News
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ebooks account for 5% of Hachette UK’s sales
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News of rising ebook sales continues with the revelation that the format now accounts for 5% of Hachette UK’s trade sales and has quadrupled in the first quarter of 2011. Hachette’s figures follow news that Penguin’s digital sales doubled in 2011 and data from the Publishers Association which suggests the value of ebook and audiobook…
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Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton – Psychoville Q&A
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The weird world of Psychoville returns to BBC Two this week for a brand new six-part series that will fright and delight in equal measure with a whole new world of mystery and intrigue. Co-creators and writers Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton discuss the reaction to series one and the challenges of writing a second…
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UK ebook sales soar in 2010
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The value of ebook and audiobook sales in the UK have grew by over 300% in 2010 according to figures released by the Publishers Association.
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Review: 4oD Catch Up for iPad
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4oD Catch Up is Channel 4’s answer to the ever-popular BBC iPlayer which already launched its iPad app earlier this year. Unlike the BBC, Channel 4 isn’t sitting in a pool of public cash so the 4oD iPad app is sponsored by Heineken meaning all videos are preceded by a 60 second advert for the…
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The Shadow Line – new crime drama from BBC Two
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Chiwetel Ejiofor and Christopher Eccleston play two men on very different sides of the law investigating the same murder of gangland boss Harvey Wratte in The Shadow Line.
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Read an ebook, help a good cause
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A new anthology of ‘flash fiction’ short stories is being sold in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital, with buyers able to decide how much they wish to donate for the hospital.