Lots of authors, lots of politics, lots of attempts at luring more booksellers—these characterised BookExpo 2018, held in New York last week. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a year that has had failed to produce a new superstar literary author, old standby Jonathan Franzen took the stage at BEA 2015 to fill the role. The post Jonathan Franzen Draws Big Crowd at BookExpo America appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The cookbook authors who will be speaking, signing, and even cooking at this year's BookExpo America and its partner consumer event, BookCon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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University of Queensland Press denies author Gavin King’s allegation the book was rejected because Newman’s government axed the Premier’s Literary AwardsThe University of Queensland Press has rejected Campbell Newman’s proposed tell-all memoir.The book’s author, Gavin King, claimed UQP knocked... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Academic is to stop signing new book projects in politics, international relations and sociology. The publisher has written to its authors in the field, saying: "We're very proud of the work we've published in these areas since 2008 but have decided to focus our publishing energies... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Matthew Goodwin and Robert Ford’s Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain (Routledge) has won the top honour at the Paddy Power Political Book Awards. Academics Goodwin and Ford won the Political Book of the Year honour at the award ceremony in London last night... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shadow culture minister Chris Bryant faces off against former home secretary Alan Johnson in the shortlist for political book of the year at the Paddy Power Political Book Awards 2015. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The three leading UK political parties have pledged to support the National Literacy Forum’s campaign to improve literacy in the UK. The National Literacy Forum, led by the National Literacy Trust and supported by organisations such as Booktrust and The Reading Agency, yesterday (29th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Xerox invented Laser printing and copying less than 50 years ago and as a result revolutionized the publishing industry. This innovation was so significant during its time that the outcome was that almost every Japanese electronics product manufacturer, the likes of Canon, Konica, Ricoh and... Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portobello Books has acquired a non-fiction book by Britain’s first Green MP, Caroline... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has helped catapult sites like BuzzFeed and Upworthy into social stardom, boosting the visibility of media content on the News Feeds of millions of users and generating a deluge of traffic. But in this rising tide, some publishers have seen ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Consumer ebook market set to almost triple over next four years while PwC predicts sales of printed editions will fallThe ebook will overtake the paperback and hardback as Britons' preferred format for reading their favourite novels by 2018, according to a report. The UK consumer ebook market... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Printed books will be outsold by ebooks by 2018, a new report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers suggests. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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18 startups will compete in the BookExpo Startup Challenge for cash prizes and the opportunity to pitch to venture capitalists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French cartooning great Cristophe Blain and former French diplomat Antonin Baudry bring "House of Cards" style political intrigue to comics with "Weapons of Mass Diplomacy." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist for this year’s Orwell Prize for books includes Alan Johnson’s This Boy... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Representatives from the book fair and Georgia came together for a signing in Berlin on February 27. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Even as China's leaders promise a more liberal future for the country, they are suppressing those who would tell the truthThe year began with journalists from China's Southern Weekly striking because their paper had spiked a leader calling for constitutional protections for individual liberty at... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist John Grisham talks about his return to Ford County in 'Sycamore Row' and an unpleasant stint as a politician.John Grisham is the world's most successful author of legal thrillers (and one baseball novel, last year's "Calico Joe") with sales of more than 275 million copies to his credit.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Researchers from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) spoke with online editors and community managers at 104 news organizations from 63 countries to help assemble a report written by Emma Goodman about what works and wh ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The United States needs to strike a balance between respecting individual freedoms and protecting national security, says everyone from the director of national intelligence to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It's the standard reaction to the stream of revelations about the extensive... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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