TV presenter Stephen Fry is to judge an international competition, launched by literature and... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A panel at Digital Book World last week offered several insights on how ebook platforms are analyzing user data and what they have discovered. The post Ebook Platforms Know What, When and How You Read appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Want to know when your favourite author has a new book out? What festivals are lighting up your holidays? When the awards are being dished out? Check out our literary calendar for 2015, the year the new Children’s Laureate is announced…Have we missed anything? Email us at... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Francesca Simon, Malorie Blackman (pictured), Charlie Higson and Frank Cottrell Boyce are among the judges of this year’s 500 Words children’s short story writing competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has launched a new series of online courses starring S&S authors, who will "expand on and complement" their published work in video tutorials. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the attack at 'Charlie Hebdo,' PEN called for renewed efforts to protect "those working on the front lines of free expression.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The US judges hearing Apple's appeal against its price-fixing conviction have asked questions about the role of Amazon in the ebook market, giving hope for the appeal, it has been reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Robert Harris will chair the judging panel for the 2014 Costa Book of the Year. He will be joined by writers Maggie O’Farrell, Bernadine Evaristo, Jonathan Stroud, Owen Sheers and Wendy Moore, actress Dame Diana Rigg, the BBC’s economics editor Robert Peston, and actress Samantha... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Squirl, a Houston-based start-up company, plans to roll out, this month, the beta version of a location-based app intended to provide a high-tech portal between imaginary landscapes and their real world inspirations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary Review has launched a digital archive of all of its issues over the last 35 years for app and print subscribers. The digital archive ha been launched in conjunction with the announcement that all print subscribers to the magazine will also gain free access to the digital edition of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize shortlisted author Neel Mukherjee is among the judges for the 2015 Caine Prize, given to the best African short story written in English. Mukherjee joins a panel chaired by South African author Zoë Wicomb, journalist Zeinab Badawi, the University of Georgetown's Cóilín Parsons... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Denise Cote granted final approval from the bench to a deal that would settle money damages arising from Apple’s ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three top US book editors and one translator share their top tips for working with and editing literary translations. The post 5 Tips for Editing Literary Works in Translation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster, the ebook subscription service, is launching the 'Oyster Review,' an online literary journal that will publish original material on books and writing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Children's Books has acquired Now I’m Reading! a step-by-step series that guides beginning readers through to independent reading. The post Random House Kids Acquires Now I’m Reading! Platform appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lord Browne of Madingley, chairman of the Tate Galleries and a former chief executive of BP, will lead the judging panel for Pushkin House’s 2015 Russian Book Prize. Now in its third year, the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize, run in association with Waterstones, awards £5,000 to the best... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Green Party leader Natalie Bennett will join writer Anna Minton and philosophy lecturer Nina Power as guest judges for the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2015. The award, run by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers (ARB), celebrates non-fiction that is informed by socialist,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dulwich Books hosted its first literary festival over half-term, using the money it received as the winner of the Independent Bookshop of the Year award at the Bookseller Industry Awards in May. The south London bookshop won a £5,000 prize sponsored by Gardners for winning the award, and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Association chief executive Richard Mollet has warned that the new European Commission's drive to impose a digital single market risks undermining Europe's cultural diversity and will play into the hands of US-based platform companies. Jean-Claude Juncker's new commission, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brazil’s Bookcase Literary Agency has made a name for itself after just one year in business by connecting talented, independent authors with international publishers. The post Bookcase Literary Agency Makes a Global Splash with Self-Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wylie calls for fellow publishers to stand firm and not to blink during negotiations over ebook royalties with digital retailerHe is the sinister jackal of the literary world who counts Salman Rushdie, Philip Roth and Martin Amis among his formidable roster of clients.Andrew Wylie, arguably the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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