Polari Prize launches tour to celebrate 10 year anniversary

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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Journalism Orgs Launch Free ebook for Preventing, Detecting and Handling Plagiarism and Fabrication

By the end of last summer, I was worn out. It seemed like every week brought a new, awful incident of plagiarism or fabrication at news organizations large and small. My job was to write about all of them, to try and get more information about wh ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MJ launches marketing campaign for Marian Keyes

Penguin division Michael Joseph has launched a major marketing campaign to support the paperback... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent Press signs 10-book deal for Goodhind

Independent publisher Accent Press has signed a 10-book deal with crime author Jean G Goodhind... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online and in print, magazine launches tumble

Only 23 magazines launched in the first quarter of 2013, compared with 44 in the same period a year ago, but the number of titles that shut down between Jan. 1 and the end of March also dropped, according to figures released Monday by online database MediaFinder.com.The new titles include Condé... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Myrmidon launches e-first imprint

Independent publisher Myrmidon has launched an e-first genre imprint for drama romance, called... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Argentine Isol Takes Home World’s Largest Children’s Lit Prize

The Argentine illustrator known as “Isol” has won the world’s largest award for children’s literature, the SEK 5m (roughly $766,000) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amber Books Marks 15 Years

Amber Books, an independent publisher specializing in nonfiction titles for the African-American market, marked its 15th anniversary in February by winning an NAACP Image Award in the Youth/Teen category for publishing Gregory Reed’s book, Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons—A Dialogue with... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foreign Affairs Launches Special Collection for iPad

Foreign Affairs will cover topics like crises in the Middle East, arms treaties and international law--and now they're writing about Game of Thrones. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plutocrats wins Lionel Gieber Prize

Chrystia Freeland's Plutocrats has won the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize. The $15,000 (£9,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Global launch for eighth Wimpy Kid

Eight publishers worldwide will team up for a near-simultaneous release of the as-yet-untitled... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Edward Elgar launches Elgaronline

Academic indie publisher Edward Elgar has launched its online platform with no digital rights... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Illustrator Isol wins top book prize

Argentinean illustrator Isol has won the world's largest prize for children's literature, the 5m Swedish kroner (£500,000) Astrid Lindgren memorial award. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random hails 'most successful year of all time'

Random House enjoyed a record year in 2012, with worldwide sales up 23% and profits up by 76%. In... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Death row tale wins children's prize

Annabel Pitcher's Ketchup Clouds is named winner of this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading at BBC News

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L,B celebrates McCall Smith with digital campaign

Little, Brown is celebrating the 15th anniversary of Alexander McCall Smith’s The No 1... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Goblinproofing wins odd title prize

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Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop wins Diagram Prize

Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop has been named as the winner of Diagram Prize for Oddest... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Pitcher wins Waterstones Children's Book Prize

Annabel Pitcher was named a "genuine literary star" this evening as she won the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Stellar shortlist for women's book prize

Anyone who thinks women's writing is all about sex and vampires should take a closer look. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald

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One Year of Translating, Selling Swedish Literature Direct

Stockholm Text, a young publishing house translating and publishing Swedish literature in English, share lessons learned from their first year in business. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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