Oprah Winfrey’s famed book club is about to start its third chapter with Apple TV+ and a philanthropic twist. Oprah Winfrey’s famed book club starts its third chapter on Apple TV+ with her first pick The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, as well as the new TV series Oprah’s Book Club featuring interviews with the authors premiering November 1.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
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One of the last remaining distributors will cease shipping at the end of this week and will close both facilities in Renton, Wash., and Holt, Mich. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barrington Stoke' Mairi Kidd asks whether children's publishers operate on assumptions that 'other' some young people. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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In a last-ditch effort to strike a deal before the start of the new baseball season, Time Warner Cable has once again sweetened an offer to other pay-TV providers in hopes of winning wider carriage for the Dodgers' TV channel in Southern California.But there still are no takers — increasing the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Written by Google Executive Chairman/ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg, "How Google Works" currently averages 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon from over 320 people (see reviews). List price is $30.00, but with the current 44% discount it can be purchased for $16.85... Continue reading at PC World
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Headline is publishing a new book by Charlotte Crosby called Live Fast, Lose Weight, which will “show every young woman who wants to work hard all day and then party the night away how she can eat and drink on the go without piling on the pounds.” Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Growth in children’s books is driving print market growth across the world, Nielsen’s Global managing director Jonathan Stolper told delegates at the Nielsen Book Insights Conference. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Looking to handle international as well as domestic content, the newly formed Radius Book Group offers to do it for you — for an as-yet unspecified price. The post Radius Book Group: International Self-Publishing for Those Who Would Rather Not appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The Today presenter spurns social media, could live without television ‘except Mastermind’ but does read books on a iPad (albeit balanced on a lectern)It will come as no surprise to his millions of devoted listeners that the veteran BBC broadcaster John Humphrys despises Twitter, doesn’t do... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Many Canadian literary festivals match or exceed the Canada Council rate of CAD$250 for an author appearance. Fests are flourishing, coast to coast. The post Canadian Festivals: Paying Authors, Selling Books, Building Readership appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Big publishers are starting to put out genre books. On this week's "Geek's Guide to the Galaxy" the panel discusses whether or not that's good for writers. The post The Newfound Popularity of Sci-Fi Books Has a Dark Side appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Berkley lays down seven figures for Karen White, Garth Nix takes his latest to Scholastic, trans-rights activist Janet Mock sells another memoir, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sony's first PlayStation TV show landed with a bit of a thud. Based on the comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis, Powers struggled to stand out against its superhero peers, especially those on rival streaming networks. The show does have a follow... Continue reading at Engadget
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The hype for virtual reality is real. Publishers like CNN and The New York Times are devoting manpower to create more VR content. Advertisers are interested, and they themselves are looking to bake in expertise for the medium. Propelled by large investments from the likes of Facebook and Google,... Continue reading at Digiday
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Hot properties include titles from Lisa Scottoline and Iris Johanson, a story collection inspired by Edward Hopper, a return to Twin Peaks via its co-creator Mark Frost, Tom Wolfe’s newest, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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We have yet to make a satisfying gift of an ebook, said Nielsen's Andre Breedt at BookInsights in London. Such breakthroughs still seem far, far away The post Hype Cycles and Book Wars: Nielsen’s BookInsights Conference appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended March 20, 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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With revenue above $182 million in 2015, the Quarto Group occupies a rare spot in today’s increasingly consolidated publishing world: a publicly traded independent company with size and scale. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The latest in the Jason Bourne adventure series, Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Enigma, will be published by Head of Zeus this summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sunday Times literary editor Andrew Holgate, author Nina Stibbe, and Rik McShane retail director at Waterstones will help judge the The British Book Industy Awards' inaugural Book of the Year Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Zeljka Marosevic is to join the publishing team at Daunt Books as co-publisher alongside Karen Maine. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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