Quercus offers internship to Goldsmiths' MA Black British Lit students

Quercus is launching a one-month internship programme in collaboration with the MA Black British Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London, co-founded by Professor Joan Anim-Addo and Dr Deirdre Osborne.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Barnes & Noble Nook Snaps offer fresh literature in $2 bites

Barnes & Noble's Nook Store has offered short-form works much like those we've seen from Amazon's Kindle Shorts section, but they haven't really been a highlight. The company's new Nook Snaps program may give those quick reads their time to shine, however. The effort will see Barnes &... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helping Readers Make Sense of Your Digital Brand Offers

Have a well-defined set of expectations for customers based on platform and device. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Bridget Jones': Helen Fielding offers hints about third book

Helen Fielding discussed her new book, the third in the 'Bridget Jones' series, during Book Expo America in New York City. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ingram Offers New POD Options Through IngramSpark

In an effort to streamline its print-on-demand offerings for small publishers, Ingram is launching IngramSpark, a program that will offer an inexpensive and easy-to-use platform for small publisher clients to distribute print and digital titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lift-off for 'groundbreaking' Black Crown

Random House UK has launched stage one of its online narrative gaming project, Black Crown, as... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ingram Expands Printing Offerings

Ingram is expanding the scope of the printing services it is offering to publishers through the launch of a program it is calling Life Print. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aurum signs history of British beer

Aurum Press has bought a narrative history of how the British beer industry came to flourish... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling, Hilary Mantel, and other British authors auction off annotated first editions

J.K. Rowling and other authors are selling first-edition copies of their books with annotations, written thoughts on the book, and/or illustrations to benefit the writers' organization English PEN. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rushdie, Fagan, Gunn on James Tait Black shortlists

Salman Rushdie and Jenni Fagan are among the authors shortlisted for the £10,000 James Tait... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Script Lit Turns Unused Screenplays Into e-Novellas

Looking to transform Hollywood’s pile of unproduced scripts into publishable ebooks, James West, a motion-picture industry entrepreneur, has launched Script Lit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zinio Offers Multi-Title Subscriptions

Digital magazine storefront Zinio has added a flat-rate, multi-title subscription option to its platform. The option recognizes a growing user base—nearly a quarter of customers—that reads three or more titles across devices.  Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WoodWing Announces New Version of its Productivity Plug-In Smart Styles, Offering New Features and Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) Compatibility

The upcoming version of WoodWing´s productivity plug-in Smart Styles will offer a variety of new features, further improving the productivity in print and digital publishing. The upgrade also provides compatibility withInDesign CC ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Butler to be British Council literature director

Cortina Butler, currently m.d. at BookBrunch and formerly global editor-in-chief of Reader’... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft 'offers' to buy Nook Media

Microsoft has offered to buy Nook Media for $1bn, according to reports. TechCrunch cites... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble intros buy-one-get-one Nook book offer, only valid in stores

Well, this process seems a bit counterintuitive, eh? This morning, Barnes & Noble introduced a new scheme for getting Nook customers to visit the company's retail stores. The promotion nets you one free ebook when you purchase another, but -- and this is where the offer tripped us up a bit... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amanda Knox's new memoir reveals a gentler side of the American student

Amanda Knox's memoir is titled 'Waiting to be Heard' and discusses her life from childhood to her time in prison in Italy. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC and Quercus sign Publishing Equalities Charter

HarperCollins and Quercus have become the latest publishers to sign the Publishing Equalities... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comma launches free lit app Gimbal

Not-for-profit publisher Comma Press has produced a free app aimed at helping commuters escape... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty Shades contributes to Quercus sales drop

Quercus has announced its preliminary results for 2012, with a a fall in both profits and revenue... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Selasi, Fagan, Wyld among Granta Best of Young British Novelists

Debut novelist Taiye Selasi, whose tale of a fractured family Ghana Must Go was published by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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