TBJ Plus: Canes to honor zamboni driver/goalie; Epic Games tech behind Disney's Mandalorian; NC near top on Amazon list

EPIC IS THE WAY: "The Mandalorian" has proven to be a big hit for Disney and its streaming service, Disney+ – and a Cary company helps make the magic come to life on the screen. Epic Games is helping Lucasfilm produce what design, tech and science fiction site Gizmodo called "real-time digital sets using a semicircular LED video wall" and the Cary company's Unreal engine. In other words, Epic's work helps render settings and stream it to huge LED video walls. According to Gizmodo, it allows the… Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'

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Magazine ABCs: Glamour and Good Housekeeping top PPA's combined ranking

Condé Nast's Glamour and Hearst's Good Housekeeping the inaugural rankings of the combined print and digital magazine circulations, compiled by the Professional Publishers Association today. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Moves Closer to Selling Used Ebooks

Amazon has patented a technology that allows customers to sell their previously read ebooks, audiobooks, music and movies in the same way that they can now sell print books, DVDs, and CDs. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fast Diet tops chart for third week

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebuck and Mackenzie make Woman's Hour's top 100

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus Children's to expand list by 50%

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As E-books Grow, So Does Amazon

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fast Diet holds top spot in healthy sales week

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should Book Prizes Try Harder to Honor the Underappreciated?

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Stuff | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tops for Kids: Newberry, Caldecott, and Printz Award Winners

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's E-Book Business Is Up 70 Percent, but It's Still Not Disclosing Kindle Sales

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[ AllThingsD | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon reports record sales growth

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[ Folio Magazine | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon 'to put advertising on Kindles'

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Bologna Children’s Book Fair Honors “Best Publishers” with New Prizes

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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