The UK’s 2018 ‘Building Inclusivity’ Conference: A Safe Place for Discussion

The 2018 'Building Inclusivity in Publishing' conference from London Book Fair and the UK's Publishers Association was a half-day program. The post The UK’s 2018 ‘Building Inclusivity’ Conference: A Safe Place for Discussion appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Across the Pond: Licensing in the UK 2013

Trends in licensed publishing are similar in the U.K. and the U.S. in many ways. “The market has changed with the recession,” explained David Riley, managing director of Egmont U.K. “Retailers are more conservative, smaller amounts of money are changing hands in the acquisition of licenses, and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon brings digital currency to UK

Amazon has launched its own digital currency for apps and games in the UK, six months after the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Sedaris on UK tour

American literary funnyman David Sedaris is going on a UK tour with his show An Evening With... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicola Griffith discusses 'Hild,' the girl who would be saint

Nicola Griffith's radical departure from her previous fiction results in the 7th century epic 'Hild.'Author Nicola Griffith is as unpredictable and fascinating as one of her heroines. Her first two novels, "Ammonite" and "Slow River" (which won a Nebula Award), were science fiction. And from... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK indies: 'We won't stock Kindle'

Independent booksellers on both sides of the Atlantic have reacted with suspicion towards news of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Star Wars: How to build your own Death Star

Blueprints for the Death Star battle station that featured in the Star Wars films have been published by maintenance book publishers Haynes.     Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald

[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK appoints senior finance team

The group finance director at Random House Group, Mark Gardiner, has been appointed as Penguin... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amina Cain builds slow, intimate portraits in 'Creature'

In 'Creature,' Amina Cain presents personal tales of female characters at loose ends.The peril of reading literary short stories is that one tends to encounter characters who behave not like you or me but like the kind of people one finds only in short stories. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World Book Night UK undergoes important changes for 2014

For the UK celebration, fewer books will be given to volunteers to distribute, but they will be freer give away other titles instead. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Putting Print In Its Place

New York—Print isn't dead for many of those honored at the Folio: 100 breakfast Wednesday morning at MediaNext. "You need a very, very strong print product," said Rance Crain, president of b-to-b publisher Crain Comm Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK Newspapers Fail to Block Royal Charter on Press Regulation

London (CNN) -- UK newspaper and magazine publishers lost a High Court bid Wednesday to block the progress of a government-backed royal charter on press regulation. The royal charter, which has cross-party backing, was due to go before the Privy Co ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK’s YUDU Sees Future in Apple’s iBooks Platform. Do You?

British multi-platform publisher YUDU is favoring publishing in the robust iBooks platform over stand-alone apps, which entail greater expense and risk. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Confront Digital at Conference: 'Magazines Are the Original Native Ads'

Joe Ripp, the newly installed CEO at Time Inc., has spent the first eight weeks on the job firing up his troops for the company's spinoff from Time Warner next year. On Wednesday, he seemed intent on rallying the magazine industry as a whole."We're not really competing with each other," Mr. Ripp... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Haynes up in first quarter, bar UK

UK sales for the Haynes Group fell by 6% year-on-year in the first quarter, according to an... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: Post-Amazon, Goodreads Still a Place for Book Lovers

Director of author marketing, Pat Brown, spoke about how the company remains, even after being acquired by Amazon, a place for authors and their fans. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology Helps News UK Increase Reader Engagement

News UK (formerly News International) installed a new KODAK PROSPER S30 Imprinting System, bringing the total to 22 PROSPER S30s installed by the British newspaper publisher, a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corp.   The current publisher ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New UK e-businesses head to Frankfurt

Sainsbury’s, Tesco’s and Blackwell’s new ebook divisions will make their first... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Run, Brother, Run' author David Berg discusses his brother's murder – a crime made famous for the wrong reasons

Berg's memoir chronicles the death of his brother and the aftereffects of the crime. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BlackBerry cancels Q2 earnings conference call and webcast

Tomorrow was supposed to the day BlackBerry held a conference call and webcast to discuss its Q2 earnings, but the company has now cancelled this. Complete second quarter financial results will still be released tomorrow (Friday, 27 September) at 7:00am ET, but there will now be no public... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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