Offerings for Young Readers Abound at PNBA

At this year's Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association trade show, held September 29–October 2 at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, Wash., books for younger readers held their own against big-name adult draws. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Publishers offer more exclusive retailer deals

Publishers are increasingly experimenting with retailer exclusives, special editions and digital-first releases in order to make books stand out and give them the best chance of becoming bestsellers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pigeonhole.com Offers Subscriptions for Serialized Ebooks

Pigeonhole.com, a young, digital-only publisher in the UK, is commissioning new fiction, refashioning classics, and offering their ebooks via serialization and subscription. The post Pigeonhole.com Offers Subscriptions for Serialized Ebooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AP Expands Live Video Offering as 'Slow Television' Grows Online

The Associated Press (AP) is expanding its live video offering as digital publishers from across the media spectrum look to show more live video online.   Multiple live streams will now be available on AP's digital Video Hub platform, which ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New TeachFirst-style scheme encourages young librarians

A new programme to encourage young people into becoming librarians has been launched today by the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL). The scheme is modelled on TeachFirst, which attracts people into teaching, and comes in the wake of the Sieghart report in the public library service, which urged... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ABA Winter Institute 2015: A Growing State Offers Growing Opportunities For Booksellers

The book business is strong in North Carolina as booksellers in the Tar Heel State come out of the economic downturn that wreaked havoc across the nation starting in 2008. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tesco taps Kobo to offer Binkbox Books libraries when it closes

Unlike Blinkbox Movies and Blinkbox Music, Tesco hasn't found a buyer for its underperforming Blinkbox Books service. We expected the ebook platform to quietly fade into the night, along with customers' purchases, but it seems Tesco has a parting gi... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blinkbox in talks to shift readers to Kobo

Blinkbox Books is in talks to shift its readers to the Kobo platform when it closes next month. The Bookseller revealed yesterday (26th January) that Tesco will close its ebooks platform at the end of February after exclusive talks with Waterstones to buy it failed at the last minute. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reading on the rise among young Danes

Schoolchildren’s increased interest in books attributed to school campaigns and better targeting by publishersDespite a myriad of new media competing for their attention, Danish children are bucking the trend and reading more books today than they did 14 years ago.A survey of 1,999... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The readers’ editor on… verification | Stephen Pritchard

Online readers expressed concern that an interview with a victim of sexual exploitation did not adequately seek to verify her claimsPersonal testimony is a powerful tool in any struggle to increase public awareness and to fight injustice. When that testimony is as searing as the one given by... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ePubDirect Offers Irish School Own Ebook Platform

ePubDirect has developed a proprietary digital ebook platform especially for its local primary school, St. Columba’s, in Cork, Ireland. The post ePubDirect Offers Irish School Own Ebook Platform appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookmate Offers 200,000 E-books in English

Bookmate, an ebook subscription service founded by Russian investors, is expanding its English language ebook inventory. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oui, French Readers are Just as E-Trashy as Everyone Else

French readers like many trashy books just as much everyone else; Americans are the most unlikely to finish a book…and more insights from ebook pros. The post Oui, French Readers are Just as E-Trashy as Everyone Else appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DBW Panel : Can Publishers Take Advantage of Reader Data?

Publishers are awash in data about readers' habits. Now: what to do with it all? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doha International Book Fair Gives Qatari Readers Hope

Though the Doha International Book Fair opened under the cloud of the killings in France, it proved interest in reading is growing in the oil rich country. The post Doha International Book Fair Gives Qatari Readers Hope appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Asus' Transformer Book Chi line offers a cheap alternative to the Surface Pro

Early in 2014 we snuck an unauthorized hands-on with Asus's Transformer Book T300 Chi, the company's newest Windows-enabled tablet/laptop hybrid, and came away impressed. It's slim! It's lightweight! It runs Windows 8.1! It's a blatant, uh, homage to the Microsoft Surface! Nine months later, at... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Do readers of ebooks sacrifice a sense of 'place' within a text?

A few studies suggest that reading on screens instead of pages may impair comprehension because readers lose a sense of place in a text. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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E-readers 'damage sleep and health'

If you curl up under the duvet with an ebook for a bedtime read then you are damaging your sleep and maybe your health, US doctors have warned. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Young Mexicans set to drive reading surge

Enthusiasm for reading among Mexico's younger population, and the country's fondness for US and UK writers, are reasons for foreign publishers to take note of the country, according to Roberto Banchik Rothschild, c.e.o. of Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial for Mexico, Central America and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should the Young Adult Book Category Be Rebranded?

The book term 'young adult' is generally disliked by both teen readers and adult fans. But is there a better alternative? The post Should the Young Adult Book Category Be Rebranded? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dear Reader by Paul Fournel review – an elegy for the printed book

A charming French novel about an old-school publisher trying to get to grips with the digital ageAt more than one point in this novel I found myself asking: could this be any more French? Early on we meet a character described thus: “She used to be incredibly good-looking and now at... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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