NCAC, ACLU Join Fray in So. Carolina Lit Controversy

The National Coalition Against Censorship and the American Civil Liberties Union have joined together to urge the South Carolina state senate's finance committee to retain state funding of two university reading programs under fire for assigning controversial books. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Burns re-joins Orchard

Orchard Books has appointed Kate Burns to the role of publisher for picture books, gift and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newbury joins Random House India

Random House India has appointed Caroline Newbury, formerly deputy publicity director at Ebury,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Archer and Baldacci join 20p club

Bestselling authors Jeffrey Archer and David Baldacci are the latest to be given the 20p... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thorogood to join Headline

Headline Publishing Group has appointed Simon Thorogood to the role of non-fiction publisher,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Record number of indies join IBW

More retailers than ever before are taking part in Independent Booksellers Week (starting... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bell to join Scholastic as co-managing director

Catherine Bell is to join Scholastic as co-managing director and head of publishing, marketing... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emily Lawrence joins CourseSmart

E-textbook and digital course material provider CourseSmart has appointed Emily Lawrence to its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Axe joins Aurum

Aurum has appointed Jessica Axe to the role of publicity director, with Axe moving from PR agency... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebuck joins authors at Queen's arts celebration

Random House chief executive Gail Rebuck and authors including Jacqueline Wilson, A S Byatt and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Collingridge joins Safari Books Online

Enhanced Editions co-founder Peter Collingridge is to join digital learning library Safari Books... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft joins forces with Barnes

The software company announced it will invest $300 million in the bookseller's ebook and college bookstore ventures Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shone joins Aurum following FL merge

A series of appointments have been made at Aurum and Frances Lincoln, following the merging of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google News Headline Error Creates Controversy For ABC Anchor

On Wednesday morning (Apr. 18), ABC News’ senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper fell victim to one of the lesser-known perils of online publishing. Filing a story on a recent Romney campaign attack on President Obama (the Romney team dug up a quote from Obama’s memoir where the President... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2012-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt's Porter to join Granta

  Max Porter, currently manager of the Chelsea branch of Daunt Books, is to join Granta... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australia pondering joining ebook lawsuit bandwagon

If Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillian, Penguin and Simon & Schuster thought they only had to contend with a federal ebook lawsuit in the US, they'd better think again. Australia's Competition and Consumer commission is inviting local businesses to raise formal concerns as it weighs... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australia and India join ebook adoption race

Australia and India have joined the UK and the US as world leaders in ebook adoption rates,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New series join early reader market

Barrington Stoke is the latest publisher to enter the early reader market. Its new series,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon and controversy head to Salon du Livre

  Salon du Livre in Paris will open for four days on 16th March with a notable new addition... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic enters the ebook fray with Storia and 1,000 children's stories

Between Google Books, iBooks, Nook, Kindle, Kobo, Sony... you'd figure the ebook field was crowded enough, right? Well, if you're specifically in the market for children's stories, things might look a little less packed. We guess that's why Scholastic is attempting to enter the fray with Storia,... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Choc Lit scores two at the Ronas

Independent publisher Choc Lit has scored two prizes at the Romantic Novelists’ Association... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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