What do you want from a website dedicated to the future of the book industry? I'll tell you what I don't. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#website dedicated
#book industry
Two new reports from the UK's Academic Book of the Future call for stakeholders in academic publishing tto formalize their collaboration in order to make advancements and improvements. The post The UK’s ‘Academic Book of the Future’ Project: Two Key Reports appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#academic book
The Potion Diaries author Amy Alward has signed a new series with Simon & Schuster, set in a near-future society where mobile phones have been replaced by “smart pets”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#simon schuster
#mobile phones
Reshma Saujani, founder of the national nonprofit Girls Who Code, told librarians that getting young girls interested in technology is the key to better future—and urged them to help her “change the culture” that is pushing girls away from coding, and computers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#told librarians
#pushing girls
For 33 years, Galaxy Press has been promoting the work of science fiction and fantasy writers and illustrators through the annual L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future contests. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#science fiction
#fantasy writers
Dominique De-Light blogs about why Creative Future is determined to help underrepresented writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#underrepresented writers
#creative future
Imagine the forecasters are right, and that print will die and social media rises to domination. What would the 2042 general election be like then?It was the week when the fake news furore went legacy-viral. Facebook bought full-page print ads in national dailies featuring 10 tips for spotting... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#fake news
"Publishers everywhere are looking for answers, but this is an area European publishers are leading." The post ‘The future of their businesses is at stake’: European publishers are exploring alternatives to the duopoly appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#duopoly appeared
#european publishers
Authors and agents have expressed concern about the future of Scottish independent publisher Freight Books following the departure of co-founder and director Adrian Searle earlier this week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#expressed concern
#freight books
As major universities like UC Berkeley abandon traditional book collections, the role of campus libraries is starting to look a little different from the good old days of an offline era. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#campus library
Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update rides the coattails of the desktop OS, heavily leaning on improvements in Cortana and Edge to nudge Microsoft’s nearly comatose mobile platform further ahead.As the free upgrade rolls out Tuesday, our review of the Creators Update can't help but... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
As HarperCollins celebrates its 200th anniversary, archivist Dawn Sinclair delves into the HarperCollins archive. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#200th anniversary
A charity with nearly two centuries under its belt is looking to the future with a bursary aimed at catalysing a love of print among publishing’s young staffers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Hachette UK has launched a new diversity initiative, a creative writing hub called The Future Bookshelf, to make publishing more accessible for writers who feel they aren’t well represented by the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#underrepresented writers
#hachette uk
The elimination of the NEA, which is proposed in President Trump's just-released budget plan, could have a severe ripple effect on independent publishing, as hundreds of small presses depend on funding from the NEA to stay afloat. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#president trump
#independent publishing
#stay afloat
As the publishing world gathers for the London Book Fair, now ten years after the birth of the iPhone and the Kindle, Kristen McLean surveys the storytelling landscape. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#ten years
With Family Christian Stores closing all 240 of its outlet, publishers will have fewer ways of getting their religious materials in front of consumers in bricks-and-mortar locations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#family christian
#bricks-and-mortar locations
Mark Piesing looks at the opportunities and challenges for Pearson in the UK market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#uk market
#digital future
#mark piesing
Greg Hywood, himself a male champion of change, dismays staff by bringing in new management team that sidelines womenFairfax Media’s chief executive, Greg Hywood, has come under fire for appointing 10 men and just one woman to lead his “next generation publishing model”, part of the company’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#digital future
#management team
Fast Company talks with author Yuval Noah Harari, whose new book looks ahead and hazards a few guesses on what's next for humanity. Fast Company talks with author Yuval Noah Harari, whose new book looks ahead and hazards a few guesses on what's next for humanity.Yuval Noah... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book club
#human history
#homo sapiens
#silicon valley
#bill gates
Future Publish's program at Leipzig Book Fair includes a tour, as literary fiction and free speech intersect at conferences in the US and UK. The post Germany’s ‘Future Publish’ at Leipzig; Faber’s Page and Europa’s Reynolds on Literature appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#post germany
#literature appeared
#literary fiction