Waterstones in Tottenham Court Road (TCR) is set to be “transformed into Lyra’s Oxford” the night before Philip Pullman’s first Book of Dust novel is published. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Amazon Publishing has released an essay by bestselling author Patricia Cornwell, which documents her investigation of Jack the Ripper for her 2002 title, 'Portrait of a Killer.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vintage has released an exclusive box set of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle series with Waterstones this week. The set comprises paperback editions of the first three books in the series, A Death in the Family, A Man in Love and Boyhood Island, priced at £19.99. Chris White, fiction buyer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate will publish a new novel by Jonathan Franzen next year, titled Purity. The HarperCollins imprint confirmed it would publish simultaneously with US publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux, which plans to release Purity in September next year. Nicholas Pearson, publishing director at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize winner The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Samuel Johnson Prize winner H is for Hawk are amongst the titles competing to win the Waterstones Book of the Year 2014. There are eight titles this year on the shortlist, voted for by Waterstones’ booksellers– three adult fiction,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Flanagan's Man Booker Prize winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North is among eight contenders for Waterstones Book of the Year 2014. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone today releases an enhanced digital edition of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee’s book was released as an ebook for the first time in July, after Cornerstone acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to the ebook and digital audio. The special enhanced digital... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Associated Press will continue its efforts to retain U.S. newspaper publishers next year, adding an intermediate service level and a “shared news desk” for increased state coverage, says President and CEO Gary Pruitt. E ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones looks set to give its Christmas trade an added boost with the opening of two new branches between now and December 25th. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Garten, the popular food personality and prolific cookbook author (her ninth, 'Make it Ahead,' just published), talks about the ultimate make-ahead Thanksgiving menu, her culinary influences, and what book is on her bedside table. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Detective Hercule Point and butler Jeeves joined guests at a sleepover event in Waterstones’ flagship store on Saturday (26th October). Altogether 19 guests spent 12 hours overnight in the bookshop at an event organised after the company hit the headlines when an American tourist got locked in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nature Publishing Group and Palgrave Macmillan have made public data taken from an Author Insights survey questioning over 30,000 of their authors. The data – compiled last spring - has been made available publicly for the first time this week, to mark Open Access Week, and can be downloaded... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After an American became accidentally locked inside a Waterstones location after it closed, the UK book store chain is inviting contest winners to stay the night. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones Piccadilly is to host a sleepover this Friday (24th October), following an incident last Thursday night (16th October) where a tourist got locked in Waterstones in Trafalgar Square. Waterstones is running a competition on the Airbnb website for 10 guests to win the chance to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones patron David Willis tweeted at the Twitter account for the company, alerting them that he was locked inside one of their stores. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A month after its acquisition of digital publisher Byliner, Vook is publishing 'Five Fires,' by Laura Lippman, its first Byliner original ebook. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Issuu, a digital distribution and reading platform, has launched a new iOS app and announced a partnership with national literacy organization Jumpstart. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new report from the Aspen Institute looks at the importance of U.S. public libraries, and how they can change and improve to meet new roles in the 21st Century. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Remembered For A While' will go on sale December 9, timed with the fortieth anniversary of Drake's death. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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USA Today, which is being spun off from Gannett Co. along with the rest of the company's publishing business, fired as many as 70 employees today across all departments, according to a person familiar with the newspaper's plans.About half of the jobs were in the newsroom and accounted for about... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible released two editions of the audiobook version of John Scalzi's 10th novel, 'Lock In,' earlier this week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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