The Reading Agency is planning an evaluation of the Summer Reading Challenge after receiving an award of £120,000 from Arts Council England. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Former prime minister tells BBC Radio 4 that learning about the Russian revolutionary was ‘like a light going on’Tony Blair has said that he “toyed with Marxism” as a young man after being inspired by a biography of Leon Trotsky that detailed “extraordinary causes and injustices”.The former... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On April Fools' Day this year, Amazon spoofed itself with an introduction to PetLexa, an animal-friendly version of its Alexa voice assistant. Now, it's actually releasing something real--audiobooks for animals. Today, Audible announced a new brand of books with Cesar Millan, a longtime dog... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Quarto Group announced this morning that it has received a takeover offer from an unidentified party that the company’s board believes to be “attractive and reflective of the inherent value of the business.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, Joanna Trollope, Lemn Sissay and Joanne Harris are throwing their weight behind a five day yoga challenge next week, organised by The Society of Authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cost-cutting move aims to save educational publisher around £300m a year with a 10% cut in global staff after biggest loss in history in 2016Pearson is to cut 3,000 jobs as the embattled company looks to slash costs after a slump at its US higher education business.The world’s largest education... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The worldwide educational publisher hopes to save 300 million pounds over the next three years by reducing headcount. Pearson also reported that sales at PRH fell slightly in the first half of 2017, but that profits rose. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Relic Hunters by David Leadbeater is inaugural winner of online retailer’s DIY publishing prizeThe writer David Leadbeater has struck gold with his self-published archaeological thriller, The Relic Hunters, scooping up the first Amazon Kindle Storyteller award.Leadbeater pronounced it “a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wildfires blazing across the south of France have forced the emergency evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists. The French authorities said they had moved to safety around 12,000 people — most of whom are vacationing on its Mediterranean coast in camping sites and holiday homes — as... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joe Wicks has claimed three spots on a ranking of Amazon’s top 10 bestselling print books, in a list dominated by non-fiction and lifestyle titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In June, the paperback edition of The Fire Line: The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a book about the 2013 Yarnell Fire in Arizona and death of 19 specialty firefighters, arrived on the wings of a Spur prize from the Western Writers of America for Best First Non-Fiction Book. Author... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK is bringing a children's imprint focused on Muslim characters and stories to the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reading app Amazon Rapids has extended its offering with Signature Stories, a feature which introduces stories from its TV shows. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With branded content hard to do profitably, publishers including Atlantic Media and Bloomberg Media are trying to offer strategic services on a retainer basis. The post ‘We’re building an end-to-end solution’: Bloomberg wants in on the agency business appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘So my $15m book deal got cancelled because a few snowflakes were upset over something I said about children. Well, diddums’This is the book people said couldn’t be published because I was so dangerous. Well, you don’t get to silence The World’s Most Dangerous Faggot that easily. Have I said... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Tennant will read the audio version of Cressida Cowell’s The Wizard of Once (Hodder Children’s Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From a city-wide book exchange in Latvia to a ‘New Writers Festival’ in Greece, European book fairs have a wide array of approaches to promoting reading, revealed in an Aldus report. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Not the Normal Book Presentation Routine’ ollowing the... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From an examination of an iconic record to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a classic movie, these releases offer a variety to baseball book lovers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The re-launched Cundill History Prize received double the number of entries compared to last year, it has been revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A five-week summer program created by the L.A. Review of Books is currently underway at USC to help people break into the publishing industry. But that industry, despite having some local stars, is centered 3,000 miles away. “We do want to make people job ready," said LARB publisher and editor... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Emily Clarkson, Sarah Vaughan and Chris Carter were among those who attended the first Simon & Schuster Author Summer Drinks Party. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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