Supernatural coming-of-age debut to Zaffre

Bonnier Zaffre has acquired Amanda Mason’s debut novel, The Wayward Girls - a supernatural coming-of-age story exploring the relationship between two sisters. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Time To Unpackage: Publishing In The Age Of Social Media

Social media is young and its impact on news publishing is still unfolding. It&rsquo;s unlikely that sharing and commenting will be the only major trends to emerge from the social revolution. News publishers, already beset by extraordinary change ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Bookless libraries' – has it really come to this?

A growing number of public and college libraries are deciding to remove paper-and-ink books from their shelves. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder pre-empts 'exceptional' debut

Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted world rights in debut novel The Universe Versus Alex Woods... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble brings out Nook for Web, comes full circle with e-reading (update: not on iOS)

We'd say it's about time. Although it's almost two years late to the party, Barnes & Noble is responding to Amazon's Kindle for the Web with Nook for Web. Much like its counterpart across the virtual aisle, the Nook web edition lets readers browse free samples and whole books entirely from a... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador wins auction for Iceland debut

Picador has won a hotly-contested auction for Burial Rites, a debut novel set in Iceland in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld buys bestselling US debut

Transworld has acquired a debut novel which has already sold over 250,000 copies in the US,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should young adult books have age ratings?

Author G.P. Taylor says 'children's literature has gone too far' and advocates a ratings system like that for movies or video games. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cheryl Cole autobiography coming this autumn

HarperCollins has bought world rights to the autobiography of singer Cheryl Cole and will publish... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline buys Jo Brand book on middle age

Headline has acquired a new book by comedian and actress Jo Brand, described as "the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'What comes next' revealed at Futurebook workshop

Awesome founder Jeff Norton; Sarah Ellis, digital producer of the Royal Shakespeare Company; and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter 'Book of Spells' will come to life via Sony

J.K. Rowling's 'Book of Spells' will allow players to wave wands and cast spells using Wonderbook technology. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Review: 'When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man' a strong debut

'When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man' is the first novel from Nick Dybek, son Stuart Dybek, and centers on a threat to a fishing community's way of life.The title of Nick Dybek's debut novel, "When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man," hints at transitions to come, and the phrase "was still"... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Future plc iPad App Sales Hit $5 Million Since Newsstand Debut

In its interim statement for its fiscal half-year ending March 2012, enthusiast publisher Future plc is reporting a quickly growing digital operation. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zimbabwe debut to Chatto

Chatto & Windus has won a six-figure auction for a debut novel said to have a "purist... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Hails the Age of the Tablet, Says Readers are Willing to Pay More for Tablet Editions

London, England &ndash; The World e-Reading Congress drew a number of influential speakers in London today, including Duncan Edwards, CEO of Hearst Magazines International, who highlighted the striking rise of tablet publishing. Hearst is ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alohomora! Free Harry Potter books coming to Kindle

Harry Potter has joined the Kindle lending library.Amazon.com announced Thursday that on June 19, the ebook editions of J.K. Rowling's seven Potter novels will become part of the Kindle service available to Amazon Prime subscribers. Members can download a book for free once a month. Amazon's... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter ebook loaners coming to your Kindle, if you're Primed

Amazon will never run out of copies of Harry Potter ebooks from its Lending Library. Thanks to a new agreement with Pottermore, on June 19th the entire seven-book collection will be among the 140,000 plus you can grab, provided, of course, that you're an Amazon Prime member. If you've forked... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter comes to Kindle

All the books in the Harry Potter series will arrive in the Kindle lending library – free for Amazon Prime members – on June 19. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'50 Shades of Grey' won't be coming to some libraries

'We do not collect erotica,' says one staff member at a library where the books will not be stocked. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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