Award-winning Robin Stevens reflects on closing her Murder Most Unladylike series with its ninth adventure Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Debate about the future of the academic book will rage across the UK this week, with widespread support among publishers, academics, booksellers and librarians for the first Academic Book Week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Pan Macmillan, HarperCollins and literary agency Peters, Fraser & Dunlop will provide authors with face-to-face advice and feedback as part of The Bookseller’s inaugural Author Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Company reports that it is enjoying ‘phenomenal growth in a difficult market’Last week, we had consolidation by regional newspaper publishers. Now comes news of consolidation among regional news agencies. The expansionist Bristol-based SWNS has acquired National News in London, adding it to the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ingenuity or ruthlessness? Take your choice... but the result is still the sameNewspaper commentators who have been charting the demise of newsprint for the past decade or so have tended to predict that there will be a transformative moment when newspapers go over a cliff.We know it won’t be... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is holding a poetry contest that offers $5,000 in prize money along with a contract with Little A, Amazon Publishing’s literary imprint. The post After Promoting Translation, Amazon Moves on to Poetry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curtis Brown and Conville and Walsh are to host a Twitter based event dedicated to "de-mystifying" the publishing process for prospective authors, called Discovery Day Online. Following the literary agencies’ Discovery Days in 2012 and 2013, held at Foyles Charing Cross Road, Discovery Day... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German publisher Axel Springer and Adblock Plus have entered a new round in their fight over ad blocking. Adblock Plus accused the publisher of quashing discussion about how to get around Axel Springer's newly erected wall that keeps ad-block users from accessing the site of its tabloid,... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador editorial director Kate Harvey is moving to Harvill Secker in the role of deputy publishing director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Heather Fain, who has held the dual positions of senior v-p, director of marketing strategy for HBG and deputy publisher of Little, Brown, will now be focusing solely on her marketing role. To replace her at LB, HBG has brought Craig Young back to the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller and FutureBook invite you to our inaugural Author Day. Now is the time for authors, publishers and the book trade to come together, share ideas and move from discussion to action. At a time of unprecedented change and promise for authors, our emphasis is on exploring potentially... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The high school basketball season begins next month, and Fairfax High is the site on Saturday for a one-day event that will feature lots of top teams and players getting ready for the season ahead. Admission is free. I'll be providing notes, results and commentary all day. Here's the schedule:... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax High School will be the site for a one-day basketball event on Saturday featuring top teams for the coming season. Action begins at 9:30 a.m. with El Segundo taking on Torrance. At 11 a.m., Mater Dei will play Loyola. At 12:30 p.m., it's Maranatha vs. Long Beach Poly. At 2 p.m., Fairfax... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) has taken over the running of InterVarsity Press (IVP) in a move which, SPCK said would "secure the future of IVP as the UK’s leading evangelical Christian publisher". IVP will come under the management of SPCK and become a subsidiary charity... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The World Book Day Award 2016 (WoBoD), funded by James Patterson, is offering school libraries the chance to win up to £10,000 of new books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook said today its replacing the useless Messenger section with a Videos tab on its mobile app. The stream, dedicated to YouTube's bread-and-butter, will serve videos from friends, publishers, pages the user likes and ads. Facebook also confirmed its testing a floating video box, a new... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bodley Head is to publish a “sweeping memoir” by artist and political activist Ai Weiwei. As yet untitled, the book will be simultaneously published in the UK and in the US by Crown in spring 2017. Stuart Williams, publishing director at The Bodley Head, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Poetry Day marks its 21st year today (Thursday 8th October), backed by celebrity support. To celebrate the occasion, digital sharing project Make Like a Poet has engaged Professor Stephen Hawking, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Juliet Stevenson and Neil Nunes to read the words of Hafez,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Knowledge Unlatched, the Open Access scheme for humanities and social science books run by publisher Frances Pinter, is entering a second pilot phase with much increased support from publishers. The not-for-profit scheme brings libraries and publishers together, on a global basis, to fund the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Children’s Books’ edition of 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep' sold just over 10,000 copies in its first two days on sale, according to data from Nielsen BookScan which tracks about 85% of all print sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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