Transworld pre-empts tribute to motorsport commentator Murray Walker

Transworld has pre-empted a tribute to Formula 1 commentator Murray Walker, who passed away in March at the age of 97. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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OUP pays tribute to Trollope

Oxford University Press (OUP) is republishing Anthony Trollope’s Barchester Chronicles... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Porcellino’s Pre-Existing Condition

In his longest, most revealing work, King Cat Comix's John Porcellino looks at an unknown but life threatening illness and its effect on his world, a story it took him 17 years to tell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hutchinson tribute to Attenborough

Cornerstone imprint Hutchinson has said staff are "saddened" by the death of director... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon and Disney are fighting, so you can't pre-order 'Guardians of the Galaxy' on Blu-ray

Neither side has confirmed it, but it looks like Amazon's latest pricing battle (after Warner Bros. and its ongoing battle with book publisher Hachette) is with Disney. That's why you can't pre-order a copy of Guardians of the Galaxy on DVD or... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2014-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Murray to be Frankfurt CEO Speaker

Brian Murray, president and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers, will be the sole speaker at the Frankfurt Book Fair’s annual CEO discussion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abrams ComicArts Plans 'Peanuts' Tribute, New Backderf Title

Abrams ComicArts will publish 'The Art of Peanuts in' Fall 2015 in conjunction with a new Peanuts feature film, in addition to 'Trashed,' a new book by Derf Backderf ('My Friend Dahmer') on garbage. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thai magazine editor arrested over his Facebook comments

A Thai magazine editor has been arrested for posting comments critical of the military on his Facebook page, reports Human Rights Watch (HRW).Thanapol Eawsakul, the editor of Fah Diew Khan (Same Sky) magazine, was detained on Saturday (5 July) and is expected to remain police custody for another... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs evacuee tale

Transworld has signed a book from David Merron, who was evacuated from the East End of London to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andy Murray guest edits the Beano

British tennis champion Andy Murray is marking this year’s Wimbledon championship by guest... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Commenting Conundrum

From the outside looking in, it may appear to non-newspaper folks that the industry is abandoning some of its principles&mdash;free speech, open conversation, introspection, cynicism&mdash;by shuttering a feature of online publishing that& ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First It Was Books. Now Amazon Has Frozen Warner Bros. DVD Pre-Orders

Amazon's war on content providers has apparently opened up another front. While the online behemoth is still embroiled in a dispute with Hachette that has led to the removal of the ability to pre-order that publisher's titles on the site, it now seems upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases from... Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: A Photographic Musical Tribute

Not every book opens with a page featuring a scrawled handwritten blurb from Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Feiffer’s Noir Classic Tribute

“Now in my 80s, in my second or third childhood, I’ve come back to the noir influence,” says Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist, author, and award-winning screenwriter and playwright, about Kill My Mother, an original graphic novel (Norton/Liveright, Aug.). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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