Dominique Raccah, publisher and chief executive of US business Sourcebooks, and Marcus Leaver, former chief executive of the Quarto Group, are to give afternoon keynotes at FutureBook Live, The Bookseller's publishing conference, to be held in London on 30th November. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The audiobook sector's boom means it will be able to accommodate Spotify's move into the market but publishers are still only just realising the sector's potential, Bookwire's Videl Bar-Kar has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-16 19:16:13 UTC ]
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The industry needs to expand what it considers "normal", breaking a current way of thinking which considers black authors niche and prevents books representing society, Black Writers' Guild co-founder Nels Abbey has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-16 16:45:55 UTC ]
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Staffers are falling into “dangerous patterns” as a result of working from home during the pandemic, delegates at The Bookseller's Futurebook conference have heard. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-16 12:10:11 UTC ]
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Nathan Hull is chief strategy officer at Beat Technology, a company specialising in building tailor-made subscription and retail platforms for publishers, including Fabel’s offer in Norway, Skoobe’s in Germany and Chapter’s in Denmark. Nathan will chair the FutureBook panel “Tune Up: Building... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-06 07:42:04 UTC ]
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FutureBook celebrates start-ups that are making a unique impact on the book publishing industry. Over the past few years, the judges have rewarded both high-growth start-ups and smaller players transforming the business of books. Previous winners include Reedsy, Kadaxis, Unrd, The Pound Project... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-06 02:47:19 UTC ]
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The four booksellers behind the "At Home with Four Indies" initiative have been named as FutureBook’s Team of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-06 01:36:17 UTC ]
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The shortlistees for the annual FutureBook Awards have been revealed, demonstrating the trade’s ingenuity and flexibility in response to the pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-29 16:38:31 UTC ]
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The full programme for FutureBook, The Bookseller's publishing conference has been launched. The all virtual event takes place for a week from 16th November, and includes speakers across a range of disciplines and companies. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-16 08:47:44 UTC ]
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Blackwell's Manchester is organising the delivery of care packages to students who are currently in isolation, following recent coronavirus restrictions in the city. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 13:16:01 UTC ]
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FutureBook, The Bookseller's publishing conference, has announced the first speakers for its five-day virtual event. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 09:00:31 UTC ]
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The epic, unfolding over centuries, follows a dreamer and artist who strikes a dangerous deal with the god of darkness. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-07 05:25:08 UTC ]
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Delegates at The Bookseller Children’s Conference were told to avoid ‘copy and paste’ strategies when trying to diversify their companies. Cynthia Davies, founder of BAME Recruitment, giving the keynote today (1st October), said many companies want to run an inclusive recruitment process but... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 12:19:39 UTC ]
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The book takes a “Sliding Doors” approach, as a woman, on the heels of a near-death experience, contemplates her next move. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-22 14:35:11 UTC ]
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Michael Rosen is publishing a new short and funny fiction book with Andersen Press, to be illustrated by Tony Ross, called Rigatoni The Pasta Cat. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-10 22:39:01 UTC ]
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Schools and libraries have been closed for months, but some kids aren’t going to get away with playing video games all summer. Kelly Passek -- a middle school librarian in Montgomery County, Virginia -- is sending out summer reading via drones. After... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2020-06-12 18:18:26 UTC ]
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Join us online as Books & Books’ Mitchell Kaplan sits down with Julia Alvarez, the internationally bestselling author of In The Time of the Butterflies and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents to discuss her first adult novel in fifteen years, Afterlife. We welcome you to engage and ask... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-26 14:48:32 UTC ]
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“Are Snakes Necessary?” is exactly what you’d expect from a maestro of violent sexploitation. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-24 19:16:42 UTC ]
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Can a young writer find creative fulfillment after all her friends have settled down, married up and sold out? Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-04 19:24:27 UTC ]
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Library and information association CILIP has delivered a 7,000 signature petition to Downing Street calling for an end to austerity in the service. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-28 04:01:09 UTC ]
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In her relentlessly linear narrative of more than 60 years of Spanish and Chilean history, Allende takes great pains to describe the real, lived effects of two dictatorships. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-23 13:50:56 UTC ]
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