Publisher and Bookseller Gui Minhai Awarded IPA’s 2018 Prix Voltaire

Less than two weeks after his reported re-detention in China, Gui Minhai is named to receive the IPA's prize for proponents of the freedom to publish. Gui's whereabouts remain unknown. The post Publisher and Bookseller Gui Minhai Awarded IPA’s 2018 Prix Voltaire appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Martin Amis's holocaust 'comedy' fails to find German publisher

The Zone of Interest, set in Auschwitz, is declined by the author's publishers in Germany and France, although alternative French house picks up novel The Zone of Interest reviewedIn the UK, some critics have hailed it as the "best book in 25 years" by one of Britain's greatest living writers.... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Widdecombe's self-published 'crime and dancing' tale

Ann Widdecombe has self-published her first detective novel via Amazon's KDP and CreateSpace... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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5 agencies trying their hands at magazine publishing

Increasingly, agencies -- many of which have taken to producing their own in-house magazines and online content hubs -- are dabbling in publishing. The post 5 agencies trying their hands at magazine publishing appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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Turns out traditional publishers do just fine with millennials

Many publications claim to be popular with millennials, but not all publications that do so actually garner a significant Millennial audience. The post Turns out traditional publishers do just fine with millennials appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why publishers should cheer Facebook’s click-bait crusade

Reducing the click-bait clutter is just the latest in a series of alterations aimed at filtering the news feed for quality. It looks like long-form publishers have something to celebrate. Sponsor content by Parse.ly. The post Why publishers should cheer Facebook’s click-bait crusade appeared... Continue reading at Digiday

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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, August 27, 2014

Awards and honors for Catholic books and Christian fiction; conferences and trade shows in September and beyond. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Kelpies leads Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlists

The Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlists have been announced with Floris Books... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Julie Kagawa Talks Talon, Dragons and Bookselling

Former bookseller Julie Kagawa always had a “thing,” as she puts it, for dragons. Now, with her new series, Talon, due out October 28, the bestselling author of The Iron Fey books got the chance to explore her childhood obsessions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Liberio review: Turn your Google Docs into a published ebook

Now that eBooks have enabled anyone to be a published author, more would-be scribes are submitting their work directly through digital storefronts like Kindle Direct Publishing. Yet even with this radical change in the book industry, the e-publishing process is hardly simple. In fact the... Continue reading at PC World

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Kingstone Publishes Graphic Novel Tie-In for Sony Movie

Kingstone Comics has published the graphic novel version of the film 'The Remaining,' a supernatural thriller that releases in theaters September 5. The graphic novel is already out in digital on ComiXology and in print at retail. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Laube: Agent + Publisher

In his long history in Christian publishing, Steve Laube has played many roles--bookseller, editor, literary agent. Now he adds publisher to that resume, joining what seems to be an emerging trend among agents. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Pay Rose 2.8% in 2013

The average pay raise for publishing employees in 2013 was 2.8%, according to PW’s just-concluded salary survey. The percentage increase last year was the same as in 2012, when the survey also found that pay had risen by 2.8%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parragon Publishing Restructures

In a move meant to reflect its broadening business interests, Parragon Publishing has restructured its operations into two divisions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon and Hachette feud could rewrite the book on publishing

The Ebook price row has the potential to create irreversible changes to the literary world and its business modelsThe battle between Amazon and the French publisher Hachette is not just a spat about the price of books. Their row over ebook prices, which led to the online retailer freezing out... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers: Ditch your apps; focus on mobile Web

New research shows how hard it is to drive app downloads and why news publishers should be focusing more on their mobile websites and social distribution. The post Publishers: Ditch your apps; focus on mobile Web appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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What you need to know about Amazon's fight with ebook publishers

Unless you've been living in a book-free cave, you may have heard that retail giant Amazon and book publisher Hachette are having a little tiff. It's all about digital versions of books -- so-called ebooks -- and it boils down to this: Amazon wants... Continue reading at Engadget

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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending August 22, 2014

Independents continue to grow with the addition of a second location for a particularly aptly named store, I Read Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Latest Conde Shakeup: Vanity Fair Publisher Takes Over Corporate Media Group

Conde Nast has promoted Vanity Fair VP-Publisher Edward Menicheschi to CMO-president of the Conde Nast Media Group, which sells ad programs spanning the company's brands, effective immediately. Mr. Menicheschi succeeds Lou Cona, who is leaving the company.Mr. Menicheschi was named publisher of... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Seamus Heaney collection to be published

An anthology of later work by the Nobel laureate will feature a last poem, In Time, written for his granddaughter SíofraSeamus Heaney obituary by Neil CorcoranA poem written for his granddaughter and never published before in the UK will form part of a new collection of selected poems by the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vanity Fair Publisher Moves to Condé Nast Media Group President

The seemingly endless summer of Condé Nast corporate and executive activity continued on Aug. 21 with the announcement by four-year president Bob Sauerberg that Edward Menicheschi (pictured) was ending eight years as Vanity Fair VP and publisher to become president and chief marketing officer of... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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