Streeter to join e-lending panel

The government’s panel on ebook lending has gained a new member, with the addition of... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comcast joins Time Warner Cable in Consumer Reports' doghouse

The merger partners are two of America's least favorite cable companies, according to the magazine's new survey.Merger partners Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. are two of America's least favorite cable companies, according to a new survey from Consumer Reports.     Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Silverberg joins Open Road

Ira Silverberg, former literature director of the National Endowment for the Arts in the US, is... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Silverberg to Join Open Road

Ira Silverberg will join Open Road Media April 22 as a strategic adviser for author brands. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NCAC, ACLU Join Fray in So. Carolina Lit Controversy

The National Coalition Against Censorship and the American Civil Liberties Union have joined together to urge the South Carolina state senate's finance committee to retain state funding of two university reading programs under fire for assigning controversial books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Panel Mania: This One Summer

Cousins Jillian and Mariko Tamaki are back with their first graphic novel since the publication of the acclaimed "Skim" in 2008. The much-anticipated "This One Summer" follows the annual summer vacation of Rose, a teen girl, and her parents at a lake house in Awago Beach. A coming-of-age tale... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Join PW's Cookbook Webcast

This Friday, March 21, panelists will discuss the surprising places where cookbooks are selling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Blake joins PRH UK distribution

Penguin Random House UK Distribution has signed a deal with John Blake Publishing Ltd.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Panel Mania: The Bad-Ventures of Bobo Backslack

Bobo Backslack is the unluckiest person in all of North Dakota. All he wants is to work hard at his job, get a girlfriend, and make his mom proud, but all the forces, both natural and supernatural, seem to be working against him. "The Bad-ventures of Boboslack" is created by Jon Chadurjian and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Challenges and Rewards in Small Press Publishing: An AWP Panel

The panel centered on broadening audiences for independent literature while working under budgeting constraints in an oversaturated market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German publishers join collecting society to collect money from Google

Twelve German online news publishers have taken a 50 percent stake in collecting society VG Media, with the aim of receiving compensation from search engines that republish parts of news articles.Joining collecting society VG Media is the publishers’ first step toward collecting compensation... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aspinall joins Foyles board

Foyles has appointed the current managing director of London’s Bond Street Development... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dinaw Mengestu joins Sceptre

Dinaw Mengestu, who won the Guardian First Book Award in 2007 for his novel Children of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Gwyn Jones joins Scribe UK

Philip Gwyn Jones is to join Scribe UK this month in the newly-created part-time role of editor-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Nash Joins Byliner Staff

Richard Nash, former Small Demons v-p, content and community, is joining Byliner, the digital subscription reading service, as v-p, partnerships. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Mackenzie Smith joins Bell Lomax Moreton

The Bell Lomax Moreton Agency has appointed Helen Mackenzie Smith as a literary agent to find new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Uncle the elephant joins brave march of children's classics back into print

JP Martin's much-loved but unavailable stories have been recovered for the rest of us by one courageous readerLet joy be unconfined! Almost seven years ago, I bewailed the loss of Uncle, the wealthy, purple-clad elephant with the BA whose surreal adventures, superbly illustrated by Quentin... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Palgrave joins OASPA

Palgrave Macmillan has become a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Burns joins Bloomsbury as children’s sales director

Bloomsbury Publishing has appointed Elise Burns as children’s sales director. She will... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arnaud de Puyfontaine to join Vivendi

Cosmopolitan publisher Hearst's UK chief executive to move to French media conglomerate in early 2014 after four years in roleArnaud de Puyfontaine, the UK chief executive of Cosmopolitan publisher Hearst Magazines, is to join French media conglomerate Vivendi.De Puyfontaine, a former adviser to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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