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Patti Smith's Peaceable Kingdom

Dorothy Spears | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Arthur Rimbaud, Virginia Woolf, Rimbaud Museum, Tolstoy, Hermann Hesse, Patti Smith: Camera Solo, Monk's House, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, Bloomsbury, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hermann Hesse Museum, Photography, Arts News
Dorothy Spears

For the opening of her exhibit, Patti Smith: Camera Solo at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT last week, Patti Smith gave a concert celebrating essential connections between art, music, and literature.

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Were Bloomsbury's Pottermore Complaints Unwarranted?

ibtimes.com | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Bloomsbury, J K Rowling, Self Publishing, eBook Publishing, Harry Potter, Ebooks, Pottermore, Books News

Bloomsbury Publishing said today sales reflect current retail weakness, with the launch of Pottermore.com boosting children's backlist sales....

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'Drawn In Brooklyn': How Have Picture Books Inspired You?

Sammy Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illustration, Drawn in Brooklyn, Melanie Cecka, . Gregory Christie, Picture Books, John Bemelmans Marciano, Bloomsbury, Libraries, John Rocco, Sophie Blackall, Picture Book, Brooklyn Public Library, Picture Book Art, Children's Books, Books News
Sammy Perlmutter

Like her list of inspiration, Blackall's art has a patchwork quality, living somewhere between Edwardian fashion plates, Japanese woodcuts and a more colorful Chas Addams.

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British Publishers On What They Want From The New Government

The Bookseller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: England, British Publishers, Google Books, British Government, Book Publishing, Authors, Literacy, British Elections, Harpercollins, Books, Penguin, Bloomsbury, Booksellers, Books News

The new government must push further on a range of issues from digital piracy to VAT, regardless of who holds the keys to 10 ­Downing Street, key fig...

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'Harry Potter's' British Publisher Bloomsbury Plans New Covers To Counter Falling Sales

The Guardian | Richard Wray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, JK Rowling, Harry Potter Covers, iPad eBooks, Book Covers, Ebooks, Books, Harry Potter, Children's Books, Bloomsbury, Ipad, Books News

Harry Potter is getting a makeover. The boy wizard's seven adventures, penned by JK Rowling, are being given new covers by publisher Bloomsbury this s...

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SXSWi: Will Publishers Miss The Chance To Connect With Digital Audience

Los Angeles Times | Peter Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hachette, Book Publishing, Used Books, Bloomsbury, Penguin, Bookseller, Sxsw, Ces, Internet, Swsx, Powerpoint, Las Vegas, Digital Publishing, Reading Online, Marketing, Publishers, Editorial, Ebooks, Books News

Last year I was invited to join a discussion at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival about the future of book publishing. An offshoot of the mo...

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Harry Potter Author Named In Plagiarism Lawsuit

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Bestsellers, Book Publishing, JK Rowling, Willy the Wizard, Bloomsbury, Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter, Christopher Little, Books News

SYDNEY — J.K. Rowling has been named in a lawsuit alleging she stole ideas for her wildly popular and lucrative "Harry Potter" books from anothe...

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Controversies in Black Literature Prove Book Sales Aren't Color-Blind

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Books, Justine Larbalestier, Publishing, Publishing Racism, African-American Publishing, Books, Black Publishing, Racism, Bloomsbury, Books News
Leonce Gaiter

In a perfect world, would such a black person on the cover limit a book's saleability? No. Does it really? Yes.

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Bloomsbury Puts White Model On Cover Of Book With Protagonist Of Color

salon.com | Michael Lind | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liar, Racism, Race, Jaclyn Dolamore, Book Publishing, Bloomsbury USA, Liar Cover, Book Covers, Books, Magic Under Glass, Liar Justine Larbalestier, Magic Under Glass Cover, Bloomsbury, Books News

The same publisher has done it again, releasing Jaclyn Dolamore's "Magic Under Glass" -- the protagonist of which is clearly described as having brown...

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Pennsylvania man killed in Route 78 crash

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bloomsbury, Home News

BLOOMSBURY -- A Pennsylvania man was pronounced dead at the scene of an accident on Route 78 Monday, police said. David Tisch, 31, of Easton, was ...

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My London Design Fair 2009

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, Women, Wapping, Independent Stores, Furniture, Feminist, Girl, Bloomsbury, Terence Conran, Galleries, Artisans, Tom Dixon, Design, London Design Week, City, Trends, Innovation, Knitting-Comeback, Recent Graduate, London, Crafts, Skandium, Persephone Books, Portobello, Sustainability, Independent Design, Designers, Designer-Maker, Recycled Furniture, Entreprenurs, Style News
Chauncey Zalkin

The week surpassed all expectations. London surprised me. The design energy there is unmistakably moving forward in creative, thoughtful and innovative ways.

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My Second Publisher Meeting!

Josa Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First-Time Novelist, Publishing, Romantic Fiction, Reading, Books, One Apple Tasted, Novel, Husbands, Book Publishing, Bloomsbury, Writing, England, London, Yogurt, Kids, Typing, Families, Media News
Josa Young

This morning, thanks to darling husband, I woke to find muesli with yoghurt and a cup of tea beside the bed in acknowledgment of my editorial marathon.

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