Many parents want their kids to be bilingual but don’t have the tools to teach them. Enter Habbi Habbi, a platform that makes learning new languages fun. My 3-year-old has been playing in her room by herself for an hour. I’m beginning to worry she is up to no good: Is she “decorating” her walls with a Sharpie or perhaps systematically pulling out tufts of wool from her rug? But I take a peek, and there she is, right where I left her, flipping through a bilingual picture book full of Spanish and English words created by a new startup called Habbi Habbi.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
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Pearson and Harvard Business Review Press are both strong on the 25-strong shortlist for the £5,000 2017 Management Book of the Year, announced by The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the British Library. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has pre-empted rights to a book by former publishers Rose Davidson and Arzu Tahsin, entitled Crafty Therapy: A Guide to Making and Mending Yourself. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week's hot books include an Italian thriller that is the first in a new series and a new novel from 'History of Bees' author Maja Lunde. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Super Thursday publication of Dawn French’s Me·You A Diary was met with the approval of one mega fan, who promptly had the book's cover art tattooed on her body the day after publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Hachette Book Group's joint imprint with the Weinstein Company will honor its authors' contracts, but no further plans have been made for Weinstein Books in the wake of sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week's book to film deals include a TV deal for the new book by Robert Harris, and a TV deal for a memoir by Tina Brown. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles is poised to launch a subscription book club as it positions itself to capitalise on Christmas trading in the final quarter of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Troubled publisher Freight Books has been accused of "rubbing salt in the wound" by sending an email to writers asking if they wanted to buy their own books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperFiction has signed bestselling saga writer Dilly Court for another six books in a "major" six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Like certain comets, books by Jeffrey Eugenides appear only rarely. Since 1993 he has dropped a novel a decade: The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex, which won a Pulitzer Prize, and most recently The Marriage Plot. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a market of 197 million people and a strong youthful contingent, Pakistan's industry is looking to expand December's Karachi International Book Fair. The post One Book Fair to Another: Karachi Makes Its Case at Frankfurter Buchmesse appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors David Walliams, David Nicholls and S J Watson are among those who have pledged money to crowdfund the publication of journalist Matt Cain’s book after it was rejected more than 30 times by traditional publishers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mitchell Beazley has acquired new cookbook from award-winning food writer Diana Henry, called How To Eat A Peach: Menus, stories and places. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With its digital-first Rebel Base Books imprint, Kensington is launching into sci-fi and fantasy publishing (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are to open the Frankfurt Book Fair on Tuesday 10th October, symbolising their commitment to a "strong, unified Europe". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Flame collects unpublished poetry, as well as notebook entries and song lyrics, and offers ‘an intimate look inside the life and mind of a singular artist’A book of Leonard Cohen’s final poems, completed in the months before his death and tackling “the flame and how our culture threatened... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: Alice Hoffman's prequel to 'Practical Magic,' the man who captured Lincoln's ghost, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow will publish two books, a short story collection and a "biographical celebration", celebrating girls and women. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The historian’s next book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, will ask ‘what should we teach children today to prepare them for the world of tomorrow’ and promises a sweeping look at the futureFaced with a world stuck in “nostalgic fantasies about going back to the past”, where politicians are “no... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While big advances are nothing new in the heady days before a major rights fair, the fact that at least five books—two novels and three nonfiction titles—have sold for $1 million (or more), indicates that publishers are going to Germany ready to splash some cash. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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