Launched a little over a week ago with much media fanfare, Oyster is a New York City–based e-reading startup that offers consumers an all-you-can-read ebook subscription model for $9.95 a month. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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During a recent webinar, executives from Baker & Taylor and parent company Follett described how the school and library market has changed in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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K-Ming Chang’s debut novel tells the stories of three generations of Taiwanese women through the beasts, both real and mythical, they encounter. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-09-29 09:00:07 UTC ]
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The London Library has started offering e-book loans to its members for the first time in a partnership with OverDrive. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 00:23:57 UTC ]
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As the national library of the United Kingdom, the British Library’s mission is to make our intellectual heritage accessible to everyone, for research, inspiration and enjoyment. This means making our own buildings and online offers engaging for everyone, as well as working in partnership... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 13:05:14 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press and Barrington Stoke have partnered to create the 'Super-Readable Rollercoasters' range for readers aged 11-plus. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 14:46:20 UTC ]
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“The Discomfort of Evening,” by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, winner of this year’s International Book Prize, is about strictly religious dairy farmers mourning a son’s death. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-09-08 16:16:33 UTC ]
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Hoping to 'not just voice outrage,' but also to 'provide research and data,' the oldest publisher offers expert writings in 'Race and Power.' The post ‘Race and Power’: The UK’s Cambridge University Press Opens Free Access appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-27 16:09:01 UTC ]
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Based on data from eight of them, Springer Nature sees gold-open-access rates in the 90th percentile in some cases. The post Germany’s Springer Nature: Transformative Agreements Can Flip Markets to Open Access appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-25 14:57:58 UTC ]
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“Alone Together,” edited by Jennifer Haupt, is a timely gift for the quarantined reader. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-20 12:09:09 UTC ]
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Faliveno is an excellent essayist, expertly braiding seemingly disparate threads into engrossing tales. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-10 16:47:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press has signed an Open Access partnership with Hindawi Limited for five of its journals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-07 08:52:07 UTC ]
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Oryx, the international journal of conservation published by Cambridge University Press, is to become Open Access from January next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 04:40:54 UTC ]
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The IPG is to provide members of the Singapore Book Publishers Association with the use of the Skills Hub, as part of a new licensing agreement. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 17:07:54 UTC ]
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The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is a literature prize awarded to an African writer of a short story published in English. The prize was launched in 2000 to encourage and highlight the richness and diversity of African writing by bringing it to a wider audience internationally. The focus... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-21 08:47:42 UTC ]
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Laurence King Publishing is branching out with the first standalone volume of Virginia Woolf’s essay How Should One Read a Book? featuring a new introduction and afterword by author Sheila Heti. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 10:27:44 UTC ]
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Drew and Christopher chat with Hilary Leichter in three different Damn Libraries for another first of its kind digital episode—our first Zoom guest! We discuss Hilary’s novel Temporary which leads to talk about things like gig work, her love of pirates, and how the book started as a short story.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-26 09:33:39 UTC ]
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Marisel Vera’s historical novel revisits the 1899 hurricane that decimated the island. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-22 11:06:04 UTC ]
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Author Alan Gaff unearthed a series of articles and shaped them into “The Lost Memoir.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
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A survey of the Creative Access community, investigating the impact of coronavirus on under-represented communities within the creative industries, has revealed 80% are prioritising finding a new job or freelance work, with almost 40% saying they have run out of money already or are about to do so. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-18 17:26:02 UTC ]
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The father-son relationship is more complex than ever. And talking about the difficult stuff needs to start sooner. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-18 12:00:00 UTC ]
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