Pluto Press buys 'punchy' curation critique

Pluto Press has acquired a study of curation by author and critic David Balzer, titled Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else. Editor David Shulman bought World English rights, excluding North America, from Coach House Press in Canada. Curationism is described as a “punchy” study that explores the cult of curation, where it began, how it came to dominate museums and galleries, and how it has entered popular culture as the dominant mode of organising and giving value to content.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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[ Crains New York | 2013-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz buys Al Robertson

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Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post

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Customers are more likely to buy books if they smell chocolate, says study

A group of Belgian researchers that concluded shoppers are more likely to buy items at a bookstore (especially cookbooks and romance novels) if the scent of chocolate is in the air. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Century buys book on digital dating

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A&B buys Flanders novel

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Distribution: Ingram Adds APL and Maiden Lane Press as Clients

Ingram Publisher Services Inc., announced the addition of two new publisher clients, APL Publishing and Maiden Lane Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Digital Virgo buys VirginMega

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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press publishes 45,000 peer-reviewed academic research and professional-development titles, 300 research journals, school-level education, English-language teaching aids, and bibles under three main publishing groups: Academic, Cambridge English, and Education. The Press has... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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T&H buys story of The Face

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Blackwell’s buys Keele campus bookshop

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Bookstores: For Buying or Showrooming?

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Harvill Secker buys history of humankind

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Hachette US buys Hyperion

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