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At London Book Fair, Panel Says Two-Year British E-Textbook Study is Myth-Shattering
Caren Milloy, director of e-books for JISC, said the two-year effort was largest e-book study ever conducted. It garnered some 48,000 survey responses, as well as analysis of raw server logs at 127 U.K. participating universities, all bolstered by focus groups.
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University of Nebraska Releasing New Le Clézio
The University of Nebraska Press has acquired translation rights to J.M.G. Le Clézio's 2008 short story collection, Mondo and Other Stories.
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Sen Provides Long View of India’s Relationship with Books
At the London Book Fair's Chairman's Breakfast, Amartya Sen, the Nobel Laureate, talked about India's history of publishing and its current place in publishing.
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At London Book Fair, E-books on the Outside, But Looking In
At the London Book Fair, the Digital Zone and Theatre, a 23-seat area on the edge of the show floor, drew overflowing crowds.
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LBF Panel Compares U.S. and U.K. Consumer Book Buying Habits
Among the chief observations made at this morning’s panel on the “special relationship” between U.S. and British consumer book markets were that the British are at least three years behind Americans in adapting e-books, and that American readers are much more interested in romance while the majority of British readers skew toward literary fiction.
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London Book Fair Opens, Attendees Optimistic
The 2009 London Book Fair opened this morning with a long line of attendees wrapped around Earls Court in unusually bright sunshine. It was an auspicious start to the fair, which was predicted by many to be quieter this year but by anecdotal accounts at least appears to be fairly busy.
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French Favor Coben, House
French favorite Harlan Coben landed in the top spot in France in March with the release of Hold Tight. Debuting in third place was another author well known to Americans, Hugh Laurie, the British-born star of the hit television show House. Laurie's The Gun Seller was first published in English in 1996 and translated into French this year to take advantage of the growing popularity of House in F...
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Bologna 2009: A Photo Essay
See the sights from last week's Bologna Fair without leaving your chair, courtesy of veteran attendee Craig Virden and photographer Mario Ventimiglia. For more of Craig's take on this year's fair, visit our Bologna by Day and Night blog.
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The French Connection: Children’s Books in Translation
Children’s books in translation—from France to the United States, and much more often from the United States to France—were the topic of a lively panel hosted by the French Publishers’ Association this past Tuesday, which took place at NYU’s La Maison Française in New York City.
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Reflections on a First Trip to Frankfurt
A children's book editor attends her first Frankfurt Book Fair, and shares her impressions.
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Bad News - Gerbils Dead
A children's book editor attends the Frankfurt Book Fair, and receives an email from her husband.
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Chad Post
Passionate is a word you often hear bandied about in reference to people who work in book publishing. But optimistic? Not so much. This is one reason Chad Post, 33, seems like such an anomaly. A born-and-bred Midwesterner, Post fell in love with books at an early age and, after carving out a niche for himself in the world of nonprofit publishing, remains one of the most unjaded publishers around.
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Crossing the Channel
British publishers and agents will be looking for deals for authors who have worldwide brand names as well as debut novelists. Virgin founder Richard Branson, Charles Darwin's great-great granddaughter and Ted Hughes's brother all have new books for which rights are available. Among newcomers, a self-published Singapore lawyer has a detective series whose main character is described as a cross ...
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Frankfurt '08
An aging rocker, a dog whisperer, a bestselling pastor, some literary icons (living and dead) and a Paris Review editor—turned-deli employee are just a few of the authors who will be vying for attention from foreign editors in this year's rights tent.
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Weak Dollar Makes For Tricky Show
The weak dollar was a key factor at this year's Bologna Fair, as American publishers found the market tough for buying, but great for selling. Francesca Dow at Puffin said, “The state of the dollar certainly makes buying anything from Europe even tougher.” On the other hand, as Chris Boral of Chronicle Books put it, “It did seem like there were a lot of shoppers, and we were t...
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Wrapping Up Bologna
The state of the U.S. economy hung over this year’s Bologna Fair, as American publishers found the market tough for buying, but great for selling. Despite the sunshine and a busy schedule, Francesca Dow, managing director at Puffin, said, “The underlying mood felt quite sober. The state of the U.S. dollar certainly makes buying anything from Europe even tougher.”
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Riordan Talks Up Clues in Bologna
Bestselling author Rick Riordan was brought to Bologna by Scholastic to introduce The 39 Clues series, a multi-platform middle-grade adventure series, which launches this September. Hyperion also announced a million-copy print run for the fourth Percy Jackson book, The Battle of the Labyrinth, as well as two new series from the author.
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London Book Fair '08: What's in Your Briefcase?
American publishers and agents will be shopping an eclectic group of literary wares in the rights area at London this year; the offerings include, a tale about moonshining; holiday recipes from Nigella Lawson; the controversial post-mortem collection from Raymond Carver; a grisly whodunit from David Cronenberg; and a take on First Lady-dom from Curtis Sittenfeld.
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Mayer to Get London Award
Former Penguin head Peter Mayer will receive a lifetime achievement award for his efforts in promoting international publishing at this year's London Book Fair. Since leaving Penguin in 1996, Mayer has run the U.S.-based Overlook Press and the U.K-based Duckworth Publishers.
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100 Titles Planned for Translation into Arabic
A new initiative by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage will translate 100 titles into Arabic with about half coming from English-language works.
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