Puffin to publish 'eye-opening' true story of growing up with autism

Puffin has announced it is publishing A Different Sort of Normal, written and illustrated by debut talent Abigail Balfe – the true story of one girl's journey growing up with autism. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Big Newspaper Publishers Cut Work Force 7% in 2011

While 2011 saw fewer announcements of layoffs and buyouts in the newspaper industry than previous years, attrition continued quietly and relentlessly, with the nation’s biggest newspaper publishers trimming their combined work forces by 7.2 ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers sign hot books ahead of LBF

Publishers have made a flurry of "major" acquisitions and additions to their schedules... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Offers Publishers a Way to Monetize Content With Surveys

Google has announced a new way for online news publishers to gate access to their premium content, by requiring would-be readers to fill in a survey first. Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moving Beyond Self-Publishing

John Locke found fame as the first self-published author to sell one million Kindle ebooks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octopus acquires children's publisher Ticktock

Hachette Group company Octopus Publishing has acquired children's non-fiction publisher... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What To Read On Your New iPad: Fast Company's Retina-Optimized Mark Zuckerberg Cover Story!

The April 2012 issue of Fast Company is now available on the iTunes Store, and it's optimized for reading on the new iPad. The image below shows how much sharper the type looks when viewed on the new iPad with the Retina display. The images are in high definition, too, rasterized at four times... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World Young Reader Prizes Opens For Entries

Newspapers have until 4 May to submit an entry to the World Young Reader Prizes, the annual awards from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) that recognize success in engaging the young. The awards in five categories - E ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers call on retailers for paperback promotions

Publishers have called on retailers to come up with creative new paperback promotions in stores... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Amazon made self-publishing cool

Bringing to the marketplace has always been a struggle for emerging writers, but the evolution of digital publishing formats is seeing a new wave of authors skipping the print medium entirely. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Godine to Publish Restored Werfel Classic

Best known for The Song of Bernadette (1941), which was turned into an Oscar-winning movie, Jewish writer Franz Werfel (1890–1945) was also the author of one of the most popular Book-of-the-Month Club titles ever, The Forty Days of Musa Dagh. First released in 1933, the work is a historical... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP grows picture book list

Oxford University Press has appointed a new commissioning editor with a view to expanding its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Seven figure" pre-empt for Puffin at Bologna

Puffin has acquired a "major new trilogy" for a rumoured seven-figure pre-empt at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agate Publishing and Chicago Tribune Enter New Ebook Partnership

Evanston, IL—Agate Publishing Inc., the Evanston, Illinois-based independent press, has entered into a partnership with the Chicago Tribune to produce ebooks created from Chicago Tribune-owned content. The ebooks will appear as pa ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier imprint to publish scented books

Bonnier-owned Autumn Publishing Group is to launch Smellessence, a division which will use new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At MPA Digital: Swipe, Publishers See Gains From Tablet Efforts

NEW YORK - Today’s MPA Digital: Swipe event brought the consumer magazine industry together to focus on what’s next in tablet editions. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane publish Shakespeare's world in 20 objects

Allen Lane will be publishing another title by Neil MacGregor, author of A History of the World... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New iPad's Perk for Publishers

The new high-res iPad would, like so many things from Apple, seem a mixed bag for publishers. Its richer visuals raise concerns that consumers already frustrated by long download times for digital editions of magazines will have to suffer still more waiting. But some good news: Apple is... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2012-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Puffin goes on the Whale Trail

Penguin has acquired publishing rights in Whale Trail, the app developed by digital design studio... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers must be more 'dynamic' over pricing, IPG hears

Publishers need to emerge from the shadow of Nielsen BookScan and use their own judgement while... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New Press: 20 Years of Publishing ‘in the Public Interest’

Twenty years after it was founded by former Pantheon publisher Andre Schiffrin as a nonprofit publisher with a mission statement to publish “in the public interest,” the New Press is on something of a roll. The house has a new bestseller—Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow—spacious offices in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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