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El Paso’s Cinco Puntos Breaches Border with Bilingual Books

Author Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a mainstay of the catalog.

The El Paso-based publisher of this year’s PEN/Faulkner Award, has carved a niche as a purveyor of bilingual books in translation by focusing on the US-Mexico border region.

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UK Comics Mag Tripwire Celebrates Its 21st Birthday in Style

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British comics and genre magazine Tripwire is celebrating its 21st anniversary with a limited edition book and series of special events in the UK.

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The Wild World of Hindi Pulp Fiction

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The glorious world of Hindi pulp fiction may be coming to a close, as the internet, satellite TV and sagging sales take their toll.

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Big Data and MOOCs Herald Change for Academic Publishers

Dr. Dennis Gannon is Director of Cloud Research Strategy in the Connections team at Microsoft Research.

This year’s US Innovations Seminar of the International Association of STM Publishers focused on the impact of data mining, MOOCs and new author/researcher tools.

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Should We Trust Computers to Write for Us?

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Software exists that promises to assist you in finishing your novel, or when it comes to nonfiction, to literally write for you. Should we trust it?

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Ether for Authors: Tim O’Reilly Is No Amanda Palmer

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In this week’s web roundup Porter Anderson takes in the furor over the demise of O’Reilly’s TOC and inspiring speeches from last weekend’s Grub Street Muse and Marketplace conference.

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The Fight is On: Which South Korean Publisher Will Snag Murakami’s Latest?

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South Korean publishers are in a bidding war to win rights to Haruki Marukami’s newest novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

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Would Someone Take Advantage of America’s Most Beloved Author?

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Author Harper Lee, now 87-years-old, is suing the son-in-law of her former literary agent after he allegedly duped her into signing over rights to her classic To Kill a Mockingbird.

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“A Short History of Nuclear Folly” is GBO’s Book of the Month for May

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The German Book Office’s May Book of the Month is A Short History of Nuclear Folly by Rudolph Herzog, son of famous filmmaker Werner Herzog.

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Publishing in Singapore: “Like Swimming with Great White Sharks”

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Phil Tatham of Monsoon Books and CK Goh of Rank Books, discuss the state of Singapore’s publishing industry and how both are positioning their books in the global market.

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