The new traveling Trio exhibit, which debuted at the SIBA trade show in September and celebrates Southern culture, will visit fairs, museums and bookstores around the Southeast. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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The collection consists of nearly 3500 titles, including a complete set of the magazine and about 15 linear feet of archival materials. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Whether we like it or not, Amazon nearly always launches its new products and services in the US first. It happened with its Fire-branded tablets, set-top box and smartphone. The same can be said for its all-you-can-read ebook service, Kindle... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding authors from small presses might be getting easier.It's tough being an indie author. These writers lack the marketing resources of those working with big publishing houses, making it difficult to get their works on the shelves of bookstores and libraries. Readers, meanwhile, often have... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The University of Texas Press has revived its translations of classic Latin American literature, bringing most of them into digital form for the first time. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Works that were nominated include 'The Innovators' by Walter Isaacson and 'Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?' by Roz Chast for the nonfiction prize as well as 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr and 'Station Eleven' by Emily St. John Mandel for the fiction award. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'Virtual Reality Beginners Guide' is a 40 page book in a box that includes a cardboard viewer that when assembled in combination with a smartphone turns into a VR headset viewer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 1st International Communication Forum on Chinese Culture was held in Qingdao, China on August 24 and 25, bringing together dozens of translators and sinologists from all over the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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The National Book Foundation has announced the 2014 National Book Award longlist for Young People’s Literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist Anu Partanen offers a preview of Finnish literature today, ahead of Finland's Guest of Honor program at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Eric-Shabazz Larkin's new collection of children's poetry, 'A Moose Boosh,' he combines playful and political poems about food and food culture with photographs "vandalized" with his own scribblings and doodles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon will launch its Fire Phone through the O2 network provider in the UK at the end of this... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Outi Mäkinen of Finland's Tammi publishing house talks about top Finnish authors and books that will be on display in Frankfurt and trends in Finnish fiction. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s has donated a rare book to help rebuild the Glasgow School of Art’s (GSA... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Popular Scandinavian authors including Jo Nesbø and Stieg Larsson drive growing domestic demand for translated booksBritish readers are devouring foreign fiction in record numbers amid a mini-boom in translated novels, inspired by the success of Scandinavian authors such as Jo Nesbø.Among a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven U.K. Small Presses have banded together to bring wider retail distribution and greater sales to their graphic novels in the U.S. comics market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audrey Niffenegger is writing a sequel to her best-selling debut novel The Time Traveler’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ron English, famous for his colorful statements on consumer culture, talks about reverse shoplifting, and making marketing even more egregious.Portland artist Ron English has spent his career lampooning some of America's top brands, and he's got the cease-and-desist letters to prove it.... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the place where gladiators once fought, the city of Rome is hosting a summer exhibition of the public and private libraries of the Ancient World. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literacy organisations welcome signs that people of all ages are still reading books in physical and ebook formatsIf an Englishman's home is his castle, then Ofcom's latest survey suggests most battlements are still lined with books, with the average UK adult's literary collection amounting to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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