We’ve had the BBC’s best children’s books of all time and not a single one was published after 1968, so what are the future classics, books written in the last 20 years that people will still be reading in 50 or even 100 years time? Join in our discussion to predict the future classics! Many of you got slightly peeved with the BBC’s best children’s books of all time list which only included books that were published more than 35 years ago; not even newbie Harry Potter made the grade – and that was published last millennium! Related: BBC chooses best children's books of all time - do you agree? @EmilyDrabs A Hole is To Dig by Krauss/Sendak, Olivia by Ian Falconer, How To by Julie Morstad...@EmilyDrabs ...2/2 Lost and Found by @oliverjeffers. Any picture book you loved as a child or loved giving your child.... #futureclassics@GdnChildrensBks Also, @satoshikitamura , Michael Foreman, @OliverJeffers write wonderful timeless picturebooks that deserve to be classics.@EmilyDrabs I was discussing this with someone just this morning! Rooftoppers and The Last Wild trilogy, for sure.@GdnChildrensBks Heard you're looking for future Children's Classics - Can I throw London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd into the ring please?@GdnChildrensBks @burstofbeaden This is Not My Hat and @OliverJeffers Once Upon an Alphabet HAVE to be there.@GdnChildrensBks I think probably When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead and (if young adult is allowed) I'll Give You The Sun.@EmilyDrabs Varjak Paw, across... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five book publishers for alleged ebook price fixing the Wall Street Journal... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Apple Inc. and five of the nation's largest publishers, alleging they conspired to limit competition for the pricing of ebooks. Continue reading at AllThingsD
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The Department of Justice may file a suit against Apple today over ebook price-fixing complaints, according to reports from Reuters and Bloomberg. The DOJ has been probing antitrust complaints regarding Apple's 2010 pacts with book publishers; several of the biggest publishers are preparing to... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year's volunteer givers for World Book Night (23rd April) are being encouraged... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'ttyl' series by Lauren Myracle and 'The Color of Earth' by Kim Dong Hwa top the 2011 rankings of most challenged books. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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E-book price fixing will cost consumers more than US$200 million this year, and U.S. antitrust authorities should take action against Apple and a group of... Continue reading at PC World
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The author goes from one extreme to another in this wonderfully absurdist short-story collection.Suddenly, a Knock On the Door Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An interracial couple navigates modern life in South African in 'No Time Like the Present,' by Nadine Gordimer.No Time Like the Present Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author's exuberant use of words in private is as vivid as in public.The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The necessity of self-improvement and social betterment is thoughtfully explored in Sam Harris' and Alain de Botton's books.Free Will Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two new reports released in the past 10 days document the ebook market’s rapid growth in the U.S. and the U.K., and suggest that a significant global spike is close at hand. Among the major takeaways from the “Bowker Market Research Global eBook Monitor” or GeM, study, ebooks are beginning to... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing companies typically incorporate publishing and marketing departments into their business models. February Partners, however, is doing things a little differently: the Manhattan boutique book publicity and marketing firm founded in the fall of 2010 by two industry veterans has just... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The European and US investigation into ebook pricing may be approaching resolution, say US press... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A study by the Pew Internet Project finds that consumers who use e-readers are buying more books. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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A London book market founded by independent booksellers is to launch in Hackney, selling new and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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$1.5 million worth of Harry Potter books sold in Pottermore's first three days online. Continue reading at AllThingsD
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Talks to resolve U.S. and European price-fixing probes into ebooks are heating up, with three international publishers inclined to settle the matter, according to people familiar with the matter. Continue reading at AllThingsD
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London’s Tate Group has launched a new e-commerce site selling books and other items... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A mob wife fleeing her past — and a dirty U.S. marshal — gets a little help from a mysterious stranger in Epperson's modern noir tale of revenge and greed.If I were a damsel in distress fleeing a past and people who wanted me dead, like Gina Cicala in the modern noir thriller "Sailor" by Tom... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Helen Marriage has been appointed as head of marketing at Hodder Children’s Books.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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