Among the early announcements at Comic-Con, Comixology marked its 10th anniversary with a new slate of original titles, and Sunday Press Books has been acquired by IDW. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The British Library has bought Hanif Kureishi's personal archive, made up of more than 50... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man look truly stunning following a traditional, Pacific Northwest makeover.We all know Batman when we see him, but he always looks a little different, depending on the artist. Whereas in the hands of Dick Sprang, Batman is a barrel-chested 1920s strong man, in the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Hope Waddell Training Institution, a school in Nigeria founded in 1895 by Presbyterian missionaries, is laying claim to have set up Africa's oldest press. But could it be so?Hope Waddell, in Calabar, Cross River State, had a functioning printing press from 1903, initially to serve the school... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The government is suppressing official advice over press regulation, according to a report in the Sunday Telegraph.It says that the culture and media department (DCMS) is refusing to disclose a paper which "is thought" to set out advice on whether the government-sponsored royal charter breaches... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Projects you “desperately want to publish” but that you also can’t imagine “sliding comfortably between those two stiff pieces of cardboard” is how Farrar, Straus & Giroux senior editor Sean McDonald described FSG Originals, the publisher’s paperback line. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'39 Clues' author Patrick Carman says he knows Amazon is a convenient option, but suggests buying a book from an independent bookstore each time you buy from Amazon. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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South of Market is a provocative new photo book that's 30 years of controversy in the making.Facebook, Apple, and Google are making headlines for flooding San Francisco with highly paid laborers, driving up real estate prices while taking over public bus stops to privately shuttle employees out... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Palgrave Macmillan will publish a guide to the environmental crisis looming in Tibet by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Delegation from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers will investigate press regulationAn "unprecedented" press freedom mission to Britain by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) begins today.Representatives of the organisation are holding a series... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The fact a delegation is visiting the UK over the hostile response to the Guardian's reporting of the Snowden leaks, as well as the royal charter, should sound alarm bellsThis week, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers has dispatched a delegation of editors and publishers from... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boston Globe executive to take new post of chief digital and product officer at Scotsman and Yorkshire Post publisherJohnston Press has hired Jeff Moriarty, one of the Boston Globe's top digital executives, in the newly-created role of chief digital and product officer.Moriarty, who joins the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2014, as in years past, it looks as if some of the best new releases will be coming from America's smaller publishers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books New Markets has made its first acquisition in Polish publishing house Marginesy.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should book publishing be all about profit? The success of OUP, despite its elitism, suggests notOUP is one of Britain's truly great institutions, up there, or nearly, with the NHS and the BBC. As in these other cases, its modern history has been largely dominated by the struggle to preserve its... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ipso is a creature of the publishers in which they will continue to hold the strings – including the purse-stringsAt last, the new press regulator is emerging from the shadows. The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), the great invention of the majority of Britain's newspaper and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Liverpool Echo is to launch a Sunday edition on 19 January. Trinity Mirror's announcement comes soon after its closure of its weekly title, the Liverpool Post.Print sales of the Echo, which publishes from Monday to Saturday, stood at an average of 74,984 copies a day in the first six months... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan US has acquired recipe and cookbook website Cookstr. The website, founded in New York... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Academy Chicago Publishers will become an imprint of Chicago Review Press and will expand its publishing program to 15-20 titles per year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Although she has yet to make an offer, a local author and blogger launched an Indiegogo campaign Monday to raise $15,000 by February 5 to purchase Main Street Books in St. Charles, Mo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anova Books chief executive Polly Powell has acquired the entire shareholding of the company from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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