April 24, 2018
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1. Ocean Vuong, well-known poet, nets global deals for debut novel 2. Hackers Now Targeting Author Accounts on Createspace 3. Chetan Bhagat to shift from longtime publishers Rupa Publications to Amazon with a multi-book deal 4. Man Booker International Prize … Continue reading
April 10, 2018
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1. Debut author Weike Wang wins PEN/Hemingway for her book Chemistry 2. The Rathbones Folio Prize Shortlist Is Announced 3. Fury as Man Booker bows to pressure to list Taiwan as Chinese province 4. Publisher of ‘Things Fall Apart’ faces … Continue reading
December 12, 2017
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1. US author William H Gass dies aged 93 2. Parliament votes for How to Stop Brexit as book of the year 3. UNESCO and IEA Release New 5-Year International Literacy Report: Boys Lagging Girls 4. Bharti Airtel acquires strategic stake in digital … Continue reading
November 21, 2017
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1. Amazon to Adapt “Lord of the Rings” as a TV Series 2. Crazy Maple Studio Introduces Chapters: Interactive Stories 3. WB Yeats’s signature glasses sell for €10,000 at auction 4. Jesmyn Ward wins major prize for Sing, Unburied, Sing 5. ‘Boy’ wins 2017 Children’s … Continue reading
September 19, 2017
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1. The Mansion That Inspired ‘The Great Gatsby’ Is Listed for $17 Million 2. Amazon redacts one-star reviews of Hillary Clinton’s What Happened 3. Man Booker Prize announces 2017 shortlist 4. New £10 Jane Austen note hits the streets 5. Roald Dahl Day celebrated with … Continue reading
May 23, 2017
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1.The Orwell prize for books 2017 shortlist 2.Burglars steal Harry Potter prequel written on postcard 3.George RR Martin says Game of Thrones spin-offs will all be prequels – and announces a fifth 4.Channel 4 Acquires MGM’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ for … Continue reading
September 6, 2016
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1.Amazon to donate Kindles to developing countries 2.German publisher’s petition protests media constraints in Turkey 3.Delhi’s great Persian scholar Dr Yunus Jaffery no more 4.When a janitor donates a secret fortune to his local library 5.Free eBooks timed for your commute … Continue reading
August 23, 2016
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1.Winners of the 2016 Hugo Awards 2.Robots to help in Amazon’s new Essex warehouse 3.Wattpad writers to boost income through ad revenues 4.Musical version of Anna Karenina to open in Moscow 5.In a Mumbai exhibition, books viewed as art form
July 19, 2016
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1. Winnie the Pooh beats Harry Potter in best loved character poll 2. NearSt vs Amazon? 3. Saddam Hussein’s novella which is a mix between Game of Thrones and House of Cards to be published 4.Theresa May biography snapped up by … Continue reading
July 12, 2016
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1.Audible launches Clips sharing tool Amazon to bring back its Prime Day of discounting next week on 12th July Rowling pens second Fantastic Beasts film A 9 year old reporter just signed for a four book deal with one of … Continue reading