Scholars Highlight Hobby Lobby Owners' Path From Retail Giant to Bible Curators

In their new book, Biblical scholars Candida Moss and Joel Baden examine the Green family’s collection of antiquities planned for their $500 million Museum of the Bible, and question how the Hobby Lobby owners might be able to control the conversation about the Bible through it. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RLF podcast to highlight writers’ cultural capital

A new blog and podcast launched this week by the Royal Literary Fund (RLF) aims to help the public acknowledge the contribution writers make to the cultural landscape, assist aspiring writers and provide professional authors with an extra income. The charity, which helps commercially published... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biblical Scholar, Author Marcus J. Borg Dies

Marcus J. Borg, author of key books on the historical Jesus and champion of progressive Christianity, has died. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Lad Bible attempts to grow up with Desmond's ex-communications chief

Mimi Turner appointed marketing director of ‘lad culture’ website, which says ithas 17 million followers on social mediaTalk about frying pan and fire. Mimi Turner, Richard Desmond’s former communications chief at Northern & Shell, has tipped up at the publisher of controversial website The... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. Tries Out New Digital Strategy with Curated DIY Site

Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher, introduced a new website on Monday that collects articles about do-it-yourself projects and home decor from its magazines and several dozen partner websites, including Apartment Therapy.The new site, called "The Snug," is aimed at millennials... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global Ebook Retailers Race to Beat Amazon into Latin America

Global Spanish-language ebook retailers are racing to capture Latin American readers and bolster ebook sales before Amazon makes a big push into the region. The post Global Ebook Retailers Race to Beat Amazon into Latin America appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pluto Press buys 'punchy' curation critique

Pluto Press has acquired a study of curation by author and critic David Balzer, titled Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else. Editor David Shulman bought World English rights, excluding North America, from Coach House Press in Canada. Curationism is described as... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reedsy Debuts Skills Market, Plans Curated Imprint

Reedsy is a self-publishing startup that currently offers its users access to a marketplace of skilled freelance book-production professionals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Amazon-free’ Christmas campaign diverts reported £5m worth of sales from online retailer

Amazon Anonymous campaigners hand-deliver giant Christmas card to online retailer’s UK headquarters and call for company to pay workers a living wageDisenchanted shoppers have taken over £5m worth of business away from Amazon this Christmas in protest at the internet retailer’s business... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers hit by Yodel delivery problems

Delivery company Yodel has assured retailers that its backlog has been cleared and customers should receive deliveries they ordered last week no later than this Wednesday (17th December), after late deliveries hit pre-Christmas sales for bookshops and their customers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookShout to Offer Text-Based Retailing at SXSW 2015

BookShout, a platform for selling and promoting print and digital titles, has been chosen to deliver content--and offer book retailing--to attendees at Austin’s SXSW festivals in 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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China closing in on Silicon Valley as home of internet giants, research shows

Tencent and Baidu are only non-US digital media companies in top 10 by revenue, but country has four of top 10 fastest-growing firms, report saysChina is eroding Silicon Valley’s pre-eminent position as the home of the world’s largest internet businesses, with two companies making the top 10 by... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Open Access Save the Scholarly Monograph? ALA Midwinter Spotlight

Scholarly monographs, long the gold standard for scholars in the humanities and social sciences, have been in a downward spiral for some time. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Panelists Tell Religion Scholars How to Get Published

At the recent annual meeting of religion scholars in San Diego, publishing professionals gave aspiring academic authors cold-eyed advice on how to--and how not to--get published. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion Scholars, Publishers Meet in San Diego

Religion scholars met before Thanksgiving in San Diego to exchange ideas, find books for their courses, and stock their personal libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital sales hit supermarkets 'more than other book retailers'

Big publishers are likely to feel a squeeze on their supermarket sales as a result of the sector experiencing a “once in a generation change”. Two of Britain’s biggest supermarkets, Tesco and Sainsbury’s, are also big retailers of books. Both retailers reported slumps in profits in their recent... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FutureBook Conference 2013 Highlights

Watch highlights from the 2013 FutureBook Conference. Book your place for this year's conference here Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Magazine digs into Hawaii media owner Pierre Omidyar, Civil Beat digs on buying nice things

New York Magazine has just come out with an in-depth profile of the intensely private Honolulu resident Pierre Omidyar. It quickly gets beyond the basics—"the programmer who created eBay, is one of America's richest men, a 47-year-old philanthropist intent on giving away the fortune he made when... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nod for Foyles at Retail Week awards

Foyles is a finalist in the Customer Innovation of the Year category at the Oracle Retail Week Awards.   The retailer is shortlisted for its "digital shopping service" Foyles Book Search . Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Im hooked on ebook highlighting what we underline is so revealing

Ebook readers reveal the most highlighted passages in Harry Potter, the Bible, Lord of the Rings and many more Its an odd sensation to be reading an ebook and to suddenly notice that thanks to the providers data-tracking software youre on a passage that other people have already highlighted. I... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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