UK's World Book Night celebrations to go ahead online

The Reading Agency has confirmed the UK's World Book Night celebrations will go ahead on 23rd April, but will be modified due to Covid-19. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-02 06:54:47 UTC ]
News tagged with: #world book

Other Publishing stories related to: 'UK's World Book Night celebrations to go ahead online'

Square Books: ‘PW’ Bookstore of the Year

“The store is my crack,” says Richard Howorth, co-owner of 34-year-old Square Books in Oxford, Miss., and former president of the American Booksellers Association. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #square books

In Morocco, Internet May Lead Children to Books Says Publisher

Amina Alaoui Hachimi from the Moroccan publishing house Yanbow Al Kitab believes the internet is a viable gateway to entice North African children to read. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #lead children

Is a Digital Book as Devout as a Physical Copy?

The devout of all faiths adore their books. They mark their most cherished passages and pass them on to the next generation. Can the same ever be said for a digital edition? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #digital book #physical copy #digital edition

Deals hot up for middle-grade books

Children’s publishers’ much-discussed search for middle-grade hits is starting to hot... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #middle-grade books

Female authors lead book longlist

The longlist for the sixth Desmond Elliott Prize, which honours the best in debut fiction, is unveiled, with seven of the 10 novels by women. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #debut fiction

E-book marks Wisden anniversary

Bloomsbury has created an ebook to mark of the 150th edition of the Wisden Cricketers'... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

500,000 free books to be handed out

World Book Night 2013 is being marked by a free hand out of 500,000 books and hundreds of literary events around the country. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #free hand #literary events

'E-books can't be resold', rules German court

A German court has ruled that digital books cannot be resold by purchasers. The German District... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #german court #digital books

Caffeine Nights signs new Bushell

Caffeine Nights Publishing has signed a novel from columnist and author Garry Bushell, which will... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

New children’s book fair to run in Shanghai

The China Shanghai International Book Fair is launching a new children’s book fair, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book fair

UK court rules for news-clipping service

The British Supreme Court has decided partially in favour of news-clipping service Meltwater in its long-running dispute with UK newspaper publishers, who accused Meltwater of distributing excerpts of stories online without paying any licensing fees. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #licensing fees

Guess the Most Offensive Book of 2013? Nope, Not 50 Shades of Grey

The books series cited as being most often subject to complaints in 2012, as determined by a study by the American Library Association, wes Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants books. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Optimism and auctions at London Book Fair

This week's London Book Fair saw a return to the hectic fair auctions of  pre-recession years... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Publishers' online communities to double

Publisher–generated online communities, such as HarperCollins’ InkPop, Gollancz... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #online communities

First US printed book up for auction

The first book printed in America is expected to fetch up to $30m (£20m) when it goes under the hammer in New York later this year. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #printed book

Rosenbloom's Scribe goes on UK rights spending spree

Henry Rosenbloom, the founder and publisher of Australian independent Scribe, has made a number... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Is the World’s Largest Translator of German Literature in India?

Seagull Books, based in Kolkata, India, is perhaps the world's most prolific translator of German books into English in the world, says Deutsche Well. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #german literature

North Korea book wins Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize for fiction has been won by author Adam Johnson for his novel based in North Korea, The Orphan Master's Son. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #pulitzer prize #north korea #orphan master

Rare North Korean Titles Excite London Book Fair

Books with first hand accounts of life in North Korea are rare, so John Sweeney's Zombie Nation and Jang Jin-Sung's Crossing the Border are generating unique buzz at the London Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #north korea