Pullman illustrator Chris Wormell signs debut children's deal

David Fickling Books is to publish the first children’s novel by Chris Wormell, the illustator of the covers for Philip Pullman's La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust – Volume One. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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John Blake signs book by Mandela's prison guard

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AUDIO: Should adults read children's books?

Jennie Bristow, associate fellow at the University of Kent, says grown-ups read children's books because they feel 'disenchanted with adult culture'. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distribution: IPG Signs Blue Manatee

Independent Publishers Group will distribute Blue Manatee Press's full line of children's board books and middle grade paperbacks, effective immediately. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carnegie winner Gardner: children being 'examined into failure'

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distribution: Columbia University Press Signs Two

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple’s Cue Felt Pressure to Finish E-Book Deals for Jobs

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple executive Eddy Cue defends ebook deals at antitrust trial

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman Calls for UK Authors to Be Paid for Digital Library Loans

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gannett Buying Belo in $2.2 Billion Deal

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[ AllThingsD | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman argues that authors are being shortchanged on ebook loans

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[ Engadget | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ringo Starr will adapt 'Octopus's Garden' as a children's book

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A deal between Apple and publishers to set the price of ebooks cost customers "hundreds of millions of dollars", a government lawyer claims. Continue reading at BBC World

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