A look at recent books that use FaceTime, A.I. and other innovations to spice up the genre. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
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From explaining what 'juggalo' means to recipes for sweet potato bourbon noodle kugel, the website's guide is well worth a visitNo, not the Coco Chanel kind of style; the other kind: the writing and editing style that newspapers and websites follow to maintain accuracy, clarity and consistency.... Continue reading at The Guardian
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In an interview conducted by 'Potter' actress Emma Watson, Rowling said she's wondered whether she should have paired two of the characters, Ron and Hermione, romantically. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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In an interview conducted by 'Potter' actress Emma Watson, Rowling said she's wondered whether she should have paired two of the characters, Ron and Hermione, romantically. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Footlights, the screen legend's unseen prequel in prose to the film Limelight, reflects his sadness at declining stardomRead an extract from Footlights by Charlie ChaplinThe only work of prose fiction ever written by Charlie Chaplin, a dark, nostalgic novella which was the root of his great... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys (Headline Review) is to be made into a television series for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter author JK Rowling appears to suggest the boy wizard would have been a better match for Hermione Granger than Ron Weasley in a new magazine interview. Continue reading at BBC News
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Yesterday we called the pre-Super Bowl for Doritos, but a lot can happen overnight when you put a Clydesdale and a bunch of Labrador puppies in the same ad. Therefore, upon further review, we're reversing the call: Budweiser's "Puppy Love" is champion the pre-Super Bowl champion, really crushing... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caitlin Moran is to go on a “rock n roll literary tour” to promote her new book, How... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Follow Your Fantasy promises fresh spin on the genre pioneered in rather less risqué stories in the 1980sA threesome, sex with a stranger or work on a porn film: the choice will be yours, as HarperCollins prepares to launch an erotic version of the Choose Your Own Adventure books which were... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ex-employee accuses corporation of allowing 'inaccurate statements' to be made to MPs over failure of digital initiativeThe BBC chief technology officer dismissed over the failure of the Digital Media Initiative, the IT project scrapped last year at a cost of nearly £100m to licence fee payers,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has acquired world rights to Susan Barker’s The Incarnations, being described by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Linda Liukas's project, Hello Ruby, smashed its Kickstarter funding goal in under four hours.We know that the goal of teaching future generations to code will make big strides within the next year. There are already some pretty ambitious ideas out there, like video games and adorable yet highly... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Myrmidon has acquired the rights to Queen of Bedlam, a self-published debut novel by Laura... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A recent commentary in Jacobin raises the question of whether young people are being fed a lie about following their passionMany 20 and 30-somethings (if not those older and younger than that) grew up hearing the advice that all you need to do in life is "find your passion". The implication is... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The fifth installment of Digital Book World, the annual New York City conference on digital publishing, was held last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cold Comfort Farm author left two books unpublished on her death, says daughterThe novelist Stella Gibbons, who delighted a generation of girls with her rural satire Cold Comfort Farm, left behind two unpublished novels – including a ghost story – when she died in 1989, her family revealed this... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agent Scully actress will use her 'ingrained knowledge and rhythm' for SF to pen multi-volume EarthEnd SagaAfter delving into the paranormal for years as The X-Files' resident sceptic Dr Dana Scully, actor Gillian Anderson is set to create her own science-fictional universe – but this time in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Endgame, by the controversial author of A Million Little Pieces, sold in joint publishing and film dealJames Frey, best known for his partially-fabricated memoir A Million Little Pieces, has landed a reported $2m (£1.2m) film deal for his latest novel, a Hunger Games/Battle Royale-esque story... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The 5th annual Digital Book World conference opened with a look back over those five years and the vast changes in book publishing wrought by the transition to digital media. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp continues to fill out his leadership ranks as he prepares to spin off the publishing company from Time Warner later this year into a public entity. Today, he named Colin Bodell as evp and chief technology officer, a newly created role at Time Inc. Bodell will be charged... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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