John Kaag finds wisdom in William James’s philosophy of free will and consciousness. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
Singer and broadcaster Cerys Matthews and journalist and author Bidisha are among the presenters... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus has won an eight-publisher auction for a book which will give readers “... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Patricia Lakin reflects on discovering that her successful children's book, Clarence the Copy Cat, is out of print and what she can do to bring it back. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beyond John Green and Veronica Roth: James Thurber compiled his own list of books that he thought young adults might enjoy, and his picks still hold up today. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Acclaimed manga artist Moyoco Anno is best known as one of the most influential creators in the josei manga genre—Japanese comics aimed at older women. She talked with PW about her life life creating manga, women in Japan and life married to a Japanese pop culture star, when you’re a pop culture... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two years after its launch, Kobo Writing Life (KWL), ebook retailer Kobo’s self-publishing channel, carries more than 250,000 self-published digital titles by over 30,000 authors who publish regularly through KWL. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad spending for online video is expected to double by 2017, which means publishers and advertisers are placing greater emphasis on not only developing more video content, but tracking user engagement as well. The infographic below, provided by MediaRadar, shows some of the opportunity online... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Tejas Desai expresses his frustration with the classic publishing industry by way of explaining why he opted for self-publishing. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Terry Eagleton is a bookseller's nightmare. "They simply don't know where to put me," he says. With good reason: the pre-eminent cultural critic and distinguished professor has written on cultural theory, politics, and history, as well as a memoir and a novel. In recent years, his attention has... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new Amazon Fire phone comes with technology that allows consumers to scan an item and then purchase it on Amazon. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new Amazon Fire phone comes with technology that allows consumers to scan an item and then purchase it on Amazon. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jon Sweeney's religious evolution has been as peripatetic as his writing and publishing careers. From evangelical to Episcopal to Catholic (and married to a rabbi); from bookseller to publisher to author, his love of religions and thirst for learning have kept him on the move. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Galley Beggar Press co-founder Henry Layte has said his Norwich bookshop The Book Hive was... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two groups of MIT scientists are working on robotic limbs, which when worn together can make you look like one famous comic book villain: Doctor Octopus. Unlike prosthetic limbs developed to replace real ones, the teams' (from MIT's d'Arbeloff... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"I was not a victim," declares John Browne, the former chief executive of BP, in his new book, "The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out Is Good Business," published by Harper Business. "We must own up to our choices and I had made some bad ones." Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Watching the charismatic actor, Alan Cumming, on the CBS television show, The Good Wife, or PBS’s Masterpiece Mystery, seeing him in films or on the stage, where he’s currently getting raves on Broadway as the emcee in Cabaret, you’d be looking at the picture of success. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Life is one adventure after another, and at booth 1313, Abbeville Press is celebrating some of the things that make it so: Italian cuisine, the seven seas, and Jane Austen. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Corp. president and CEO Steve Swartz and Hearst Magazines president David Carey looked inward in recruiting four-year Redbook editor-in-chief Jill Herzig for the same position at Dr. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With ebooks and print-on-demand, readers never again have to want for a much loved, long forgotten, or previously unpublished book from a cherished writer. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Earlier this month, there was yet another lengthy public debate about Upworthy, the two-year-old publisher that has become one of the most popular sites on Facebook due to its knack for overselling its bite-size content with "curiosity gap" h ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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