News’ Next Big Obsession Is To "Win The Couch"

Even with Facebook and Twitter and legions of newsreaders and apps, news organizations are still grappling with and working feverishly on new publishing technologies and resurfacing old content to siphon the glut of content and bring the news to new ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

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Janson-Smith wins de la Motte trilogy

Patrick Janson-Smith at HarperCollins imprint Blue Door has won the UK battle for the Swedish... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo reveals big plans

Kobo will launch its self-publishing platform this quarter and plans on expanding to “a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Justice Department formally charges Apple, big five publishers in ebook price fixing case (update)

The Justice Department has formally decided to sue Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillian, Penguin and Simon & Schuster over alleged ebook price-rigging. Apple and Macmillian have already denied any wrongdoing, saying that the agreements were enhancing competition in an industry... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Consumer Group: E-book Price Fixing Costs Big Bucks

E-book price fixing will cost consumers more than US$200 million this year, and U.S. antitrust authorities should take action against Apple and a group of... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Newspaper Publishers Cut Work Force 7% in 2011

While 2011 saw fewer announcements of layoffs and buyouts in the newspaper industry than previous years, attrition continued quietly and relentlessly, with the nation’s biggest newspaper publishers trimming their combined work forces by 7.2 ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Surrey residents win library challenge

Surrey residents have won their High Court judicial review challenge against council plans to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Frederick News-Post Resumes Monday Print Edition

Imagine a newspaper that is printed on broadsheet from Tuesday through Sunday but switched to tabloid for the Monday edition. Then imagine a paper that was published seven days a week for 126 years but then had to scrap Mondays due to hard times & ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Duddle wins Waterstones Children's Book Prize

Jonny Duddle, a concept artist for the new Aardman Animation film "The Pirates! In An... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Duddle wins children's book prize

Jonny Duddle, the concept artist for Aardman film The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, is named overall winner of the prestigious Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Murnin wins Sceptre award

The Sceptre Prize for emerging writers, worth £1,500, has been awarded to Philip Murnin, an... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Smith and OUP win at APS Conference

John Smith & Son academic booksellers and Oxford University Press each scooped two awards at... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edith Pearlman wins National Book Critics Circle fiction prize

The under-the-radar author won for her collection "Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories."Reporting from New York -- The National Book Critics Circle gave its 2011 fiction prize to Edith Pearlman, an under-the-radar writer of short stories, at its annual awards ceremony Thursday evening at... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Night for the Little Guys

It was a big evening for independent publishers at the National Book Critics Circle Awards this year. Copper Canyon Press, Graywolf Press, and Lookout Books scored wins in poetry, criticism, and fiction, respectively. Edith Pearlman, whose story collection Binocular Vision took home the fiction... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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C&R and Nosy Crow win three at IPG awards

  Constable & Robinson won a hat-trick of awards at the Independent Publishers Guild... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury wins six-figure deal for Sophia

  Bloomsbury has acquired a non-fiction title about Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Jobs' last big deal is Apple's biggest headache

Before his death in October of last year, one of Steve Jobs' last big moves was Apple's foray into electronic books. The company announced the platform in March 2010, but the method in which Apple handled its deals with publishers has caught the eye of regulators. The Justice Department plans to... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Search Engines And Online News Aggregators Could Have To Pay To Use Snippets From Newspapers In Germany

The parties in Germany's ruling coalition have proposed a new protective copyright law for news publishers to ensure they are compensated by "commercial traders" that use pieces of their copyrighted content online, according to an automat ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zell Company Seeks Part of Any Future Lawsuit Winnings Over Tribune Buyout

Billionaire Sam Zell is demanding a share of any money retirees and other creditors may win in lawsuits or legal settlements over the 2007 leveraged buyout he engineered of newspaper publisher Tribune Co. (TRB) The demand, made through the Zell-co ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can the BuzzFeed Formula Work For Real News?

BuzzFeed, the meme-centric social news site known for its reserves of offbeat content and silly cat photos, is stockpiling journalists—serious ones. Last week, it announced the hire of award-winning Rolling Stone writer Michael Hastings, adding to an impressive roster of reporters that include... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2012-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Condé Nast Primes Ars Technica for Its Big Moment

Ars Technica has many things, from an audience of nearly 8 million monthly uniques to an affluent, educated readership of engaged hard-core techies. What it hasn’t had—until now—is a dedicated advertising staff. Founded by Ken Fisher in 1998 and bought by Condé Nast for a reported $25 million... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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