Children's novelist Michael Rosen has written an open letter calling for libraries to be made compulsory in schools, backed by ringfenced government money to support libraries and the training of librarians. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Unlike Blinkbox Movies and Blinkbox Music, Tesco hasn't found a buyer for its underperforming Blinkbox Books service. We expected the ebook platform to quietly fade into the night, along with customers' purchases, but it seems Tesco has a parting gi... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Government ministers will today (26th January) launch a scheme to provide books for people with dementia via public libraries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams will mark World Book Day (5th March) by touring the UK’s primary schools in a helicopter. Primary schools can compete to take part in the #WalliamsWhirlwind tour by registering on the author’s website, explaining in fifty words why they should receive a visit. The competition is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ePubDirect has developed a proprietary digital ebook platform especially for its local primary school, St. Columba’s, in Cork, Ireland. The post ePubDirect Offers Irish School Own Ebook Platform appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV rights to Jessie Burton’s bestselling novel The Miniaturist (Picador) have been optioned by the company behind the adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. London-based Company Pictures optioned the TV rights in a deal negotiated by Rich Green at ICM Partners on behalf of Juliet Mushens at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German literary publisher Suhrkamp Verlag has completed a reorganisation it started almost two years ago, with a “stable financial and legal framework” for the publishing house now in place. As part of the changes, Ulla Unseld-Berkéwicz, chairman of the board of Suhrkamp, will withdraw from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What does the future of Library and Information Science look like? What do patrons expect from libraries? This infographic from USC has some answers. The post Infographic: Future of Library and Information Science Jobs appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The artist starts each image by finding an intriguing character, composition, or costume element. The post Trippy Kaleidoscopic Collages Made From Your Favorite Comic Book Heroes appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Has the editor of The Bookseller compared the fall of print sales of adult fiction since 2009 by more than £150m with the massively declined budgets of public libraries over the same five-year period (The writing’s on the wall for adult fiction in print, 14 January). This is also conditioned by... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Publishing Group in the US is to shut two of its non-fiction imprints, and bring two further imprints under one leadership structure, as part of a reorganisation which includes two staff departures. Madeline McIntosh, president of the Penguin Publishing Group, told staff about the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Officials in Birmingham are hoping that a deal with the British Library could help protect the flagship Library of Birmingham from cuts. According to a report in the Birmingham Post, the council is initiating talks which could see the Library of Birmingham become a regional centre for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Using the hashtag #becauseofapubliclibrary, Ferguson (Mo.) Municipal Public Library library director Scott Bonner sparked an outpouring of library love from the Twitterverse after he tweeted “I was able to help our community.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EF Labs takes a colorful page from children's book illustrations for its employee manual.The company employee manual: Just saying those words is enough to lull you into a boredom-induced coma. And the idea of actually reading the content within—likely drier than the paper it's printed on—is... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patron privacy has long been a concern for libraries and library users in the digital age. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelists Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes and Deborah Moggach and the former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion are among the signatories to a letter calling on the next government to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the comic book world, Marvel and DC characters were never destined to meet ... until now. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK is to allow libraries to lend its full catalogue of nearly 14,000 ebook titles, effective immediately. Following what the publisher said was a "successful" pilot scheme, it is expanding access to its full catalogue of ebooks to libraries nationwide in the UK. A similar... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries minister Ed Vaizey has created a new task force to help develop the library service in England, at the recommendation of today's Sieghart report. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Sieghart review into public libraries, to be published today (18th December), calls on central government to give local authorities the funding to create a national digital resource for libraries, with free Wi-fi as standard, and workforce training for all public libraries in England. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The International Publishers Association has called on China's government to release Xu Xiao, a prominent publisher, writer and editor, and 2014 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize nominee. Xu was arrested on 26th November during a crackdown on writers, journalists, publishers and civil society... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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