Nielsen Children's Book Summit: YouTube, Discoverability, All Ages Content, and Brands as Platforms

YouTube is the content king, discoverability remains kids' publishing's white whale, top brands are so ubiquitous that they are morphing into de facto platforms, and other takeaways from the 2016 Nielsen Children's Book Summit. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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3 controversial Hitchens books to be reissued

Associated Press - Three of Christopher Hitchens' most contentious books are coming back into print, and debuting in digital form.Twelve, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group, announced Thursday that books on three of Hitchens' favorite enemies—Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger and Mother... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Slate to Begin a Monthly Review of Books

The Web magazine will publish an expanded look at books on the first Saturday of each month, as stand-alone book review sections in newspapers have dwindled. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Heroes join World Book Day party

Half a million children in 21 countries are joining top children's authors in events to celebrate World Book Day. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book readers are buying plenty – but not in bookstores

The new study by Book Industry Study Group says ebook consumers are buying more books – both print and electronic – but they’re buying mostly online and via in-app purchasing. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parade Launches App To Enhance Content Offerings

After months of planning, PARADE Magazine is rolling out a mobile app to cultivate advertisers and enhance the content offerings to its existing reader base. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Printed books fall £2.8m as kids go back to school

Printed book sales slumped 11% last week as children returned to school and adults to work... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Books acquires Hom and Huang

BBC Books has acquired a title by chefs Ken Hom and Ching-He Huang, both Chinese food specialists... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book production overtakes hardbacks in 2011

E-book production overtook hardback output in 2011 for the first time, as the number of new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nokia announces Nokia Reading at MWC 2012, brings content together, makes it available offline

Among the many goodies Nokia unveiled in its presser at MWC 2012 is a new hub for consuming your favorite written content. Called Nokia Reading, it brings your news feeds, ebooks, and audio books together in a unified, digital magazine-like format that can be accessed on- or offline. The app... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review: 'By Blood' by Ellen Ullman

A creepy professor eavesdrops on a woman's therapy sessions and becomes obsessed with her.By Blood Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review: 'Zona' by Geoff Dyer

With care and craft, the novelist and essayist seeks to summarize Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 art film 'Stalker,' finding elements that will keep the non- cinéaste onboard.Zona Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Square One’s Personal Mission Drives New Cancer Book

For Square One Publishers’ founder Rudy Shur, Beyond the Magic Bullet—The Anti-Cancer Cocktail: A New Approach to Beating Cancer, which his company released earlier this month, is the culmination of a three-year personal connection he forged with the book’s author, Dr. Raymond Chang. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review: 'The Flame Alphabet' by Ben Marcus

The death of language is explored via plague-carrying children and their horror-struck parents in a wildly inventive tale by Ben Marcus.Spend too much time with 24-hour news networks and it's easy to feel that exposure to that much talk can make you sick. Taking the idea a few steps further,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Taking E-books To the Next Level

Despite technological petting zoos, QR codes on shelf-talkers linked to bookstores’ Web sites, and in-store displays of physical books with signage reminding readers that they can also buy e-editions, only a handful of independents are making more than about $100 or so on ebook sales a month. To... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rare US comic books fetch $3.5m

A collection of early comic books - including those featuring the debuts of Batman and Superman - is sold for $3.5m (£2.2m) at auction in New York. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indian book market in "rapid growth"

The Indian book market grew by 45% in volume and 40% in value over the first half of 2011, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two-book deal with Barden for Ebury

Ebury Press has signed a two-book deal with Jenny Barden, who is this year's organiser of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen Colbert will release a new book – but this one is for kids

TV host Stephen Colbert has written a children's book about a flag pole trying to find out who it really is. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review: 'Enemies: A History of the FBI' by Tim Weiner

In 'Enemies: A History of the FBI,' Tim Weiner ('Legacy of Ashes') offers a scathing indictment of the FBI, before J. Edgar Hoover and since.Each week, the FBI sends reporters an email of "top ten news stories" that it hopes will hit the headlines. The press releases usually highlight crooks... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amanda Knox signs book deal

Knox, who had her murder conviction overturned in October, will publish a memoir through HarperCollins. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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