New Mr. Men characters created for 45th anniversary

Adam Hargreaves, the son of the late Mr. Men creator Roger Hargreaves, has come up with a new series of characters to mark the 45th anniversary of the brand. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier creates Australian publishing division

Bonnier Publishing has created Bonnier Publishing Australia in a bid to expand further into the Australian and New Zealand markets. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago celebrates Valley of the Dolls 50th with anniversary edition

Virago is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its pop-culture classic Valley of the Dolls in June by bringing out a new, pink-paged anniversary edition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thames & Hudson creates Museum and Institutional Publishing division

Thames & Hudson has created a Museum and Institutional Publishing Division dedicated to the company’s projects with its co-publishing partners. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Big Books from Small Presses Create a Buzz

While the five books presented at the BEA Selects: Children's panel session were from small presses, they all made a big impression on the audience. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Fredrik Backman: Getting to Know His Characters

Voted Sweden’s most successful author in 2013, Fredrik Backman has traveled to Chicago from Sweden for his first U.S. book tour to promote his latest novel, "Britt-Marie Was Here" (Atria, May). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: How Booksellers Can Create Better In-Store Events

Building relationships in one's local community is key to creating productive and profitable events, a panel of four veteran booksellers told an audience of 50 at BEA on Wednesday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vintage creates 3D edition of Murakami's first novels for Waterstones

Vintage has released a special 3D paperback edition of Haruki Murakami’s first two novels Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Game of Thrones: will mini characters conquer viewers' hearts? | Media Monkey

Danaerys and Melisandre are among the stars from the HBO series to be turned into figuresWith its penchant for flaying, beheading and generally dying in any way other than peacefully in your sleep, Game of Thrones is an unlikely source of spin-off toy merchandise.And yet if adults can while away... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Infographic: 50 percent of publishers recruit editors to create native ads

We asked publishing pros at yesterday's Digiday Publishing Summit for their scout's-honor stance on how they're pitching native, who's buying, and more. Here's what they said in 5 charts. Sponsor content by Nativo. The post Infographic: 50 percent of publishers recruit editors to create native... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French Literary Agents Create a Professional Alliance

'The time was ripe to create a professional organization that unites French and Francophone literary agents.' And so, the Alliance ALF is formed in Paris. The post French Literary Agents Create a Professional Alliance appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon creates 1,500 new jobs across Manchester and Leicestershire

Amazon is to create 1,500 new permanent jobs with the opening of fulfilment centres in Manchester and Leicestershire this Autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top five female characters in literature

For International Women’s Day, Kiera O’Brien picks her favourite female characters from literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New WordPress plugin lets anyone create Facebook Instant Articles

Facebook's biggest news recently has been the global roll out of Reactions. But bubbling away in the background over recent weeks have been changes to the Instant Article program. Initially made available only to larger publishers, Facebook Instant Articles help to improve user-engagement by... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Battle For Mobile Web Ramps Up as WordPress Creates Plugin to Automate Facebook Instant Articles

WordPress parent Automattic has built a plugin for Facebook Instant Articles that will soon allow everyone in its user base to easily post content on the social media platform's walled garden.Instant Articles delivers content on mobile devices at blazing fast speeds. Come April 12, Facebook will... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Filipino Superman fan undergoes 26 surgeries to look like the comic book character

Filipino man Herbert Chavez, who calls himself Superman's biggest fan, has already undergone 26 painful plastic surgery procedures to transform his Asian face into a carbon copy of his idol. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2016-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster’s Salaam Reads Focuses on Muslim Characters and Stories

Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing has announced the launch of Salaam Reads, focusing on Muslim characters and stories. The post Simon & Schuster’s Salaam Reads Focuses on Muslim Characters and Stories appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Launches Canvas So Publishers Can Create "Instant" Ads

Canvas ads mimic the features of Facebook's Instant Articles platform.Facebook has officially rolled out its Canvas ad platform. Canvas has been in testing since last year and has often been referred to as "instant ads" because of the way it mimics Facebook's Instant Articles platform for... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon creates 500 new jobs in Leicestershire

Amazon is creating 500 new jobs by opening a 1m sq ft fulfilment centre in Coalville, Leicestershire. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tough Times For Men’s Magazines

Have we returned to the days when mass-circ men's magazines were an oxymoron? The post Tough Times For Men’s Magazines appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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