The public is invited to choose a ‘Golden Booker’ from five decades of winners. Time will tell if future readers agreeThe passage of time, 50 years of literary hoo-ha, has been both cruel and kind to the Man Booker prize, which will next month celebrate its half-century (the majority of those years as the Booker) at the Royal Festival Hall. The world’s self-styled premier English-language literary prize has marked this milestone by inviting the public to vote on a “Golden Booker” chosen from five decades of winners.If its founding bookworms ever had serious aspirations for a trophy to rival Nobel or Goncourt, those hopes have long since been dashed. Most British readers are too indifferent, or too snooty, to go along with that kind of cultural agenda. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Hilary Mantel has been named the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Price for her novel, Bring Up The Bodies, making her the first British author to win the prestigious award twice. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hilary Mantel, winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize, has been picked as the favourite to win 2012... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to Be A Woman author Caitlin Moran is to join the judging panel for the 2013 Blue Peter Book... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstone's range manager Sarah Clarke, Ron Johns of Mabrecon Books (pictured) and Foyle... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's a big day in the world of ebooks, and not just for the crew at Amazon. Today, Judge Denise Cote approved settlement terms for three of the publishers accused by the Justice Department of price fixing. Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins each agreed to settle with the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a move that could reshape the publishing industry, a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation's largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of ebooks. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A judge has approved an ebook price-fixing settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and three book publishers. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A judge approved on Thursday a Justice Department settlement with three publishers accused of conspiring with Apple Inc and other publishers to push up the prices of electronic books. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A judge has approved the settlement in the US of three publishers accused of conspiring to fix... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins UK c.e.o. Victoria Barnsley has predicted that half her company’s revenue... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The success of 'Harry Potter, 'Twilight' and other has created a halo effect for the entire genre. And kids aren't the only ones doing it.For years, the book industry has been mired in debates about the plight of independent booksellers, the rise of Amazon and the fate of print as it struggles... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At a time when some university presses have cut back their publishing program or changed course, the MIT Press, which celebrated its first 50 years this spring, continues to look to the future—“relentlessly,” according to editorial director Gita Manaktala. “The retrospective glance doesn’t come... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Professor Damian Walford Davies has been appointed chair of Literature Wales, following the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Duckworth has teamed up with the Read Russia project to create a 125-volume... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E L James' Fifty Shades trilogy has once again shattered records, as The Bookseller reported... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A US judge on Friday set a 2013 trial date for a lawsuit from the US government accusing Apple and book publishers of conspiring to fix the prices of electronic books. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'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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'The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat' is a not-very-filling biography of the late Craig Claiborne, a food editor, restaurant critic and cookbook author who helped shape the modern American food world.The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A US district judge has denied a motion to dismiss the civil suits filed against five publishers... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A federal judge on Tuesday denied Apple and several major book publishers’ motions to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that accuses the companies of conspiring to control the price of ebooks. In denying the request, Judge Denise Cote of the ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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