Walliams targets 7+ readers with new ‘daft story’

David Walliams’ next publication, a funny story entitled Fing, "dovetails seamlessly" with his short stories and middle-grade novels, according to his publisher HarperCollins Children’s Books. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Bookshop to give Harry Potter 'eighth story' profits to schools

The Big Green Bookshop is to donate all profits from the sales of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Little, Brown) to local schools to enable them to buy books for their libraries. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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African Short Stories: Shortlist for 17th Caine Prize Announced

The winner of the £10,000 Caine Prize will be announced at an award ceremony and dinner at the Weston Library, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, on July 4. The post African Short Stories: Shortlist for 17th Caine Prize Announced appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Booksellers Talk Up Their Favorite Books for Young Readers

While there are always plenty of big books and authors from major publishers at BEA, in talking to frontline booksellers and librarians we found a lot of interest in books from smaller houses as well. Here we present a sampling of the books that especially caught the eyes of conventiongoers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Christine Sneed: Stories Living a New Life

Christine Sneed’s new story collection, The Virginity of Famous Men (Bloomsbury, Sept.), has been with her for a while. She first wrote a (different) story with that title about 12 years ago, but decided it wasn’t good enough. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Beth Macy: An Untold Story

Beth Macy, the author of the New York Times bestseller Factory Man, is known for writing about marginalized people and outsiders. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The latest bid to keep print relevant: Hearst offers print-to-digital targeting

Print magazines have struggled to compete with the rise of digital media and the specific audience targeting it affords. But now, Hearst is touting its ability to retarget print subscribers on their online journeys, starting with a campaign for Toyota Prius campaign. It won't necessarily make... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers to tell Hillsborough disaster victims' stories

Publishers Amberley, Faber & Faber and Ebury are bringing out titles on the Hillsborough disaster after justice prevailed for the victims and their families 27 years on.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed cuts projected revenue by half after missing 2015 financial target

The digital media company is ‘very comfortable’, it told the Financial Times, despite a report that internal financial targets were missed by over $80mBuzzFeed missed internal financial targets in 2015 and had to substantially cut its projected revenue by about half according to a report... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Introduces Kindle Oasis Premium E-reader

The Kindle Oasis is the eighth edition of Amazon's Kindle e-reading devices and is designed to be lighter, thinner and offers a new dual battery system. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook delivers new ways for publishers make money (and get readers) from Instant Articles

Facebook is trying to sweeten the deal for Instant Articles publishers. At its F8 developers conference today. the social network showed off expected new video ads, which can go right into Instant Articles. It also discussed its new branded content policies, which allow publishers to create... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Walking Dead' studio will publish '7 Days to Die' on consoles

Telltale Games is best known for its emotional point-and-click adventure games The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us and Game of Thrones, but the studio's publishing division is just getting started. Telltale Publishing will bring The Fun Pimps' first-... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven Stories Rushing Political Bios to Capitalize on Election Season

After the success of Ted Rall's 'Bernie,' the publisher has commissioned works on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to drop during this election cycle. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Germany Courts Romance Readers

Random House Germany recently launched an online community for romance readers and a literary festival to connect romance writers to their fans. The post Random House Germany Courts Romance Readers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: April 7, 2016

An Iowa bookstore prepares for its grand opening; a currently unnamed bookstore/café is in the works in Maryland; and a Virginia bookstore could lose its lease. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AWP 2016 in Photos: Publishers, Writers, and Readers Meet Up in L.A.

Photos from the book fair and panels at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference, held this year at the L.A. Convention center in downtown Los Angeles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook drives up to 7 times more traffic than Twitter. Get to know your social audience

Social media, once considered the side door to a publisher's site, is rapidly becoming the primary entry point for new readers. These readers move in and out of content differently than traditional web site visitors. Social visitors are new, they’re likely to stay that way, and even if they... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible UK sponsors short story salon

Audible UK has signed a deal to sponsor events organised by Pin Drop, the short story salon founded by curator Simon Oldfield and writer Elizabeth Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walliams 'cautionary tales' out from HCCB in May

HarperCollins Children’s Books will this May publish a new book by David Walliams, entitled The World’s Worst Children. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bobby Charlton's World Cup Story to Yellow Jersey

Yellow Jersey Press is to publish Sir Bobby Charlton's account of "England's greatest sporting achievement" - the 1966 Football World Cup. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Untold Life Stories of Buddhist Nuns Revealed

Foreign affairs journalist Christine Toomey traveled 60,000 miles investigating the stories and wisdom of women dedicated to the Buddhist tradition in her book ‘In Search of Buddha’s Daughters.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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