New York Times best-selling author Samantha Irby may have become a household name (in certain households, anyway) following the massive success of her 2017 essay collection, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, but I fell in love with her hilariously funny and shamelessly honest work on her blog, Bitches Gotta Eat, back in 2013. […] The post Samantha Irby Thinks Most People Suck But She Still Wants to Be Your Friend appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'
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The Book People’s group buying and merchandising director Sarah Walden has been appointed to the company’s board. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We remember our friend and colleague, Fred Kobrak, an international book publishing industry veteran and fixture at the Frankfurt Book Fair, who passed away on December 12. The post Remembering Fred Kobrak, Our Friend and Colleague appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad Age's editor leaves to write fiction, Playboy gets a new publisher, and more... The post Cosmo Alumni Take Over Real Simple|People on the Move — 12.7.16 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the "fake news" controversy unfolds, regional publishers need to rise above the noise. The post The Latest in the Facebook “Friend or Foe” Debate appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vogue has a new digital executive editor, The Atlantic pulls from BuzzFeed, and more... The post Bloomberg Businessweek Eliminates Publisher Role | People on the Move — 11.30.16 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Media promotes two, while Modern Luxury shakes up the editor tree. The post Deborah Needleman Leaves T Magazine | People on the Move — 11.22.16 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s getting easier to get to a billion views on Facebook. But publishers that are only chasing scale, and not thinking about video as a long-term business, are in trouble. Take, for instance, TV, which can monetize the same piece of content through advertising, licensing, syndication,... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Wednesday evening, November 16, five finalists for the Young People's Literature prize headed to Cipriani Wall Street in lower Manhattan for the 67th National Book Awards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I’m terrified by Twitter. Facebook freaks me out. Every time I check my phone, the appalling facts from yesterday have devolved into today’s even more atrocious news. A climate-change denier may be in line to run the Environmental Protection Agency. A soft-drink lobbyist has the inside track for... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Members of the publishing industry gathered at Cipriani Wall Street for the 67th National Book Awards, where John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell won for 'March: Book Three.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When I reviewed the Amazon Echo 13 months ago, I predicted that people would want one in every room. The Echo can control your home’s lighting, play music, estimate your commute time, operate a timer, answer trivia questions, read books and news bulletins to you, tell you which movies are at... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google, long feared by publishers, is now cozying up to them -- at least in comparison to Facebook. The search giant acknowledged it needs to do more to help publishers monetize their fast-loading mobile pages, so it's expanding Accelerated Mobile Pages, its open-source effort to speed up the... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TIME stocks up on staff, TEN expands its automotive events team, and more... The post New York Media Loses Its Publisher | People on the Move — 11.9.16 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Think you know everything about Jane Austen? Helena Kelly invites you to think again about one of the nation’s favourite authors in Jane Austen, The Secret Radical. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On a blustery fall day, members of the children's book community gathered for BookFest at Bank Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent booksellers are backing Graeme Macrae Burnet’s His Bloody Project (Contraband) to win the Man Booker Prize, following strong sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacob Dalborg, CEO of Bonnier, was the featured speaker during the CEO panel where he talked about the plans the Swedish publisher has for the future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Think creepy clowns are scary? Check out the nightmare-inducing new cover of the Middle East edition of Bloomberg Businessweek, titled "President Whoever" and subtitled "For the Middle East, does the result of the US presidential election even matter?"The cover mashup of Donald Trump and Hillary... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling author is looking beyond the shopping lists at the promise of redemption he sees during Christmastime in his new book, 'Because of Bethlehem.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Thursday morning, the National Book Foundation narrowed its longlist down to five finalists for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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