Why NASA scientists are excited about Matt Damon film 'The Martian'

Fearing the wrath of his nerdy online followers, software engineer and amateur author Andy Weir spent countless hours digging through Google to perfect technical details in what became a popular 2012 ebook about an astronaut stranded on Mars. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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Trade excitement at new children's laureate

Publishers and industry figures have welcomed news of Malorie Blackman’s appointment as... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Rare North Korean Titles Excite London Book Fair

Books with first hand accounts of life in North Korea are rare, so John Sweeney's Zombie Nation and Jang Jin-Sung's Crossing the Border are generating unique buzz at the London Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Atlantis book and film for Penguin

Penguin is teaming up with film production company Amber Entertainment to produce a book and film... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Film rights sold for Bologna hit

The film rights to YA debut novel Half Bad by Sally Green have been snapped up by Fox 2000, hard... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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'Exciting' education innovations revealed at BETT

Learning resources for use on tablets and mobile phones were at the forefront of the BETT 2013... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Publishing’s Most Prolific Blurber Immortalized on Film

The work of the book business' most imaginative, funny and prolific blurber, author Gary Shteyngart, gets immortalized in a new documentary. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Is a new 'Harry Potter' short film in the works?

'Harry Potter' cast members are reportedly filming a short movie that will be screened at the franchise's theme parks. What will the new film show? Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Curtis Brown's self-publishing list 'exciting', say authors

Authors Tony Parsons and Jane Fallon have said Curtis Brown’s new digital self-publishing... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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HC uses iBooks Author for Hobbit film ebooks

HarperCollins is capitalising on the forthcoming release of the first Hobbit film by putting out... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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New Alderson plus film deal for S&S

Simon & Schuster has signed two more books from YA author Sarah Alderson, also announcing... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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ICM Partners Turns Books into Film and TV

Bestselling authors Cormac McCarthy, Walter Isaacson, the late Nora Ephron, and Jennifer Egan are among the many authors represented by ICM Partners, whose book sales are boosted by the adaptation of their work to film and television, all under the watchful eyes of agents Ron Bernstein, Josie... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Warner Bros. intros 'Inside the Script' eBook series, gives film buffs a deeper look

From time to time, we see movie studio Warner Bros. bring forth ways to give its oldies-but-goodies a longer life span. On this occasion, Warner's launching a novel eBook series titled "Inside the Script." The new release will give movie buffs a deeper look into a handful of the studio's films,... Continue reading at Engadget

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E-book release for film scripts

Ben Hur and Casablanca are among the film scripts to be released as ebooks for the first time by Warner Bros. Continue reading at BBC News

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Boston Globe Film Critic Wesley Morris Honored with 2012 Pulitzer Prize

Boston Globe film critic Wesley Morris was awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for criticism Monday. Morris, 36, who joined the Globe staff in 2002, won the prize for a range of movie reviews and essays published in 2011. Among the pieces submitted with ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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Film deal for Wilbur Smith Somalia novel

UK-based Reelart Media has bought film rights to Wilbur Smith's Those in Peril (Pan Macmillan... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Channel 4 hires Hearst's Matt Salmon as head of agency sales

Channel 4 has appointed Matt Salmon, group commercial director at Hearst Magazines UK, as head of agency sales. Continue reading at Media Week

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Media Decoder: 'Hunger Games' Book Sales Bode Well for the Film

The actress Jennifer Lawrence in a scene from the movie adaptation of "The Hunger Games." Continue reading at The New York Times

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Excitement and relief over Waterstone's future

Written By: Benedicte Page and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 20/05/2011 - 12:00 Publishers, writers, agents and trade bodies have responded with relief to today’s news of the acquisition of Waterstone’s by Alexander Mamut’s A&NN Group, welcoming the surprise arrival of James... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Trade looks forward with "excitement" in Egypt

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 14:23 Booksellers and publishers in Egypt are re-opening their doors with "excitement about a new era in publishing" after the country’s revolution. Some publishers and booksellers became targets after supporters of the former... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Titan acquires Giamatti film title

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 16/02/2011 - 14:03 Titan has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to a horror book that is currently being adapted into a movie starring "Sideways" star Paul Giamatti. Editor Cath Trechman paid a five-figure sum for rights to John Dies at the End by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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