Thomas Harding | 'We need to acknowledge and take responsibility for White Debt'

The latest book by award-winning non-fiction writer Thomas Harding is a searing account of an 1823 uprising that changed the discourse around slavery Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Amazon launches Kindle Matchbook: discounted ebooks for those who own the hard copy

When Amazon launched AutoRip, we looked at our bookshelves and wished that us readers would get something similar. Fortunately, the company had the same idea, and is now announcing Kindle Matchbook. In short, if you've bought one of 10,000 selected titles from Amazon, you'll be entitled to snag... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed's Jon Steinberg Trumpets Shift to Hard News

Adweek: Tell me about BuzzFeed’s Social Storytelling program, which you launched in May. Jon Steinberg: It’s very much evocative of the kind of authorization and training programs that we did when I was at Google [where Steinberg was strategic partner development manager on the company’s small... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tech firms' responses to latest NSA disclosures cloud the truth, experts say

Technology companies may be hiding behind legal jargon to avoid being more forthcoming in their responses to new documents on government surveillance that were disclosed Friday, some experts say. Internet and software companies including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and Facebook “are legally... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Responsive Design Doesn't Replace Native Apps

The app won’t die. Despite the recent flood of attention to responsive Web design, with its promise to provide users a consistent experience across devices, publishers—even the most progressive—remain committed to stand-alone mobile apps. Take BuzzFeed. The social news site would seem a likely... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Column: It's Hard Out There For a Publisher

Conventional wisdom says that entrepreneurs who start a Web-based business will do so with VC money. Read enough stories of Internet ventures that enjoy lucrative exits in the millions (in some cases billions) of dollars, and it’s easy to assume that the only path to success is to begin by... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key signs Snow White trilogy

Hot Key Books has signed Finnish author Salla Simukka's Snow White Trilogy, which has sold... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate wins 'heartbreaking' Matthew Thomas

Début novel We Are Not Ourselves by US author Matthew Thomas has been sold to Fourth... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curious George Learns Fiscal Responsibility

The famous monkey is getting a digital makeover and learning some important life lessons. After more than 70 years, Curious George is getting a reboot and entering the digital realm. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which publishes stories about the beloved, if often exasperating, monkey, is... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shine: 'hard to be enthusiastic' over Budget

Bridget Shine, executive director of the Independent Publishers Guild, has expressed caution over... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto looks to cut debt after 2012 revenue fall

Quarto has revealed plans to cut debt by divesting of businesses "detracting from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon makes White Glove push to agents

Amazon is pursuing more direct relationships with literary agents and authors, targeting them... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hilco buys HMV debt

Restructuring company Hilco has bought HMV’s debt, taking effective control of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More Rosie Thomas for HC

HarperFiction has secured a new two-book deal with author Rosie Thomas, continuing their... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Overwhelming' response to Foyles revamp plans

Foyles has said it has received an "overwhelming" response, including from heads of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacks Thomas to succeed Burtenshaw at LBF

Midas chief Jacks Thomas has been appointed senior exhibition director of the London Book Fair,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair Names Jacks Thomas as Director

Jacks Thomas, currently CEO at Midas PR, will take over as new director of the London Book Fair in January 2013, succeeding Alistair Burtenshaw. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Interest Builds in 'The White House Boys'

A report by NPR about the history of abuse at Florida’s Dozier School For Boys that referenced Roger Dean Kiser’s The White House Boys: An American Tragedy has given a spark to sales of the three-year-old title. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can a White Author Write Black Characters?

When a man routinely hailed as one of America’s “greatest living writers” publishes a new novel, one hardly expects it to draw reviews posing questions along the lines of “Can he do it? Can he actually pull it off?” Because when you’re Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize winner, the act of writing a... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century buys White memoir

Century has acquired a memoir by Carole White, co-founder of Premier Model Management, which has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author acknowledges fake Dylan quotes, resigns

A staff writer for The New Yorker has resigned and his latest book has been halted after he acknowledged inventing quotes by Bob Dylan. Jonah Lehrer released a statement Monday through his publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, saying that some Mr. Dylan quotes appearing in his book "Imagine: How... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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