October Religion Bestsellers: David Jeremiah Takes #2; Christmas Fiction Dominates

Dr. David Jeremiah takes #2 on PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list with his new book on decision-making, ‘A Life Beyond Amazing.’ Plus, Christmas novels take over the Religion Fiction list as the holiday season approaches. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Morrissey's Autobiography gets dressed for Christmas

Is this glossy, hardback edition of the singer's memoir an indication of a new direction for Penguin Classics?It's not clear who's come the furthest. Morrissey, journeying from figure of fun on the Manchester music scene in "a rented room in Whalley Range" via international stardom to appear –... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morrissey Autobiography gets Christmas special edition

Morrissey's bestselling Autobiography (Penguin Classics) will receive a special hardback... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Christmas picks lined up by independent bookshops

Indies hope to highlight 'books that are a bit quirky and a little bit different' and might be overlooked by chain retailersThe nation's independent bookshops have pooled their collective expertise to identify the best of this year's crop of Christmas books, in a bid to pick out the hidden... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Take It From a Publishing Pro: The Photobook Format Is Up for Grabs

Lesley Martin chats with WIRED about the busy fall season of photobook fairs and events, jurying, desert island photobooks, self-publishing, presages, Rob Hornstra, Japanese design, and her favorite paper.     Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie booksellers pick Christmas 'top 10'

Independent booksellers have chosen the 10 "less ordinary" books they think will become... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Business profile: David Henderson

David Henderson is managing director of Top That Publishing, and also the m.d. of Tide Mill Media... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Christmas pop-up shops from Blackwell's

Blackwell’s plans to open up to six temporary shops in areas associated with book lovers in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Polaroid Kids Tablet 2 comes loaded with apps from Cartoon Network, Disney and Marvel

A kid-friendly tablet often isn't enough by itself to keep little tykes happy -- you have to get the content they want, too. Polaroid is counting on this formula to lure parents to its newly available Kids Tablet 2. The 7-inch slate comes preloaded with the full versions of 70-plus apps and... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IBM Takes Aim at Twitter, Claims to Have Patented Online Advertising

IBM is alleging that Twitter has infringed on its patents, including one that would seem to give the computing giant status as an inventor of online advertising.Revealed in a Twitter filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning, IBM is claiming that Twitter has infringed on at... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: The Pike wins non-fiction book award

Author Lucy Hughes-Hallett has won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for The Pike, her biography of philandering Italian poet and politician Gabriele D'Annunzio. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vintage Posthumously Pubbing French Bestseller

Bestselling French author Gerard de Villiers, who died on Thursday, is now getting a posthumous crack at the U.S. market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US clears gadgets for take-off use

Passengers on US airlines will be able to use tablets and smartphones, watch videos, read ebooks, and play games for entire flights, regulators have said Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling Morrissey autobiography snags a US release date

'Autobiography' by Morrissey has become the fastest-selling memoir in the UK written by a musician, according to the work's publisher. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Granger on His Greatest Fear, Paying for Innovation and the Esquire Network So Far

David Granger, Ad Age's 2013 Editor of the Year, has spent the last 16 years at the helm of Esquire magazine -- a time of both great upheaval and unprecedented innovation in the magazine business. He helped steer the Hearst title through a deep recession and out the other side, where it's now... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Samsung taking preorders on Core i7 Ativ Book 9 Plus

Samsung is taking preorders on an updated version of its Ativ Book 9 Plus Ultrabook, which features a Core i7 processor and a touchscreen display with a native resolution of 3200 by 1800 pixels. The company expects to ship the new notebook in early November. The new Ativ Book 9 Plus looks a lot... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Editor's Note: October 16 Issue

Due to a technical issue, we were unable to send out the October 16 issue of PW Daily yesterday. Some the stories are included today. Our piece on the NBA finalists is available here and all stories, as always, are available on PW's Web site. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Taking a Punt on a New Name

When David Shelley, publisher of Little, Brown U.K., arrived at a lunch to meet a potential new author named Robert Galbraith, he instead found a blonde woman sitting next to agent Neil Blair. "When she turned round I had the surprise of my life. She said, ‘I'm Jo.'" Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are you as well-read as a 12th grader? Take our quiz.

Forty-five US states have adopted the Common Core, a set of standards that spell out what US public school students learn in each grade, from kindergarten to graduation. How would you match up? Test yourself on everything from Dickens to Dirda to see how familiar you are with the novels, poems,... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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December 'extravaganza' for David Walliams

Children's author David Walliams will appear at the Palace Theatre in London on 7th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith takes website offline

WH Smith takes its UK site completely offline while it removes pornographic abuse-themed ebooks from its product listings. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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