Yesterday I coughed up $6.99 for Loud Crow Interactive's digital pop-up remake of the Charles Schultz holiday classic. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is available for Android and iOS from the Amazon, Apple and Google mobile apps stores -- for smartphones and tablets. The digital book delights, is more than worth 7 bucks and demonstrates how tablet apps/books should utilize the touchscreen. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is the must-have addition to any tablet you gift. Tablets top this year's holiday wish lists. But "A Charlie Brown Christmas" also reveals a problematic similarity to the early PC era: Application incompatibilities across operating [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'
[ Betanews | 2011-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The private life of a chef is an endearingly old-fashioned conceit in an age when cookbooks double as memoirs and the lifting of a food truck’s concession window can operate, often quite literally, as the curtain drawn on an ad hoc TV set. Fourth wall? Maybe fourth taco. But here we are again... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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They don’t own Whole Foods, but they do sell books! As Groucho Marx once said, outside of a dog, books are man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze has signed Hayley Webster’s One Christmas Night, a book commissioned off the back of a series of tweets. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children who have 60 or more books at home are five and a half times more likely to read above the level expected for their age than their peers who have fewer than 10 books, according to the National Literacy Trust. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way,’ the new book by ‘Uninvited’ author Lysa TerKeurst, debuts at #2 in Religion Nonfiction; holiday-themed novels take over in Religion Fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble will discount more than 100 books at 50% off from today until December 24 in stores and December 25 online, provided supplies last. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2018 holiday reading list from the philanthropist is here, covering everything from killer robots to meditation. If you want to make sense of the world, you need to learn more about it. That’s the prevailing theme behind every single one of billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates’s biannual... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michelle Obama’s book was a big hit at indies, but booksellers are keeping an eye on key titles amid reports of potential shortages. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Becoming' by Michelle Obama was easily the biggest hit at independent bookstores over the Thanksgiving weekend. Indies were also keeping a wary eye on inventory levels amid reports of potential shortages of hot-selling titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookTrust is hoping to raise more than £116,700 to buy books for 11,500 children via its 2018 Christmas appeal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sara Talbot is leaving Little, Brown to join Faber as sales director in February. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It can't have escaped your attention that -- in the US at least -- holiday season is just around the corner. With Thanksgiving comes Black Friday and other sales, and Google is getting in on the action with a series of discounts in the Play Store. There are great savings to be made on games and... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2018-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French journalist Philippe Lançon makes his first public appearance since the 2015 attack in Paris. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paul Baggaley at Picador has acquired world rights and audio from Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown for a new book by Adam Kay, author of hit bestseller This is Going to Hurt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Designed 'to find the best popular books of the year in the lead-up to Christmas,' the UK's Specsavers National Book Awards will end with a consumer vote. The post The UK’s National Book Awards Announce Holiday Season Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The relatively modest price point of books suggests the sector could perform solidly this Christmas, analysts predict, with booksellers hailing a strong line-up across the board. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Benedicte Page looks ahead optimistically to the book market's performance in the forthcoming Christmas period. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Szczerban has been named v-p and editorial director of a new, as-yet-unnamed imprint at Little, Brown and Company dedicated to illustrated books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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University of East Anglia creative writing student Femi Kayode has won the £3,000 Little, Brown Award for crime fiction for the manuscript for his "shocking and emotional story", Lightseekers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins UK CEO Charlie Redmayne, in preparation for his keynote address at Frankfurter Buchmesse's 'The Markets' conference: 'It's ways of taking storytelling into new areas.' The post ‘The Markets’ Keynote at Frankfurt: Charlie Redmayne on Realistic Innovation appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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