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Publishers Still Don't Understand What Douglas Adams Knew About Ebooks in 1979

Ben Cameron | Posted 05.04.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Dr Who, Douglas Adams, Book Publishing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Books, Russell T. Davies, Ebooks, UK Culture News
Ben Cameron

In his introduction to the 2009 edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies praises the tattered old paperback copy of Douglas Adams' sci-fi classic that he carried around in his back pocket in his school days. I had one too and I loved it just as much.

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Here's How the Big Publishers Could Kill-Off E-Books

Endeavour Press | Posted 18.05.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Authors, E-Books, Book Publishing, UK Culture News
Endeavour Press

The one story that brings home to me just how much the publishing landscape is being changed is that the next Encyclopaedia Britannica will only be published in a digital format.

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The Year of the Short Story?

David Whelan | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Literature, Short Stories, Short Story, Book Publishing, Kindle, Year of the Short Story, Amazon, 2012, UK Books, UK Writing, UK Culture, UK Culture News
David Whelan

Britain is a funny place. We like to theme our years. The publishing world has decided that 2012 is the Year of the Short Story, when over in America it's pretty much been the decade of the short story.

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Thrillers Can Now Be Written In Real-Time Thinking

Endeavour Press | Posted 24.04.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: E-Books, Libya, Publishing, Book Publishing, Kindle, Books, Columbia, Syria, UK Culture News
Endeavour Press

The Kindle and other e-reading device are a huge opportunity for writers. But they are not just about new ways of distributing our work to readers - although that is what most writers have concentrated on so far. They are also an opportunity to tell stories in a new way.

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The NeverEnding story?

Lynne Davidson | Posted 18.02.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Transmedia, Publishing, Book Publishing, The Mongoliad, Word Builder, Balance of Powers, Storymash, UK Tech News
Lynne Davidson

There's been an awful lot of talk recently about the future of the book as a physical artifact, but as that discussion loops and echoes around publishing industry boardrooms, a subtle revolution is quietly occurring as the concept of the story itself shifts.

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The Future of the Book: What You Need to Know as a Reader

Joanna Penn | Posted 14.02.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Future of Publishing, Book Publishing, Ebook, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Ebooks, Future-Book-Reader, UK Tech, UK Culture, UK Culture News
Joanna Penn

In the digital future, it's not just about a physical book or even a plain text ebook which is what we have now. There have already been some tentative experiments in apps and enhanced ebooks but there is clearly a desire to see more of a push into developing a customer experience and not just providing a physical read.

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Made in Britain by Gavin James Bower

John Lucas | Posted 01.01.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Literature, Publishing, Book Publishing, Youth, Publishing Industry, UK Riots, Books, Protest, Occupy London St Pauls, Amazon Kindle, Top Boy, Capitalism, Youth Unemployment, Ebooks, Amazon, Digital Publishing, UK Entertainment News
John Lucas

The riots that raged through the UK earlier this year and the more recent anti-capitalism demonstration at St. Paul's Cathedral have revealed the prescience of Gavin James Bower's second novel, Made in Britain, injecting the book's marketing campaign with a degree of focus it might otherwise have lacked.

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Vintage's 21st Birthday Party and the BBC National Short Story Award

Lucy Scholes | Posted 30.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Bookshops, Julian Barnes, Vintage Independent Bookshop, Book Industry, Books, Random House Publishing, Book Publishing, Vintage, UK Lifestyle News
Lucy Scholes

You can't judge a book by its cover, however you can judge the success of an event by the length of the queue wrapping itself around the block; seemingly literary events are all the rage this season.

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Book Review: Witness The Night by Kishwar Desai: The Next 'Next Girl With The Dragon Tattoo'?

Abigail Tarttelin | Posted 28.10.2011 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Witness the Night, Book Reviews, Abigail Tarttelin, Book Publishing, Archie-Panjabi, Kishwar Desai, Books, Thriller, Ebooks, UK Entertainment News
Abigail Tarttelin

There have been many contenders for the Millennium Series crown, and a hell of a lot of scrabbling within the industry for the next bestselling thriller with characters as memorable as Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist.

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