The shortlist will be announced on 15 January and the category winners and overall book of the year will be announced at the Leading Edge Books conference in Hobart on 26 March. Now in its 10th year, the awards 'recognise and celebrate independent booksellers as the number one supporters of
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The book, which sparked a bidding war amongst publishers before being brought out as a hardback earlier this year, will go on sale as a paperback next week at outlets including Tesco, Asda, Waterstones and local bookshops. A sequel, charting the three girls' experiences in the Women's Land Army,
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The teriyaki chicken and bento bowls are the best sellers, according to Feng. Teriyaki combos include chicken, chicken and shrimp, beef, beef and chicken, shrimp, and chicken and shrimp. All combos include rice and steam vegetables. Customers that are interested in bento boxes can choose from
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The worldwide agreement includes publishing administration for all of Tash Sultana's past and future songs. The company will be working on global synch deals for Sultana's music. Simon Moor, Managing Director of Kobalt Music, Australia, said of the deal, “Speaking with Tash early on, it became clear
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WEST LAFAYETTE – A year ago, Dominic Patacsil's hopes of earning NCAA Division III cross country All-America honors were dashed thanks to a fall early in the race. Through discipline and hard work, ethics he learned while running for state champion West Lafayette in 2014, Patacsil reached his goal
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As previously reported by Books+Publishing, in March the government tabled a Bill intending to simplify the use of copyright materials by libraries, educational institutions, archives and people with disabilities. The Bill had the broad support of the Copyright Agency and the Australian Library and
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In writing, as in almost every other form of creative expression, authors participate in traditions. In writing, these loosely predefined types of stories set up an audience's expectations. The classification of types of stories and the expectations that go with them are called genres. Frequently, critics look down
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In the US, publisher and technology company Cengage is launching a 'first-of its kind' digital subscription service for students called Cengage Unlimited, reports the Bookseller. The service, launching in August 2018, provides students with access to Cengage's entire digital portfolio, including more than
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Tash Sultana has recently signed a worldwide publishing deal with industry management game-changer Kobalt, capping off a huge year for the Australian sensation. With an ethos focusing on the ownership of intellectual property and independent management, Kobalt represents over 40 percent of the
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However, Stone considers herself a hybrid author, an author who also self-publishes. Several other members have followed the indie publishing route, including vice president Mary E. Thompson. Thompson, also a former engineer, joined the group two years ago and has self-published all of her 36
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The OSU Student Union Bookstore tripled the price of two German-language workbooks this semester after a miscommunication with the publisher and a used-book seller. Starla Marshall, the bookstore's assistant director of course content, said a pricing mistake like this has happened only two or three
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Lawrence is a city of creativity and weirdness, where college kids and artists alike have found their home. It's the inspiration and setting for writer Daniel Hoyt's new novel “This Book is Not For You.” Hoyt, a Massachusetts native got his bachelor's and master's at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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