Video chat with Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry

The very funny Dave Barry joined us for a video chat from his home in Florida. During our conversation, he turned his laptop so that we could see his pool and his writing desk, where he once found a snake sitting on his can of Diet Coke. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Gossip Girl' Would Be a Digital-Video Series Today, Former CW Exec Says

If "Gossip Girl" premiered today, it would be a digital-video series, according to Dawn Ostroff, former president of entertainment at The CW Television Network, which aired the teenage melodrama for six seasons starting in 2007.Speaking at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's annual conference... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bryson to chair Wellcome Book Prize judges

Author Bill Bryson will chair the judging panel for the Wellcome Book Prize 2015. Bryson will be... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller launches YA Prize

The Bookseller is to launch the first ever prize for Young Adult books in the UK and Ireland.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vertebrate gets three on Banff prize shortlists

UK mountaineering literature publisher Vertebrate Publishing has three titles chosen as category... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4 ways magazines are making video work

For traditional publishers, creating video efficiently without stepping on brand toes is a tricky process. The post 4 ways magazines are making video work appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canada's Big Fiction Prize Grows

The founder of Canada's Scotiabank Giller Prize announced yesterday that the prize purse will double, to C$140,000. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber Children’s acquires Greenhouse prize winner

Faber Children’s has acquired the rights to Dave Pigeon by Swapna Haddow, the winner of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For Winning Indie, Drinks on Black Balloon

Publisher Black Balloon is offering $250 to the indie bookstore with the most creative display of its new anthology 'Come Here Often? 53 Writers Raise a Glass to Their Favorite Bar.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Brands Jump on Flipboard's New Video Ads

Personal magazine company Flipboard is rolling out a trial program incorporating video ads into its users’ news streams beginning today. The program launches with eight notable brands: Jack Daniels, Gucci, Chrysler, Lufthansa, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Principal Financial Group, Woodford... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Poetry Series Ups Cash Prize

Beginning this year, the five winners of the National Poetry Series' Open Competition will receive a $10,000 prize, up from $1,000. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize: Two American writers make the cut for the shortlist

In addition to the American contenders Karen Joy Fowler for 'We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves' and Joshua Ferris of 'To Rise Again at a Decent Hour,' other nominees include Richard Flanagan for 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' and Ali Smith for 'How to Be Both.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Louise Erdrich Wins 2014 PEN/Saul Bellow Award

Established in memory of Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow, the $25,000 award is presented biannually to a living American author whose "scale of achievement in fiction, over a sustained career, places him or her in the highest rank of American literature." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow wins Nectar business award

Children’s publisher Nosy Crow has beaten hundreds of small businesses to be crowned Small... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: Dahl: Charlie chapters discovered

The discovery of new unpublished chapters reveals author Roald Dahl planned to include more children in his classic children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but dropped them from the final version. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Mashable centers its video strategy on YouTube

Every digital publisher wants more site visitors. But Mashable seems to care even at least as much about acquiring YouTube viewers -- if not more. The post Why Mashable centers its video strategy on YouTube appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oldest book prize winners unveiled

A novel inspired by the daily toil of a shepherdess and a biography of a Booker prize-winning author win the UK's oldest literary awards. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ann Leckie wins top sci-fi award for debut novel 'Ancillary Justice'

'Ancillary Justice' is the first novel ever to win the science fiction 'triple crown' – the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Arthur C. Clarke awards – all in the same year. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling reveals new information about 'Harry Potter' singer Celestina Warbeck (+video)

Rowling's newest original content penned for the website Pottermore focuses on Celestina Warbeck, an 'off-stage' character whose songs are heard in the 'Potter' novels although the singer never makes an actual appearance. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George Orwell estate 'appalled and wryly' amused at Amazon's 'doublespeak' (+video)

'This is about as close as one can get to the Ministry of Truth and its doublespeak: turning the facts inside out to get a piece of propaganda across,' Bill Hamilton, executor of the Orwell estate, said. Amazon recently wrote a letter criticizing publisher Hachette, with which it is engaged in a... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon misrepresents Orwell and takes on Disney, as the pricing war intensifies (+video)

In a statement about its dispute with publisher Hachette, Amazon cited '1984' author George Orwell – while failing to understand the author's words, critics charged. Meanwhile, Amazon appears to be entering into a dispute with Disney. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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