Pan Mac reveals surprise 'globe-spanning drama' from Ken Follett

Pan Macmillan is bringing out a surprise novel from Ken Follett later this year, said to be a "knock-out read" and a new departure for the bestselling author. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-11 03:37:04 UTC ]
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Unseen Stella Gibbons novels revealed by family

Cold Comfort Farm author left two books unpublished on her death, says daughterThe novelist Stella Gibbons, who delighted a generation of girls with her rural satire Cold Comfort Farm, left behind two unpublished novels – including a ghost story – when she died in 1989, her family revealed this... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stella Gibbons discovery takes agent by surprise

Anna Davis of Curtis Brown, agent for the Stella Gibbons estate, had no idea of the existence of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Life on Mars creator developing TV drama series with a Motown beat

Tony Jordan secures rights to 40 EMI songs for 10-part series Stop! In the Name of Love, partly inspired by 'jukebox musicals'The co-creator of Life on Mars is developing a TV drama series, partly inspired by the success "jukebox musicals" such as Mamma Mia!, featuring famous Motown hits such as... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Surprisingly, YouTube's Music Service Could Threaten Rap Genius

Does Google have it out for the Brooklyn startup that's trying to annotate the web?It leaked a few months back that YouTube would be launching some sort of music streaming service, but it wasn't clear what angle the company would take. Now, in a interview with Matt Pincus, a board member of... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mac and iOS users can now gift iBooks

Your chances of buying tangible gifts for the holidays may be fading fast, but your digital options are now wider than ever. Apple has just enabled full gift support on the iBookstore for both iOS and Mac users; you can buy someone a specific book ... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pocket Reveals Top Stories, Publishers of 2013

The save-it-for-later software service Pocket has released a list of the "best" content from 2013. Pocket's 10 million users saved more than 450 million items (from articles and videos to memes and gifs) from across the Web this year, and Pocket looked at which were saved most, as well as which... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter's new image revealed

New, fully-illustrated edition of JK Rowling's novels will see artist Jim Kay reimagining the entire Potter universe• Q&A: illustrator Jim Kay on the 'brain-freezing terror' of reimagining Harry PotterJK Rowling's bestselling boy wizard is due for a makeover, with the launch of award-winning... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Annuals sales reveal brand power

The top three bestselling annuals in 2013 are growing year on year both in terms of value and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon reveals quarter of Kindle ebook sales in US were for indie publishers

Figures from world's biggest bookseller trumpeted as sign of how self-publishing and smaller labels are changing the industryAs many as a quarter of the top 100 Kindle books on Amazon.com are from indie publishers, according to data revealed at a trade presentation by the retailer.A chart... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Improv Everywhere's Harry Potter takes Penn Station commuters by surprise (+ video)

The group Improv Everywhere sent an 11-year-old dressed as Harry Potter to Penn Station to ask commuters and workers where he could find Platform 9 3/4. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert Peston attacks Daily Mail for revealing wife's cancer

BBC business editor calls for 'common decency on newspapers' amid criticism of Daily Mail for disclosing details of wife's illnessRobert Peston, the BBC's business editor, has criticised the Daily Mail for revealing that his late wife had cancer without calling her to check the story and before... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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No Game Without Drama: Slovenia’s Publishing Industry in Turmoil

With one of Slovenia's two major publishing conglomerates up for auction, the industry fears the worst; readers, meanwhile, have rallied around a surprise bestseller. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Full FutureBook 2013 line-up revealed

The Bookseller has officially unveiled the final programme for its digital conference, FutureBook... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Follett makes 570 redundant

Campus bookselling chain Follett in the US has made 570 people redundant as part of a move to shift... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan deal for self-published author

Pan Macmillan has acquired five self-published and two unpublished novels by bestselling ebook... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shortlist revealed for 2013 T S Eliot Prize

The shortlist for the £15,000 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry has been revealed, with publishers... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roald Dahl Funny Prize shortlists revealed

Nosy Crow and Random House Children’s Publishers have three titles apiece on the Roald Dahl... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Killing Lessons author revealed as Glen Duncan

The author of literary thriller The Killing Lessons, snapped up by Orion at auction on the eve of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Reveals Ad Plans For Instagram, While Twitter Says Vine Will Stay Ad-Free

Four months after introducing video, Instagram took the natural next step today, telling its over 150 million users their streams would soon include ads too.The company, acquired by Facebook for $736 million in 2012, announced the development in a short blog post it published Thursday afternoon.... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan buys S L Grey novels

Pan Macmillan has bought two novels by writing collaboration "S L Grey", in a "... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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