Scholastic’s New ‘Kids & Family Reading’ Report: Reading Aloud Is Up

Scholastic's biennial Kids & Family Reading Report finds American families are reading books aloud to their children more often. The post Scholastic’s New ‘Kids & Family Reading’ Report: Reading Aloud Is Up appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kids’ market climbs in WBD week

World Book Day director Kirsten Grant right has praised this year’s “phenomenal” event, which saw children’s book sales rise by 24.7% in WBD week, despite sales of the £1 WBD titles falling by 5.8% year on year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty Shades is 'most embarrassing read' for Mumsnet users

Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James has been voted the "most embarrassing book in the world", according to Mumsnet users. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CI4: Kate DiCamillo Champions Summer Reading

Two-time Newbery Medalist DiCamillo on growing up in a town with no bookstore, and how important it is for kids to read in the summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC relaunches Love To Read campaign at Hay

The BBC today relaunched Love to Read, a campaign that celebrates reading for pleasure, at Hay Festival.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Tony Read

Tony Read leaves a legacy of improving educational facilities in a number of developing countries, writes Amanda Buchan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First look at the Potter family from upcoming play 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'

It’s been 19 years since the events of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and boy does it show. The first images of upcoming West End stage play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” written by English playwright Jack Thorne and based on a story from Thorne and “Potter” scribe J.K. Rowling,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viral video: Star Trek Beyond and Game of Thrones meets Family Guy

Laughing Star Wars Chewbacca mask lady drives James Corden to work, Simpsons actor has a treat for graduates and a very happy wolfGame of Thrones fans who enjoy the cutting jibes and razor-sharp wit of Tyrion Lannister will love our Family Guy parody featuring Stewie Griffin as the Peter... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inaugural Little Free Library Fest Celebrates Reading, Community

On Saturday, which also happened to be National Readathon Day, the Minneapolis nonprofit Little Free Library hosted its first-ever Little Free Library Festival, featuring book swaps and the building of 100 little free libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bibliovore is a stylish eBook reading app for Windows

Windows 10 has native support for PDF, but if ePub is your preferred reading format then you’ll still need to find a third-party viewer. Bibliovore is a good-looking eBook reader and manager app for Windows 8.1 and later. The app imports individual ePub and PDF files, and can also scan and open... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Content Next reports recommendations for reaching the ad-blocking audience

As the population of people using ad blocking software has grown, publishers are increasingly recognizing that they have to find a way to address those people a different way. Digital Content Next, a trade group for premium publishers, has shared recommendations, which came out of meetings with... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg, Fortune, Money, and The Hollywood Reporter Among Loeb Award Finalists

Two separate Bloomberg magazine titles earn finalist nods for the 2016 awards honoring the best in business and financial journalism. The post Bloomberg, Fortune, Money, and The Hollywood Reporter Among Loeb Award Finalists appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cursed Child leads retailers’ summer reads

Booksellers are preparing for another blockbuster summer of sales, with a second successive year of “event publishing” shoring up the industry in the sunny season, and one retailer declaring “we feel like we are winning again”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Dudes Reading Instagram is now a hot book

People who love to see hot dudes reading â€” and really, isn't that most of us? â€” love the wildly popular Instagram account dedicated to capturing them in the act.  Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Report Shows Importance of Digital to Canadian Pubs

The third annual report from BookNet Canada, released this week, found that 14% of Canadian publishers earned 30% of their revenue from ebooks in 2015, up from 8% the year before. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Epic Success in Kids' E-Book Subscription

Children's ebook subscription service Epic, based in Redwood City, Calif., is one company that is bucking the naysaying trends. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here's what Bill Gates says you should read this summer

Oprah has her book club. Mark Zuckerberg had his Year of Books. And Bill Gates has his annual reading lists — book recommendations shared each year by the Microsoft founder and philanthropist. Gates' 2016 list of summertime reads, complete with an animated video describing his picks, was released... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crown Reboots Book Discovery Site Read It Forward

The website, which hosts a digital community of more than 385,000 readers, has undergone a significant facelift and will place a heavier influence on long-form content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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43 percent of Facebook users don’t know where the stories they read originally appeared

With publishers under pressure to distribute their content directly onto social media platforms, the nagging question for many is whether their brands are diluted by being disconnected from their source. New research from Digital Content Next found that 57 percent of the time, people are aware... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: It’s Show Time! Kids’ Events on Author Stages: Act II

Children’s authors will be front and center on the Uptown Stage today, when back-to-back kids’ programming takes place. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Marie Benedict: Einstein’s Family Helper

The first Einstein is Albert. The “other” Einstein is Mileva Maric, the first wife of the famous physicist, whose role in helping to formulate the special theory of relativity in 1905 has been speculated on, but never really known—with the truth mostly lost to history. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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