Nielsen calls for debate over crediting illustrators

The trade has welcomed a debate over the lack of recognition for illustrators, but Nielsen — the global measurement company that supplies the charts to The Bookseller — has warned that the issue of gathering data is not clear-cut. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Commons to debate future of creative industries

Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has called a debate on the future of the arts and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman Calls for UK Authors to Be Paid for Digital Library Loans

In the UK, authors are paid by the government when their physical books are borrowed (around 6p per loan), but digital titles are not yet a part of that agreement. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poulter sparks BA debate on terms

A debate over how much publishers care about independent booksellers broke out during yesterday... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publishers debate Amazon and IP

  The dominance of Amazon and the importance of copyright were two key themes of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CILIP to debate rebrand on 28th June

Members of CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals, have... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALLi calls on trade to 'open up'

The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) has launched a campaign to encourage literary and book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PublishNews Brazil: Brasilia Debates the Future of Digital Publishing

In this week's PublishNews Brazil, we look at Brasilia's debate on future of digital publishing, FNLIJ's awards for kid's lit, and Brazil's turn as the focus of the Gothenburg Book Fair in 2014. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DOJ Filing Calls Apple "Ringmaster" of E-Book Pricing Rise

The gist: "Apple knew that the plan it was proposing involved a ‘dramatic business change’ for publisher defendants." Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nick Perrett to open debate at the FutureBook Innovation Workshop

Nick Perrett, group strategy and digital director at HarperCollins, will open the FutureBook... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin signs A Girl Called Jack

Penguin has signed world rights in a cookbook from the budget food blogger Jack Monroe. Michael... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries to debate open access

The implications of Open Access for libraries will be debated in Westminster at an event hosted... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury to headline illustrators for IBW

Bloomsbury Children’s is launching an “Illustrators in Residence” programme for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An End To The Aggregation Debate? Repost Makes It Easy To Embed Articles

A new startup called Repost aims to make it easy for online publishers to distribute their articles via embedding — the same way I can share a video from YouTube or a document from Scribd directly in a blog post.   Right now, if I saw ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World’s Press Calls for Withdrawal of Proposed Royal Charter

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum have appealed to the British government to rethink statutory regulation that threatens more than 300 years of press freedom in the UK. In a letter to Prim ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-publishing, agency lead LBF debate

The future of self-publishing, the new agency model and the Penguin Random House merger will be... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette to close credit control department at LBS

Hachette will close the credit control department at Littlehampton Book Service (LBS) following a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator Isol wins top book prize

Argentinean illustrator Isol has won the world's largest prize for children's literature, the 5m Swedish kroner (£500,000) Astrid Lindgren memorial award. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books on Call on the road

Bookstores may be closing right and left under the ebook onslaught, but a sort of traveling bookstore came back to life earlier this month with the launch of Books on Call NYC.The company, which sells books at author readings and other events, is the successor to Mobile Libris, which shut down... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: 'N-word' sparks censorship debate

A publisher in Germany is to remove the offensive 'n-word' from one of its children's books, following a complaint from a parent. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2013-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen Expositions Up For Sale

  Nielsen Holdings NV has hired an investment bank to explore a sale of its tradeshow and event wing, Nielsen Expositions, multiple sources are reporting. Nielsen Expositions President David Loechner declined comment. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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