Celebrities Joanna Lumley, Richard Ayoade and Mark Rylance have lent their support to the campaign against the "irrational" decision to calter the Lambeth library service, according to a campaign group, while over 500 campaigners, including writer Will Self, marched on Saturday to protest against the libraries' closure. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Sanj Kharbanda has been promoted to senior v-p, digital markets for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible lowering royalty on self-published audiobooks and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, a dangerous game in small-town America, a book that will get you obsessed with dinosaurs, and an extreme survival camp. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry figures have voiced hopes for the latest government-commissioned review into the library... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheffield City Council has approved plans to slash its library funding and leave only 12 of its... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twelve German online news publishers have taken a 50 percent stake in collecting society VG Media, with the aim of receiving compensation from search engines that republish parts of news articles.Joining collecting society VG Media is the publishers’ first step toward collecting compensation... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a consultation into the closure... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Listings magazine, which is the most popular paid-for title in UK, reported an average weekly sale of 1,374,813TV Choice has increased sales to a five-year high of almost 1.4 million, the biggest beneficiary among listings magazines from the demise of Richard Desmond's short-lived TV Pick.H... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A report from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection on the state of the library ebook market has recommended no legislative initiatives, instead advocating a “wait and see” approach. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An independent report on the public library service in England has been commissioned by culture... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ReadersFirst was born because libraries need to have in-house ebook collections,” explains Rachel Wood of the Arlington Va. Public Library, a member of the Leadership Working Group of ReadersFirst, an international coalition of libraries that have banded together to set down principles,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Live-fire cooking is the ultimate slow-food experience,” says Storey editor Carleen Madigan, talking about Cooking with Fire by Paula Marcoux, a food historian and editor of Edible South Shore, a one of the few women to have written a grilling book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big libraries get all the attention. But in late September of 2013, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) issued an interesting report on small and rural libraries in the United States. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Lesley Pearse will talk about saving libraries and why they should not be allowed to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With its eye firmly fixed on a return to profitability, Sony's been making extensive cuts to its business arms in recent days (bye bye, VAIO!). So it's no surprise the company would train that cost-cutting eye onto another underperforming unit -- its... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles has appointed the current managing director of London’s Bond Street Development... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the ALA Midwinter Conference this past Sunday, Lee Rainie discussed the latest Pew Research Center Library survey and announced plans to develop a widget that will provide librarians with community-specific data. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dumfries and Galloway Council is facing criticism after revealing plans to reduce the library... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library chief, Roy Keating, says show will explore field from Misty comics and superhero classics to graphic novelsBoys in the late 1970s probably assumed the girls comic Misty was all boring romance, puppies and ponies. How wrong they were. They were full of "incredibly dark, weird,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A public library in Franklin, Tennessee has launched its own publishing imprint, Academy Park Press, using the IngramSpark platform for distribution and print-on-demand. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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