Tesco's grown from supermarket heavyweight to digital content contender thanks to its paid Blinkbox TV / movie and music streaming services, Clubcard TV ad-supported video platform and in-development ebook store. According to The Times, Tesco's about to get into the hardware business, too, with the launch of homegrown tablet sometime before Christmas. Details of the rumored device are non-existent, but it's said to come loaded with video, music and ebooks, as well as apps for Tesco's online shopping, banking and Blinkbox services. It's a completely plausible next step for the company, and would mimic Amazon and Google's model of selling low-cost hardware, in part, to showcase their digital content offerings. Presumably, there's also scope for a 3G variant running on Tesco Mobile. We'd guess that if the retailer does release a tablet, it'll run Android and be extremely budget-friendly -- it'll have to be to go up against the new Nexus 7 and Amazon's Fire slates (let alone the rumored next-gen). As always, we've hit up Tesco for confirmation and comment, and will update you if we hear anything back. Filed under: Tablets Comments Via: PC Advisor Source: The Sunday Times (paywalled) Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US Prime members can now get unlimited access to a rotating selection of reading materials. The post Amazon Adds Free Books to the Ever-Growing List of Prime Benefits appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) is to launch two new imprints in 2017: Pat-a-Cake, which will publish early learning titles for the pre-school market; and Wren & Rook, which will produce non-fiction for young readers up to YA age. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Swedish book chain Pocket Shop has opened its first UK store, offering 25% off titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Northern European bookshop chain Pocket Shop is to open its first UK branch in Birmingham Airport this July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Janetta Otter-Barry, the founder of independent publisher Otter-Barry Books, is hoping to publish new voices in children’s poetry with her new list. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kik has launched its own chatbot shop, further opening the floodgates to users who want to engage with messaging apps from brands and publishers arriving on the Canadian messaging platform. Starting today, Kik's Bot Shop will begin allowing users to download bots for entertainment, customer... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Mary Hoffman and her husband Stephen Barber are launching an independent publishing house, The Greystones Press, as an “alternative to commercially driven major publishers”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British Library Publishing is launching a children’s list, starting in March 2016 with two activity books in a series entitled My Book of Stories. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has unveiled a new line of curated science fiction and fantasy titles. The eponymous line will be overseen by one of the editors of the publisher's Best American series, John Joseph Adams. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has launched a new budget tablet for under £50. The device will be priced at £49.99 and will include a 7 inch IPS display, “all-day” battery life and the new Amazon content ecosystem – Amazon Underground. Through Amazon Underground, customers can shop for items including books and movies... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Hoots!, a new illustrated imprint led by Suzanne Carnell, picture book publisher at Macmillan Children’s Books, will release its first book in March 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Take and Popular understand how magazines are fundamentally different from other media. The post Two New Magazine Launches Are So Good, You’ll Hear Music appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The German digital literary scene boasts a new bestseller list: the Tolino Ebook Bestseller List. Tolino, a German bookseller alliance, is Germany’s counterpart to Amazon. The post Move Over, Kindle Charts: Tolino Launches Ebook Bestseller List appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s is adding books by Noel Streatfeild, Erich Kastner and Anne Fine to its A Puffin Book list of classic children’s titles. PRH launched A Puffin Book last year to replace Puffin Modern Classics and is adding 20 further titles to the list in July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon UK has launched a subscription service for children that includes ebooks, educational apps, videos and games. The company has launched the service at the same time as revealing a new Amazon Fire Tablet aimed at children, priced £119 and upwards. The subscription service called Fire for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alma Books is launching a children’s and YA list of classic and translated titles and is hiring illustrators such as Axel Scheffler and Chris Mould. Alessandro Gallenzi, co-publisher at Alma, will launch 10 titles this September and 25 next year under the Alma imprint, and says the list is a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Japanese novelist is joined by Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in famous ranking of the people ‘shaping the future’Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has been named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine, backed by Yoko Ono as “a valuable voice for peace” as Japan’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Boston-based press is positioning itself for growth with two new senior editors, one in New York City and one in Chicago, who will help it increase its list from 35 to 45 titles a year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray Publishers is to launch a new list this year, focussing on “fresh and distinctive writing” and books that “provoke and entertain”. JM Originals will publish its first two titles in July, and is today opening a competition to the public to launch the covers for the books. The list... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Galley Beggar Press will launch a new short story list in 2015 to help lesser-known writers, for whom “getting a collection out there is still something of a battle”. Galley Beggar Press co-founder Eloise Millar told The Bookseller that “publishers have an obligation to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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