Winter Institute 16 kicked off yesterday as a virtual gathering of booksellers. Inspired by such high wattage speakers as Barack Obama and Amanda Gorman, booksellers celebrated their past while charting their future. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Attendees at all eight regional bookseller association conferences this fall were optimistic, due in part to the fact that some regions saw the same level of membership increases as the ABA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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William Sieghart has said that the library service operates "dysfunctionally", and that he is "frightened and worried" for the future of the library network. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPR License reports that Europe and the US remain key markets for rights sales, but Turkey, the Arab World and China are increasingly active, as are self-publishers. The post From IPR License: Global Rights Scene Shifts East, Goes Indie appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams' Awful Auntie (HarperCollins) retains pole position at the top of the official UK Top 50 for a record-breaking sixth week selling another 31,012 copies in the seven days ending 1st November. Volume sales were down 13% week on week but the bestseller has yet to sell less than... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent booksellers’ plans to use the money donated to them by US author James Patterson range from creating a “Dangerous Reading Club” to running a book review website for children. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Scottish book industry has spoken out in support of the creation of a new centre for children’s literature in Dumfries, due to open in 2017. The Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust (PPMBT) is hoping to raise £5.9m to open the centre at Moat Brae—a Georgian townhouse, currently in a state of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The internet powerhouses are using their billions to challenge in sectors far removed from their original business modelsThe webs biggest consumer companies make the bulk of their incomes, and have built up vast assets, from targeted advertising. It accounts for around 90% of Facebooks revenue... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Only one in seven people think the industry is ready for the next stage in the digital revolution, The Bookseller’s 2014 Digital Census has found. The survey, from over 1,100 respondents and taken between September and October 2014, found that just 14.7% believed the sector is prepared for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comics like Powers are flooding networks, cable, and now your PlayStation--often with a more diverse cast than they had on the page.In December of 1999, well before he became the man behind every Marvel title of note from Avengers to X-Men, writer and artist Brian Michael Bendis published a... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We need to reflect the reality of our communities, says The Fault in Our Stars writer John Green in video backing social media-led We Need Diverse Books campaignAll readers need to know that they too can be the heroes of a story, according to the bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agent Andrew Wylie told a Toronto audience that publishers need to stand firm in the battle against Amazon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A ruling by the District Court in Berlin has put an end to one of the most acrimonious power struggles in the history of German publishing and secured the future of one of the country’s best-known literary publishers - Suhrkamp. The company can finally now go ahead with much needed reforms,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams has retained pole position in the UK Official Top 50 for the fifth consecutive week, narrowly eclipsing Lynda Bellingham's memoir, in the week that the TV star lost her battle to cancer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Al Jazeera America has released Terms of Service, an online graphic novel that is the part of the network’s strategy of tapping into new forms of storytelling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can the “family dinner” be revived? In a new cookbook, Corky, Lori, Dana, and Tracy Pollan (mother and sisters to Michael Pollan) set out to find an answer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Socail engagements were healthy for magazine brands in September across Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram, especially when it came to epicurean, shelter/home and pop culture & celebrity interests. This, according to data compiled in sister publication min, using True Social Metrics,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Richard Preston's book 'The Hot Zone' was published in 1994 and tells the story of Ebola appearing in a lab in Washington D.C. Now it's back on bestseller lists and it could be adapted as a TV series. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams notched up his fourth consecutive week atop the Official UK Top 50, while the Man Booker Prize proved a massive boost for Richard Flanagan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daniel Handler suggests that authors should pick an independent bookstore close to where they live and sign books for them to sell. The post Lemony Snicket Rallies Support for Indie Bookstores appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors United has sent out a letter from the author Daniel Handler - a.k.a. Lemony Snicket - encouraging writers to take part in Upstream, a new programme to support independent bookstores. Upstream, “cooked up” by Handler and “assorted interested parties”, aims to connect writers with their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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