Toronto breaks 86-year temperature record as unseasonable warmth hits

Temperatures are soaring across Ontario, with Toronto breaking a daily record and other cities poised to follow suit. The temperature cracked 11 C by 10 a.m. Friday at Toronto Pearson International Airport, busting a daily record set on the same day in 1938. Continue reading at 'CBC'

[ CBC | 2024-02-09 17:27:50 UTC ]
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Biteback buys Trierweiler's hit memoir

Biteback has signed UK and Commonwealth rights to the memoir of Valérie Trierweiler, the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine editor John Mack Carter dies at 86

An editor whose long career in women's magazines included 20 years as editor-in-chief at Good Housekeeping has died. John Mack Carter was 86. A statement from Hearst Corp. said Mr. Carter died... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2014-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JukePop Hits Kickstarter for Funding

JukePop, an ebook platform that provides book discovery for self-published authors by offering libraries and traditional publishers the ability to identify popular indie works, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $15,000. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shortlist Announced for 'FT,' McKinsey & Co Business Book of the Year Award

The winner will be announced at a dinner ceremony on November 11 in London, and will receive £30,000, with each shortlisted author receiving £10,000. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson targets literacy with five-year project

Pearson is launching a five-year project on literacy by inviting people to contribute tips on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AAP records 3.9% revenue rise to May 2014

Growth of 3.9% in net revenue for the overall trade publishing sector in the US for the first... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster Looks Back at a Year of E-book Subscription

A year after its launch, ebook subscription service Oyster, has added tens of thousands of titles, scores of new publishers and appears to be attracting more subscribers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books donated to fire-hit art school

Glasgow School of Art replaces 22% of its most popular books that were lost in a fire at its Mackintosh building in June. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Android apps break out of the small screen and jump to Chromebooks

A lot of Google services have transitioned to gain the title of "apps", and the same is true of a large number of extensions for the Chrome browser. These online tools are essentially cross-platforms apps that work identically Now Google is taking another step to break out of the confines of... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SPX 2014 Marks 20 Years Celebrating Small Press Comics

SPX, an annual festival for independent and self-published comics, opens this weekend, September 13-14 in North Bethesda, Maryland with such artists as Lynda Barry, Keith Knight, Charles Burns and others. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guinness World Records celebrates its 60th

Guinness World Records (GWR) will unveil a special 60th anniversary edition in a global press... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Calvin Harris' Summer single is a million-dollar hit on Spotify

But how much the star will take home from his 160m streams depends on his label and publishing deals Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Brown Hits the List

Sandra Brown’s 'Mean Streak,' published August 19, debuted on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list at #2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Men's Fitness: 15 years of covers - in pictures

As the Dennis Publishing title relaunches, we look back at how its covers have changed since its launch in 1999. The new-look magazine offers a bolder design, streamlined sections and new content, aiming for what its publishing director describes as a broader spectrum approach to fitness. Its... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt's LitAg Draws Record Numbers for 2014 Fair

Some 308 agencies from 33 countries are booked for the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair, including 72 U.S. agencies. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Toronto Book Fair Unveils Lineup

Organizers of INSPIRE! Toronto's new book fair announced star author lineup they hope will draw crowds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gritty memoir from the author of 'Little House on the Prairie' to hit shelves this fall

Some of the material from Laura Ingalls Wilder's autobiography, 'Pioneer Girl,' was used as a basis for the famed children's book series, but many of the more intense scenes were considered inappropriate for children. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orwell estate hits back at Amazon's corporate 'doublespeak'

Internet retailer accused of using tactics from Orwell's 1984 in war of words with the publisher HachetteRepresentatives of George Orwell have described Amazon's selective quoting of the Nineteen Eighty-Four author as "dystopian and shameless" and "as close as one can get to the Ministry of... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NME hits a new low in print sales

Title trails last in music magazine sector, selling fewer than 15,000 copies in first half of year Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Total Moblie Ad Spend Almost Doubled Last Year

Mobile may be next frontier for publishing, but readers have migrated to the platform faster than advertisers—that gap could be closing though. Global mobile advertising revenue nearly doubled in 2013, totaling $19.3 billion, according to a report from the Intera Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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