British Library aims to trace writers, photographers and artists whose work appeared in magazine from 1972 to 1993It was radical, out there, with covers shouting from the news stands on subjects ranging from "Liberating Orgasm" to "Kitchen sink racism" and the prevalence of "disturbing images of women".Spare Rib charted the grassroots feminist movement through 239 editions from its 1972 launch to the magazine's demise in 1993.Its pages, produced after lengthy and challenging debate by the collective that ran it, reflected an era when, to quote co-founding editor Marsha Rowe, women were "changing the way we used language, the way we talked and dressed and lived".Now the British Library is embarking on one of its most ambitious projects, which it is hoped will result in the complete run of the magazine being digitised and accessible free on its website.It is ambitious because of the very ethos of a magazine run by a collective that accepted work from thousands of contributors – mainly women but also men – during its 21 years.Copyright laws demand the British Library locate and gain permission from the majority of them for the dream to become reality, so the call-out has been made to anyone who contributed to its design, illustration, words or photographs to get in touch. Although it is a feasibility study at this stage, the library needs as many contributors as possible to contact it by the end of January."It's such an iconic magazine of the women's liberation movement, and... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Consumer ebook market set to almost triple over next four years while PwC predicts sales of printed editions will fallThe ebook will overtake the paperback and hardback as Britons' preferred format for reading their favourite novels by 2018, according to a report. The UK consumer ebook market... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While some bookstores have traditionally specialized in signed first editions of rare books, a number of bookstores are finding success with signed first editions of current titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic is launching Storia School Edition and Core Clicks, two institutional ebook services that provide access to a database of fiction and nonfiction ebooks designed for pre-K through grade six. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The owners of West London independent Kew Bookshop have launched a petition to stop the planned... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonas Jonasson’s The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden debuted on Spain’s fiction chart at #1 during March. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Only two years after investment company ProCures bought the 16 Selexyz high street bookshops out... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller will be producing daily editions during this year's London Book Fair,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two businessmen have bought the freehold of Marlborough's only bookshop in order to keep it... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Myriad Editions has signed a debut novel, discovered during the publisher's annual Writer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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House, a design, decoration, food and lifestyle website, aims to reach 500,000 monthly users in four yearsCondé Nast is launching a online lifestyle offering closely resembling Pinterest, House, replacing its House & Garden and Easy Living websites.The publisher is launching House on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US current affairs magazine Newsweek relaunches its print edition just months after being bought over by digital news company IBT Media. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Currently soliciting crowdfunding, scheme hopes to transpose website's 2.6bn words onto paper for touring exhibitionIt would run to over a million pages, featuring more than four million articles by 20 million volunteers: an "record-breaking" new project to turn Wikipedia into 1,000 books has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The company has experienced success with its 'exclusive editions' program, in which B&N will release versions of popular tween and young adult titles with never-before-seen content. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titan Books's pulp imprint Hard Case Crime will be releasing two new editions of Stephen King's "Joyland," which it originally published in June 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsweek has delayed the rollout of its new print edition until early March, with a cover date of March 7, according to Jim Impoco, Newsweek's editor since September. The brand, which went all-digital at the end of 2012, had said last month that it planned to roll out a print revival in January... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adobe has released Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 on Windows and Mac, a major new version of its eBook manager. The tool, which helps users browse, organize and read both free and purchased eBooks in EPUB, PDF, and PDF/A formats, offers more secure DRM, improved PDF search tools and enhanced display... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s charity Save the Children took its Change The Story literacy campaign to the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should book publishing be all about profit? The success of OUP, despite its elitism, suggests notOUP is one of Britain's truly great institutions, up there, or nearly, with the NHS and the BBC. As in these other cases, its modern history has been largely dominated by the struggle to preserve its... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Liverpool Echo is to launch a Sunday edition on 19 January. Trinity Mirror's announcement comes soon after its closure of its weekly title, the Liverpool Post.Print sales of the Echo, which publishes from Monday to Saturday, stood at an average of 74,984 copies a day in the first six months... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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