Former FBI Director James Comey's memoir, out Tuesday, joins a long list of juicy tomes by Washington power players. Beyond settling scores, the best can offer real insight into the inner workings of government. Here are some classics of the genre. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
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Fiona O’Donoghue has joined The Reading Agency as the charity’s commercial and business director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debate about the future of the academic book will rage across the UK this week, with widespread support among publishers, academics, booksellers and librarians for the first Academic Book Week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of A Little Life, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Biographers' Club awarded prizes to Alan Cumming, Francesca Wade and John Julius Norwich at a dinner held at the National Liberal Club. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Questioned whether North Korea could join the International Publishers Association, IPA President Richard Charkin grinned and gave a simple answer. The post Could North Korea Join the International Publishers Association? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The current v-p at Grand Central Publishing, who's edited such bestselling authors as David Baldacci and Harlan Coben, will begin his new position as senior agent on November 30. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barbadian songstress Rihanna will join the director of "The Fifth Element," Luc Besson, in his truly-insane-sounding science fiction picture "Valerian," which is set on a space station that houses over 8,000 different species from across the universe. Besson announced the news of the Rihanna... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Skyhorse Publishing has named Mark Gompertz group editorial director, effective November 9. Gompertz, who was most recently at Hearst Magazines, had a long tenure at Simon & Schuster. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are in danger of becoming dumb content in the smart pipes of platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The quest for smoother user experience seems to pose actually visiting a publisher’s site as friction. With content consumption bei ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kelly takes on new role of chief content officer as regional newspaper publisher builds its online presenceRegional newspaper group Archant has appointed Matt Kelly, Local World’s digital chief, to the newly-created role of chief content officer.Kelly, who previously spent six years at publisher... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Axel Springer has told the readers of Germany's most popular online news site to turn off their ad blockers or pay a fee as Europe's biggest newspaper publisher steps up efforts to protect advertising income.Readers of Bild.de, the Web version of Europe's top-selling newspaper, have to disable... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For years, Michael Seidenberg had sold books from his Upper East Side apartment, but received an eviction notice in July. Literary New York mourned – but recently the shop has shown new signs of lifeThis past Independence Day, several dozen bookish New Yorkers eschewed the fireworks and chose,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thousands of Angelenos braved the heat Sunday to participate in the 31st annual AIDS Walk in Los Angeles. The 6.2-mile walk began at 10 a.m. at West Hollywood Park, with the route continuing along Santa Monica Boulevard and through the Fairfax district. More than 20,000 people registered to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of The Martian, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lambeth Unison has condemned Lambeth Council plans to keep three libraries open by turning them into health centres. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Watkins Media has purchased Cygnus Book Club, adding it to the company’s portfolio which includes publishing imprints. Watkins, which bought Watkins, Nourish, Angry Robot from Osprey last year and which will soon launch an imprint called Repeater books, also owns the Watkins Bookshop in Cecil... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The editor of the Bookseller charts how publicist’s lament over one day’s glut of titles has become a PR triumph for the industry Super Thursday contenders: The good, the bad and the doggone awfulPut down your newspaper, turn away from your screen, and head to your nearest bookshop, for today is... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After two years as publisher at Humanix Books, Anthony Ziccardi is taking over as publisher of Post Hill Press and its pop culture imprint Permuted Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new Disney Research project can make coloring books more exciting for those of us with limited art skills. The team has built an interactive Android and iOS coloring book app using the Unity game engine that can take a colored drawing and turn it... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two white Borzoi hounds greeted the hundreds and hundreds of guests ascending the majestic marble rain-slicked steps of the New York Public Library Thursday (1st October) night, come to join chairman and editor-in-chief Sonny Mehta celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Alfred A. Knopf. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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