Sarah Gilmartin | 'I loved writing and I knew I wanted to continue to do it after college'

Sarah Gilmartin admits "there has been a game-keeper turned poacher headline” in the Irish press in the run-up to the release of her début novel, after putting in eight years as a literary critic for the Irish Times. And she was a very specific sort of gamekeeper, as her brief for the Times was to concentrate on, yes, débuts. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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A last-minute addition to the University Press of New England list has become the fastest-selling book in the Hanover, N.H., university press consortium’s 42-year history and its first book to hit Amazon’s top 10. World War II Remembered isn’t even published by one of its regular distribution... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hornby to receive sports writing award

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Their Print Ad Revenue Is Growing. Want to Know Why?

By Amy Feinstein With the publishing industry changing on what seems like a daily basis, how is it that some publications are actually finding ways to increase their print advertising revenue in the past two years?... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

[ Publishing Executive | 2012-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling writing adult novel

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[ Stuff | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The democratization of higher ed. continues: $49 e-textbook launches

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[ Betanews | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador to learn Ten Things About Love

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebook Publishers Want Library Borrowing to Be Difficult

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[ PC World | 2012-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AllThingsD | 2011-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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