Wellcome Book Prize Announces Its 10th Anniversary Longlist

Almost evenly divided between fiction and nonfiction, the 2019 Wellcome Book Prize longlist features issues of gender, identity, mental health and medicine. The post Wellcome Book Prize Announces Its 10th Anniversary Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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'The Book Thief' comes to the stage

'The Book Thief,' the popular children's book by Markus Zusak, is playing at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago through early November. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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E-Book Trends Differ Around the World

During a CEO panel at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012, execs from bookselling giants discussed global ebook trends and how they differ across various markets. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Self-published books triple in production since 2006

Self-published books make up 43 percent of the print titles released in 2011 and helped to drive the first growth in print production since 2007, according to a new study from Bowker. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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The Book Tour as Military Campaign

Ex-Marine Benjamin Busch reflects on his grueling 50 book tour covering 197 readings, where he discovered all of America loves books, no matter what people say. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Online book group for London boroughs

An online book discussion forum is the latest venture from the triborough library services in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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'Trade enthusiasm' for Forsyth Book of the Week

Icon Books' title The Horologicon by Mark Forsyth is following in the footsteps of its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Cottrell Boyce wins Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

Frank Cottrell Boyce’s The Unforgotten Coat, published by Walker, has won the 2012 Guardian... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Apple announces iPad Mini

Apple has lived up to expectations by announcing a new iPad Mini this evening (23rd October), to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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El País, Leading Newspaper in Spain, Announces Plans for Layoffs

El País, which had avoided the losses that have hit the newspaper industry worldwide as it struggles with the transition to digital publishing, announced it would dismiss one-third of its staff. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Spider-Man writer lands book deal

One of the writers behind disaster-prone Spider-Man Broadway musical, Glen Berger, will reveal all in a "fly-on-the-wall" book. Continue reading at BBC News

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DRM-Free E-Books Makes Writers A Bundle of Cash

A group of writers are quids in following an experiment to sell a bundle of DRM-free ebooks. Sales of The Humble Bundle, which included works from authors Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman and the much-loved xkcd comic strip, have been anything but humble, with over 84,000 bundles sold, earning the... Continue reading at Fast Company

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Book Slam to release second volume

Literary events organiser Book Slam is releasing its second book of short stories, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Eason opens Virtual Book Shop

Eason has opened a “virtual bookshop” in Connolly railway station in Dublin which... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Pippa Middleton book deal worth some $640,000

Pippa Middleton book: On Thursday her 416-page glossy hardback will be released in Britain. The title of the Pippa Middleton book of recipes and party planning tips? "Celebrate: A Year of British Festivities for Families and Friends" Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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In Its 20th Year, Beirut’s Francophone Book Fair Soldiers On

Celebrating 20 years, Beirut's Francophone Book Fair will honor the Goncourt Academy and launch a new book prize, despite recent escalated violence in the city. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Publishers must engage with children's book buyers

The recommendations of friends was the top driver behind children's discovery of new titles,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Australia launches Stella Prize for women's writing

Australia's first major literary prize for women's writing, the Stella Prize, said to be... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Arcadia Books bought out of liquidation

Arcadia Books has been bought out of liquidation by photographer Basil Hyman, with its publisher... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Man Asian Literary Prize loses funding

The Man Group, which also sponsors the Man Booker Prize, has withdrawn its support from the Man Asian Literary Prize, which will be unable to go on after this year if another sponsor isn't found. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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