Category: publishing

“The list includes authors from Britain, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Malaysia and Ireland. The shortlist of six will be unveiled on 10 September, and the £50,000 prize winner on 15 October.”

“With challenges to Amazon’s power wilting fast, the company’s stock closed the week at an all-time high. It is not so obvious, however, that the Seattle behemoth is sitting pretty, at least when it comes to bookselling. Amazon could end up being victimized by its own phenomenal success.”

“The contest was a lovely tradition that was stuttering, staggering. No one could know yet that all magazines would eventually be threatened by a technology that in innocent 1979 we couldn’t even begin to imagine … or that the tower in which we 14 sat, thrilled, privileged to be there, would be destroyed by the time we had waded into middle age.”

He “loaded e-books by five British authors into his program. Galbraith, Rowling, P.D. James, Ruth Rendell and Val McDermid. He then searched for multiple indicators that would reveal the writer’s distinctive use of language.”

Perhaps they’re just long essays, but they provide insights into authors’ histories and concerns – and they’re catching on.

“Customers were 2.22 times more likely to closely examine multiple books when the chocolate scent was present in the store, compared with the control condition.”

“Singling out one magazine issue for shunning is over the top, especially since the photo has already appeared in a lot of prominent places, including the front page of this newspaper, without an outcry. As any seasoned reader should know, magazine covers are not endorsements.”

Joel Breuklander: “Every few months, a new ‘Literature is Dead/Dying’ think piece crops up in high-profile media. Perhaps you’ve noticed. As a book nerd, I certainly have, though they’ve begun to bleed together: Their diagnoses of literature’s ills tend to be eerily similar. … Still, until recently I’d never thought to look at the identities of the authors before.”

“The cover story we are publishing this week falls within the traditions of journalism and Rolling Stone’s long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day.”

“Scientists analysed page edits in 10 editions to find topics fought over by contributors to the open encyclopaedia.”