PRH Children’s to release app as The Twits turn 35

Penguin Random House Children’s and the Roald Dahl Literary Estate will next week release the first ever Dahl app. Twit or Miss is based on The Twits. Developed with Aardman Digital for children aged six to 11, it is a “food fight” game in which players have to swipe food away from the sleeping Mrs Twit and into Mr Twit’s beard to score points. There are an unlimited number of levels, but if players wake Mrs Twit she will hit Mr Twit with her stick, a move that signals the end of the game. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are getting smarter about their mobile apps, recognizing their mistaken assumptions and altering their app strategies as a result. The post The mistakes publishers make with mobile apps appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheila O’Flanagan pens children’s title

Adult author Sheila O’Flanagan has written a children's book to be published by Hodder Children’s Books in 2016. The Runner is aimed at readers aged 10+ and is about a 16-year-old called Joe. When he is being chased by bullies he accidentally runs through a portal to another world, and finds... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber Children’s to publish Sophie Thompson

Faber Children’s is set to publish a cookbook and two children’s fiction titles from Sophie Thompson, actor and winner of this year’s Celebrity Masterchef. Commissioning editor Alice Swan said when she received a manuscript about a boy who could talk to animals, she didn’t realise who the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Releases Cornwell's 'Ripper' Kindle Single

Amazon Publishing has released an essay by bestselling author Patricia Cornwell, which documents her investigation of Jack the Ripper for her 2002 title, 'Portrait of a Killer.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exhibitors Find a Buzzing Shanghai Fair and a Booming Children's Market

A bigger venue and a much expanded professional program awaited exhibitors and visitors to this year's China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair, which recently completed its second run from November 20–22. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shanghai Children's Book Fair Draws Crowds

The first two days of the 2014 China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) featured many booths packed with exhibitors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan wins at Chinese children’s book awards

Macmillan’s UK and US divisions both won best picture book awards today (19th December) at the Chen Bochui International Children’s Awards in Shanghai, China. The awards took place on the eve of the Shanghai Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) 2014. It is the first year publishers outside China have... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shanghai Children’s Book Fair: Bigger, Better, Busier

The three-day event runs from November 20 to 22 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Centre. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Persona is one of the latest fashion magazines in Tokyo. It’s printed on heavy stock paper and is full of photos of models and clothing. The only thing missing is text.You “read” Persona with a smartphone camera.An app recognizes the images, queries a cloud database and then downloads related... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow m.d. Kate Wilson has been named most inspiring digital publishing person at the FutureBook Innovation Awards. Wilson was named as the winner at a ceremony held at the FutureBook Conference in central London this afternoon (14th November), beating a shortlist that also included Unbound... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'Moosewood Cookbook' Turns 40

Mollie Katzen, author of the groundbreaking 'Moosewood Cookbook,' one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time, recalls her early collaboration with Ten Speed Press, which just released a 40th anniversary edition of the seminal vegetarian cookbook. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Dark Wild' by Piers Torday has won the 2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, announced Thursday evening in London. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s laureate Malorie Blackman has launched a fan fiction-inspired project to find the best teen writers and creatives.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Two graduates of Hawaii's Iolani School, Matt Sullivan and Landen Buckley, have taken on the photo book market with their StoryTree Inc. app SimplePrints. Unlike online photo services such as Shutterfly and Snapfish, SimplePrints was designed for mobile devices to make photo books, clearing... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

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Yesterday, the publisher announced that Lynn Henry, who has been with Doubleday Canada since 2010, will take on the newly created role of publishing director of Knopf Canada, now reporting to PRH Canada publisher Anne Collins. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jaguar has a clever way to take you inside the plot of its latest villain-themed campaign. Today, the brand is linking print ads in Condé Nast's Vanity Fair, Condé Nast Traveler, GQ and Wired magazines to digital content through the Blippar app for Google Glass and mobile devices. The app is... Continue reading at AdWeek

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