Sheikh Zayed Book Award Shortlists: Literature, Children’s Literature, and Young Author

The three shortlists announced today comprise nine titles selected from a total 39 longlisted works. Winners are to be named in May. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Shortlists: Literature, Children’s Literature, and Young Author appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Middle Eastern online bookseller plans to create a banned books section

Ala Alsallal, founder of the website Jamalon, says there will be an entire section on the website devoted to selling banned books. Alsallal hopes to make banning books so pointless that governments stop doing so. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Hachette lays off 3% of staff amid book prices row with Amazon

US publisher will cut staff as 'cost-saving initiative' while row with Amazon continues to hamper ability to sell booksHachette, the multinational book publisher embroiled in a public spat with Amazon, announced that it will be laying off about 3% of its staff on Thursday."Today, we had to make... Continue reading at The Guardian

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The Audio Book Club Reads Americanah

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 9, 2014

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Hillman, Carson Awarded $65,000 Poetry Prizes

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Penguin Random U.K. Creates Single Children's Division

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Magazine publisher ShortList Media reports losses of almost £1m

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Authors on the Air June 5, 2014: Thom Shea

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Libraries can digitize books without consent, says top EU court advisor

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This Week in Children's Apps: June 5, 2014

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RosettaBooks Debuts Mobile E-book App

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Publishers may hate Amazon, but the retailer may be helping us read more books

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