The Raven Bookstore in Lawrence, Kans., was named 'PW' Bookstore of the Year in a virtual awards ceremony held during the U.S. Book Show. Commission rep Kurtis Lowe of Book Travelers West is 'PW' Sales Rep of the Year. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Here they are, the best books of the year, chosen by PW's editors from the nearly 9,000 titles we reviewed over the course of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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U.K.-based Bonnier Publishing has acquired Igloo Books in a deal that will make Bonnier one of the five largest children’s publishers in the U.K. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, Roy Keane, Graham Norton and Cecilia Ahern are among the authors shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2014. Tóibín’s Nora Webster (Viking) is shortlisted for Eason Novel of the Year, alongside The Thrill of it All by Joseph O’Connor (Harvill... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anne Marie Keohane and her husband own Symposium Books, one in Providence, R.I., and its sister store in nearby East Greenwich. AShe spoke with PW about a handful of books that she is currently handselling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired The Catalyst, the first novel in a fantasy crossover series from 15-year-old debut author Helena Coggan. The book, which Coggan started writing when she was just 13, is about teenager Rose Elmsworth, who lives in a world divided into the Gifted (who have... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google has launched a new version of Google Play Books that it hopes will make for a better reading experience for nonfiction titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Book People has said it will stay vigilant in “assessing the changing marketplace” going forward, after recording a £6.8m loss last year. Annual financial results for the year to December 2013 filed on Companies House have revealed the online and book delivery service’s losses nearly... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's latest Play Books update for Android makes the app a lot easier to use for reading non-fiction ebooks. See, Play Books is perfect if you're just reading something from cover to cover. But if you're using it to read text or reference books... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers who do not have a strategy related to YouTube are missing an opportunity, publicists and marketeers were told at a YouTube conference held yesterday (27th October) in association with The Bookseller. The event, held at the YouTube offices in St Giles High Street, and aimed at giving... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Earlier this month, Warner Bros. announced its roadmap for DC Comics movies through 2020, and today, Marvel Studios revealed its plans as well. Basically, if you're into superhero/comic book movies, you're set for the next seven years. Need a quick... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ghanian children's book writer Meshack Asare discusses his mission to cover the rich regional diversities of Ghana and the continent as a whole. The post Exploring the African Continent in Children’s Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The dismantling of German retailing group Douglas by its American owners Advent International is gathering pace, and with it speculation that a sale of the Douglas-owned book chain Thalia is imminent, possibly even this year. The largest brick-and-mortar bookseller in the German-speaking... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some reviewers praised the book's humor, while others found it to be unstructured. Poehler's book was released on Oct. 28. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile Books and Serpent's Tail are moving to new premises near Pentonville Road in London. Profile and its imprints have been based at Exmouth Market for the past seven years, but will now move to new office space in Holford Yard, just off Pentonville Road, between Kings Cross St Pancras and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of adult books were down 2.2% in the first seven months of 2014, while the children's segment seems headed for a banner year with sales up 25.8% through July. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This month, we’re balancing some quick reads---a Jonathan Franzen-blessed debut and a slim companion volume from one of our favorite new(-ish) fantasy writers---with Walter Isaacson’s latest blockbuster on the history of technological innovation, along with a few other selections. Attention,... Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oliver Jeffers, David Walliams and Malorie Blackman are some of the big-name authors on the shortlists for the 2015 Red House Children’s Book Awards. The shortlist is divided into three categories and in the youngest group - books for younger children - the nominations are Dragon Loves... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the first time in the five years of the FutureBook Digital Census, more respondents say they commonly read on an iPad (41.9%) than do a Kindle (37.9%). However, Amazon is still by far the dominant retail site for buying ebooks. The results, from FutureBook’s Digital Census completed by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four-hundred booksellers representing 100 stores attended this year's Northern California Independent Booksellers Association meeting. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and retailers will aim to prevent ebook prices from soaring when a new European-wide VAT law on digital products is introduced on 1st January. Following a European Commission ruling dating back to 2008, ebooks and other digital services—including broadcasting and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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