Gates seems to be having a good time in his semi-retirement (he resigned as chairman in February, though he retains a technical-advisor role). Lately, he's been posting entertaining videos to his personal YouTube channel, thegatesnotes,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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