The Polari Prize will celebrate a decade of championing fresh literary talent this year with a UK tour for its literary salon as submissions open for its flagship First Book Prize. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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A new public art project will see benches shaped as open books. The benches - to be placed... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brad Stone's The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (Bantam Press) has won... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winner of the Nobel Literature prize and author of more than 55 works of fiction, opera, nonfiction, and poetry, including 'The Golden Notebook,' British author Doris Lessing died Sunday at her home in London. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ellie Levenson, the author of The Noughtie Girl’s Guide to Feminism (Oneworld), has set up... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing died at her home in London on Sunday, her publisher announced. She was 94.Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing died at her home in London on Sunday, her publisher announced. She was 94. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forbes Media, the publisher of the eponymous financial magazine and website, is exploring a sale.The company is working with Deutsche Bank AG to consider its options. In a memo to staff Friday morning confirming a report by Bloomberg News, CEO Mike Perlis said the company had received... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Metropolitan Books publisher Sara Bershtel will receive the 2014 Friedrich Ulfers Prize for her contributions to German literature in the USA. The prize is part of NYC's Festival Neue Literatur. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eight years after a group of authors and publishers sued Google for scanning more than 20 million library books without the permission of rights holders, a federal judge has ruled that the web giant's sweeping book project stayed within the bounds of U.S. copyright law. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Yankees superstar shortstop Derek Jeter is joining with S&S to launch Jeter Publishing, an elaborate co-publishing partnership that will release picture books, middle-grade fiction, adult nonfiction, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A debut novelist who spent nine years trying to get her first book published is rewarded for her persistence with a £10,000 literary prize for original fiction. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has launched a dedicated Australian Kindle store, selling more than 2m ebooks. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent booksellers have chosen the 10 "less ordinary" books they think will become... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New trade list for regionalized publisher to take its name from the "fore-edge" of a book, opposite the spine. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne has won the Royal Society Young People’s Book Award with an interactive flap book... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flipboard, the personalized magazine app, is known for its high–quality news and social content. With its elegant format and simple curation tools, the service has grown to 90 million users. Now, the company aims to open up that massive audience to a new, potentially lucrative vertical:... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cressida Cowell, author of the How to Train Your Dragon book series, and Greg Childs, former executive producer for CBBC & Cbeebies, discuss the re-introduction of classic children's TV. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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During a trip to Canada last month, Simon & Schuster president and CEO Carolyn Reidy proudly described the company as an international publishing house with programs in all of the major English-language markets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American author Claire Vaye Watkins has won the Dylan Thomas Prize with Battleborn, a collection... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Most successful content sites are monetizing with sheer volume now, but Pitchfork is betting there's still a place for lean-back engagement. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The prize fund for the Wellcome Book Prize has been increased to £30,000. This marks a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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