Wattpad, the online writing and reading community, continued its long arch of membership growth and increased social connectivity, finishing 2013 with more than 18 million registered users according to data released by the company today. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 32nd Sharjah International Book Fair was launched yesterday, November 6, by HH Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, who decried the "cultural aggression" of globalization. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Perseus Books Group had “strong” financial results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, results which “surpassed our budgeted goals,” company CEO David Steinberger wrote to Perseus' 675 employees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some 150 publishers - from the U.K. and Europe, from the U.S. and Latin America and of course from across the Arab world - gathered at Sharjah's Chamber of Commerce this week for the two-day professional program that preceded the 32nd Sharjah International Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced this morning that it is moving forward with an Initial Public Offering through which it could raise up to $292 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Like the rest of the publishing world, associations went through a traumatic period in 2009. Five years later, the industry is trending upward in the midst of a recovery. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chegg, which offers textbooks for rent and other online services to college students, is looking to raise $172.5 million in its Initial Public Offering. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad and National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) are working together to offer a $2,000 (... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter's Ev Williams started Medium to simplify and socialize online article writing, but the service's invitation-only nature has kept many folks on the sidelines. Today, things are opening up: Medium's now accessible to anyone willing to sign into Twitter and verify an email address. Would-be ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist for the £15,000 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry has been revealed, with publishers... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There is no denying the growing influence the Hispanic population is having on the demographic, social, cultural, and political shifts taking place in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, a destination literary and arts festival created in response to the Bali bombings in 2002 Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As book publishers continue to expand their offerings to meet the needs of Hispanic consumers, it is important to look at the genres and formats of the books these consumers are likely to purchase. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Known for its pristine beaches, El Yunque rain forest, and beautiful Spanish colonial architecture, Puerto Rico is also an important book market for U.S. publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For all the improvements Microsoft has made in bolstering the Windows Store's app selection, one insistent question has held back the company's dreams of grandeur: "Yeah, but where's Facebook?" Indeed, the largest social network in the land has been a conspicuous no-show in Microsoft app... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Shore gets UK, US deals William Heinemann publisher Jason Arthur pre-empted world English... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Zealand author Eleanor Catton, at the age of just 28, has become the younger ever winner of the Man Booker Prize for her novel "The Luminaries." Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eleanor Catton took the 2013 Man Booker Prize for "The Luminaries" at an awards ceremony in London on Tuesday night.This post has been updated. Please see note at bottom for details. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair was a busy one, despite another modest decline in trade visitors Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas A. Silvestri, president and publisher of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, was elected president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Sunday afternoon. In addition to Solomon, the following officers were elected: Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If there a theme emerged from the deal-making at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, it was the dominance of HarperCollins as a buyer of big books, and of William Morris Endeavor as the seller of those books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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