WI12: Current Events Dominate Final Day of Winter Institute

In response to recent events, both in the world and at Winter Institute 12 itself, booksellers attending the annual gathering focused their attention on making both the industry and their bookstores more inclusive. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Best Cold-Weather Comics for Winter's End

With Spring just around the corner, here are some of the best cold-weather comics to see out the end of the season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International Women's Day: eight interviews

To celebrate International Womens Day today (8th March), we republish The Bookseller's author... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Upcoming Comics Events: March 3, 2014

Will Eisner Reading by Paul Levitz in New York, NY; Moon Knight Release Party in Dublin, Ireland; Selfmade Hero Spring Party in London, U.K.; Smudge Expo in Arlington, VA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent bookstores launch Storytime Day, set for this May

After the success of the Indies First movement this November, in which authors worked at independent bookstores, the newest event is called Storytime Day. Spokesperson Kate DiCamillo urges authors to read a story at their local bookstore. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indies First Returns This Spring with Storytime Day

Author Kate DiCamillo, the ABA, and the CBC are asking authors and illustrators to support indies by reading a story aloud at a bookstore on May 17. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Upcoming Comics Events: February 24, 2014

"B+F" Tour in Seattle, WA; James Robinson Signing in San Francisco, CA; Gail Simone Signing and Q&A in Portland, OR; Kevin Huizenga Reading and Discussion in Bryn Mawr, PA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iain Banks's final book – of poetry – to be published in 2015

Collection will include work by Banks's friend Ken MacLeod and will come out on the anniversary of his death in FebruaryThe final work by Iain Banks – a collection of poetry by the late author – will be released next February, his publisher has announced.Banks died last June, two months after... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Valentine's Day: Bookstores celebrate all over the world

Valentine's Day: Many bookstores have embraced the holiday in manners both touching and funny. Two bookstores celebrated Valentine's Day by offering to set up customers on a 'blind date' with a book. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marie Claire Goes Low-Budget with Live Valentine's Day Game Show

Marie Claire is a highly polished magazine; its recent foray into digital video was not.The Hearst-owned title live-streamed its first dating show "The Love Match" on Friday, where three women "looking to find love" were paired with one of three eligible bachelors. Marie Claire staffers... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Dozen Re(a)d Roses for Valentine's Day

Square Books and Square Books Jr. in Oxford, Miss., singled out a bouquet of 12 books from each of its storefronts in an e-mail blast for Valentine's Day. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forbes sale nears as final bids are planned

Forbes Media is drawing interest from acquirers including China's Fosun International Ltd. and Singapore's Spice Global Investments Pvt, with final offers for the magazine publisher due Monday,... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Upcoming Comics Events: February 10, 2014

Ant Colony Book Signing in Baltimore, MD; Charles Soule in New York, NY; Prison Pit Book Five Release Party in Los Angeles, CA; .A. Zine Fest in Culver City, CA Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ofcom should have final say on media takeovers, say peers

Committee says final decision on plurality issues should rest with regulator rather than secretary of stateA Lords committee has called for politicians to be stripped of the power to have the final say on large media deals, following the heavily criticised process surrounding News Corporation's... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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C&R buys two from Winter

Constable & Robinson has acquired two further novels by Tom Winter, author of dark comedies... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Facebook's Mobile Ad Network Could (Finally) Upend A Backwards Industry

By understanding our tastes and habits, Facebook could steal billions of dollars in ads from traditional media and get Madison Avenue out of the stone age.Facebook has never been a company lacking in foolish ambition--witness Facebook Home, Beacon, Places, and other monumental undertakings. But... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin UK keeps hold of Sylvia Day

Michael Joseph has held on to Sylvia Day in the UK, snapping up the first books in a new series... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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California Bookstore Day Plans Moving Forward

Eighty California indies are signed up to participate in the statewide California Bookstore Day on May 3, 2014, featuring exclusive publisher titles for sale. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-reading on the rise but print books still dominate

New research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that the percentage of American adults who read an ebook in the past year has risen to 28 percent, up from 23 percent in 2012. Yet the tree book isn't dead yet, at least in the popularity sense, as the results show most ebook... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doctor Who gains in consolidated Christmas Day TV ratings

Festive special adds nearly 3 million viewers when timeshifted viewing is included, but Mrs Brown's Boys remains top showNearly 3 million people recorded the festive special of Doctor Who and watched it in the week after Christmas Day, with Downton Abbey among the other most popular timeshifted... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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