Rough Guides offers free e-book during pandemic lockdown

Rough Guides is offering a free e-book to customers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-09 05:10:16 UTC ]

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The Skillset Podcast #4: Academic Libraries in the Wake of Covid-19 with Clemson University’s Christopher Cox

Host David Lankes catches up with Christopher Cox, Dean of Libraries at Clemson University, to talk about the lessons Clemson—and academic libraries more broadly—are learning in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstat: Cavanagh's reign continues

Steve Cavanagh’s Fifty-Fifty (Orion) has once again reigned atop the Bookstat e-book top 10 for the week ending 24th October, with Martina Cole’s No Mercy (Headline) holding firm in the runner-up spot for a second week running. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-29 03:52:52 UTC ]
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Online sales push Bloomsbury to best first-half since 2008

Bloomsbury Publishing has delivered its highest first half earnings since 2008, as "signficantly higher” online book sales and e-book revenues led to year-on-year profit growth of 60% to £4m in the six months ended 31st August 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 15:50:49 UTC ]
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Bookstat chart: Fifty-Fifty shoots Cavanagh to the summit

Steve Cavanagh’s Fifty-Fifty (Orion) beat the odds to top the Bookstat e-book top 10 for the week ending 10th October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 02:37:30 UTC ]
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David Grossman calls on writers to bear witness to pandemic

Speaking at the launch for the Frankfurt book fair – this year focused online – the novelist said authors’ observations could ease the burden of the diseaseThe celebrated Israeli novelist David Grossman has called on his fellow writers to be “trenchant witnesses” to the Covid-19 pandemic, and to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-10-14 12:54:03 UTC ]
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FX Taps Chefs to Redefine the American Pie for Fargo Season 4

When Season 4 of FX's Fargo was slated to premiere in April, the network planned to promote the anthology crime series with a pop-up pie shop in Los Angeles. The Covid-19 pandemic not only postponed production and the premiere date, but FX's initial experiential plans as well. While Fargo... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-10-09 14:07:55 UTC ]
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Bookstat chart: Ford steers into pole position

Martyn Ford’s Every Missing Thing (Thomas & Mercer) zipped straight to the top of the Bookstat e-book top 10 for the week ending 3rd October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 19:45:45 UTC ]
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London Library offer e-book loans for first time

The London Library has started offering e-book loans to its members for the first time in a partnership with OverDrive. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 00:23:57 UTC ]
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Bookstat chart: Osman on point as Thursday Murder Club rockets to the top

Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) has charted top of the Bookstat e-book top 10 in its second week on sale, rising from third to score an across-formats double, after its hardback claimed the UK Official Top 50 number one through Nielsen BookScan's TCM.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 21:50:09 UTC ]
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How Bookstore Unions Are Stepping Up

No single event has wiped out more bookselling jobs in the modern era than the Covid-19 pandemic. Few booksellers have any job protections—that is, unless they have a union. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Issues Sweeping Order Against E-book Piracy Operation

A federal judge in Washington has issued a preliminary injunction against a major e-book piracy operation known as the KISS Library, after the operators of the site failed to show up at a hearing or to file any response to a lawsuit filed in July by the Authors Guild, Amazon Publishing, Penguin... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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First Half Sales Slipped 1.4% at PRH

A good performance in the U.S. plus higher digital and online sales helped to soften the blow of the Covid-19 pandemic across Penguin Random House's global operations in the first half of 2020, parent company Bertelsmann said. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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BrandPost: Why Can’t Smart Home Device Security be Smarter?

More than 83 million U.S. households have at least one smart device, and most of us have more than one. In fact, in the U.S., on average we have 11 devices connected to our home networks, according to one study.Take a quick tally of your own devices. Smartphones? Check. Smart TV(s), Roku, or... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2020-08-25 16:57:00 UTC ]
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Avon takes two more Amanda Robson thrillers

Avon has bagged two more domestic thriller novels from e-book bestseller Amanda Robson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-25 09:13:08 UTC ]
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Alderton, Osman and Babalola among bookseller tips for bumper autumn

A number of figures from across the retail spectrum are enthused by the prospect of a bumper autumn of releases, after many were delayed owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-14 03:13:11 UTC ]
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Audible Charts: Midnight Sun strikes the top

Stephenie Meyer's Midnight Sun (Hachette) has scored a hat-trick across formats in the UK, adding an Audible number one to its print and e-book chart top spots. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 13:07:33 UTC ]
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Bookstat charts: Twilight dawns on e-book fans

Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun (Atom), this week's print number one, also dawned gloriously into the Bookstat e-book number one position for the week ending 8th August. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 05:27:15 UTC ]
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Ilze Hugo on Writing a Pandemic Novel and Seeing it Come True

Few science fiction writers have their vision of the future tested immediately upon publication. But that’s what happened to Ilze Hugo, whose novel about a mysterious epidemic, The Down Days, debuted in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. “To be published right in the middle of all this is the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-07 08:48:58 UTC ]
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Bookstat chart: Third week at the top for Rankin's House of Lies

Ian Rankin's In a House of Lies (Orion) has spent a third week running as the Bookstat e-book number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-30 06:45:44 UTC ]
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Bookstat chart: Rankin's House party continues

Ian Rankin’s In a House of Lies (Orion) has taken out a mortgage in the Bookstat e-book chart number one spot, reigning for a second week running. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 19:28:58 UTC ]
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