Tuesday, April 29, 2014

PW's THE ROUNDUP


Disney Publishing, Del Rey Doing New Star Wars Novels
Disney Publishing Worldwide and Del Rey Books are teaming up to do a new line of Star Wars adult fiction novels. The publishers will be working directly with brand creator Lucasfilm to create unified story lines. more »

Kids on E-books : Could e-books actually get in the way of reading?

'To Kill a Mockingbird' Going Digital : Filling one of the biggest gaps in the e-library, "To Kill a Mockingbird" will become available as an e-book and digital audiobook on July 8, HarperCollins Publishers announced Monday. Harper Lee, in a rare public statement, cited a "new generation" of fans in agreeing to the downloadable editions of her Pulitzer Prize-winning classic.

Spielberg to Direct 'BFG' : Steven Spielberg is attached to direct the adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's book "The BFG" for DreamWorks.

The New Sexiness of Physical Books : A new kind of hard-copy bibliomania has without question sprung up along the banks of digital reading—floor-to-ceiling bookshelves might now be the young generation’s number one most-desired décor scheme.

The Lost Art of Memorizing Poetry : In the age of search engines, perfect recall is no longer prized -- and we're taught to skim rather than remember.

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