Otter-Barry Books launches poetry list with focus on debuts and diversity

Janetta Otter-Barry, the founder of independent publisher Otter-Barry Books, is hoping to publish new voices in children’s poetry with her new list. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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McNab to front next Six Book Challenge

Thriller writer Andy McNab is to spearhead the Reading Agency’s 2013 Six Book Challenge,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bin Laden book knocks Fifty Shades off US top spot

A controversial account of the US Navy SEAL raid that resulted in the death of Osama Bin Laden... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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So low, so fast: E-book prices drop following settlement

Just four days after a federal judge approved a settlement in the ebooks price fixing case, HarperCollins has already started discounts. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline launches Eternal Romance imprint

Headline is launching a new digital imprint Eternal Romance, with three paranormal romance novels... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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56 Broken Kindle Screens Make One Perfect Coffee Table Book

A new printed book celebrates all of the quirky flaws of the world’s most famous ebook. Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NZ guest of honour at Frankfurt book fair

New Zealand is taking centre stage at the world's largest book and content fair in Frankfurt as this year's guest of honour. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book discounts appearing at Amazon following publisher settlement

Wow. Judge Denise Cote certainly knows how to put a spring in the step of mega corporations. Mere days have passed since she ordered HarperCollins to let retailers to set their own ebook prices, and yet already Kindle bestsellers from that publisher are selling for around $9.99 -- in some cases... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Books taps editor as CEO

One of the country's top publishers has turned to a man from the editorial side to run its business. Michael Pietsch, the editor of Keith Richards' Life, David Foster Wallace's The Pale King and the many novels of James Patterson, has been named CEO of Hachette Book Group. Mr. Pietsch has headed... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SF Chronicle Launches 49ers Digital Magazine

The San Francisco Chronicle launched its 49ers Insider digital magazine last week in advance of the team’s season-opener against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We Love This Book editor moves to Sphere

Ed Wood, editor of We Love This Book, is to join Sphere as senior editor for men's... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Toys R Us to launch US kids’ tablet

Retailer Toys R Us is set to launch a tablet for children in the US, pre-uploaded with a number... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Naomi Wolf’s New Book About Her Vagina

I doubt the most brilliant novelist in the world could have created a more skewering satire of Naomi Wolf’s career than her latest book, Vagina: A Biography. One the most prominent feminists in the country writes about her failure to see Technicolor after having sex—“the colors were just... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book settlement has publishing world in turmoil

The price-fixing case turns out well for Amazon but unsettles many others in the industry.Publishing insiders worry that a decisive court ruling benefiting retailer Amazon.com Inc. will undermine an industry already struggling with the transition to ebooks. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Approves E-book Price-fixing Settlement

A judge has approved an ebook price-fixing settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and three book publishers. Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Bond launches Whitefox

John Bond, former m.d. of Press Books at HarperCollins, has teamed up with former HarperPress... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Prospering with Used Books

A dozen years ago, Bob Ticehurst, then 22, quit his day job as an accountant, moved into his parents’ basement in Arlington, Mass., and became one of the first used-book sellers on Amazon’s Marketplace. Since then “MarineBob,” his original handle, has grown his online used-book business under... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Approves Settlement in E-Book Pricing Case

In a move that could reshape the publishing industry, a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation's largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of ebooks. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo, Canada's answer to Kindle, debuts latest Android tablet ahead of Amazon

Just hours ahead of Amazon's debut of a new Kindle tablet on Thursday, Kobo, the ebook company that can be thought of as "Canada's Kindle" debuted a new color Android tablet called the Kobo Arc. Kobo Arc is the company's second Android tablet, following up on the Kobo Vox which debuted around... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yet more literary furor over fake book reviews

British crime writer R.J. Ellory is the latest author to be caught out writing glowing online reviews of his own work. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'No Easy Day' is a compelling account of Bin Laden's assassination: Book Review

This brisk first-person account by a Navy SEAL is an important historical work, though it, like the mission itself, is not flawless. No Easy Day Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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