Scholastic has been building anticipation online for Suzanne Collins' eagerly awaited prequel to the Hunger Games series, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Scholastic reported revenue of $1.63 billion in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015. The company reported earnings from continuing operations of $15.5 million, compared to $13.3 million in fiscal 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Press has bought Ctrl, Alt; Delete, a memoir about growing up online, by journalist and blogger Emma Gannon [pictured]. Commissioning editor Sara Cywinski has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to the book, in which Gannon talks about subjects from editing photos for MySpace to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A 32-inch LED television for $75. Harry Potter books for up to half off their list price. An Apple iPad mini for $265. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oculus VR came under fire last week after its CEO said the company will fund development of about two dozen “Oculus-exclusive” games for its virtual reality headset. The company has now responded to the complaints, saying some of those games may eventually come to other VR platforms.The spat... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The e-commerce site is 20 years old this week. So what influence has it really had on the retail and internet industries?It was originally billed as “Earth’s Biggest Bookstore” and featured over one million titles. Twenty years later it boasts over 270m active accounts and claims to have more... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From midnight release parties, to film screenings, to daylong read-a-thons, check out our photos of how bookstores around the country rang in the biggest publishing event of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Lee’s unexpected companion novel to To Kill a Mockingbird has bookshops readying for huge salesRead the first chapterListen to an extract read by Reese WitherspoonFirst chapter review: A beguiling journey into the pastSix months ago, it was a book the literary world would have laughed off... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two fan cultures collide in the new "Doctor Who" trailer that was dropped at Comic Con 2015. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scout is all grown up—and Jem is, well, you'll see... Go Set A Watchman Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee's long-awaited prequel to her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, hits shelves July 14. But if that still seems like too long to wait, both The Wall Street Journal and The... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you think capturing the Iron Throne with an army of the Unsullied and a couple of dragons takes planning, imagine taking a dozen "Game of Thrones" cast and creators through the madness of Comic Con! For the first time ever, Los Angeles Times Television Critic Mary McNamara and her 17-year-old... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Kerry Hudson is setting out ‘a provocation’ calling for wholesale change to encourage and reflect broader spectrum of voicesThe award-winning novelist Kerry Hudson is set to make a bold call for change in UK publishing, which she believes is failing “to reflect the extraordinary... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Mexico has finally launched its full retail operations and a print bookstore; it had previously offered Kindle ebooks since 2013. The post Amazon Mexico Now Sells Print Books Online appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children's books and was established in 1920. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In partnership with AdvantageCS, Folio: surveyed more than 100 publishers on their Web store efforts. The post Finding Success With Online Stores appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The pharmaceutical giant Merck first began making print information available to doctors in 1899 but beginning today all of its content for physicians and consumers will be only available online. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German trade association Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels has released its economic data for 2014, revealing that sales of books and professional journals were down slightly by 2.2% to €9.32bn (£6.78bn). The trade association released the figures ahead of the annual industry conference in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic UK has signed a new deal with author and illustrator Liz Pichon for world rights in two new front-list titles and a companion book in the Tom Gates series. The deal was struck by Scholastic fiction and picture book publisher, Samantha Smith with Caroline Walsh at David Higham Associates. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has rushed through a second reprint of The Ugly Game: The Qatari Plot to Buy the World Cup by Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert after the Fifa arrests last week, which dominated news headlines around the world. The publisher ordered a 1,500 reprint of the book, only released... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charles Belfoure's writing career began when he wrote his thesis while studying for an M.A. in architecture at Columbia University. While he'd done a lot of drawing in his bid to become a professional architect, it was the first time, he says, that he actually wrote anything of any significant... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since Time Inc. became an indepedent publicly traded company last June, executives at the nation's large magazine publisher have tried to convince Wall Street investors that it's quickly transforming into a digital-first media company. It's certainly made strides, introducing video series,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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