Edição Especial da Revista LER

  A entrevista de George Steiner é um dos destaques de um número especial, comemorativo das 100 edições da LER. Por isso, escolhemos 100 imagens, 100 livros e 100 nomes que cruzaram a história da LER desde 1987; publicamos 100 ideias para o futuro assinadas por 100 personalidades da sociedade portuguesa (João Lobo Antunes, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Pedro Adão e Silva, João Pereira Coutinho, Francisco Seixas da Costa, Manuel Graça Dias, Nuno Artur Silva, Irene Flunser Pimentel, Lídia Jorge, Nuno Crato, etc.), um grande quiz que dá direito a prémio especial e um ensaio de Harold Bloom (outro exclusivo) sobre os génios criativos da História da Literatura.

O centésimo número da revista LER, nas bancas a partir de hoje.

Nomeados para os Bram Stoker Awards 2010

Superior Achievement in a Novel

• HORNS by Joe Hill (William Morrow)
• ROT AND RUIN by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster)
• DEAD LOVE by Linda Watanabe McFerrin (Stone Bridge Press)
• APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD by Joe McKinney (Pinnacle)
• DWELLER by Jeff Strand (Leisure/Dark Regions Press)
• A DARK MATTER by Peter Straub (DoubleDay)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

• BLACK AND ORANGE by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Bad Moon Books)
• A BOOK OF TONGUES by Gemma Files (Chizine Publications)
• CASTLE OF LOS ANGELES by Lisa Morton (Gray Friar Press)
• SPELLBENT by Lucy Snyder (Del Rey)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

• THE PAINTED DARKNESS by Brian James Freeman (Cemetery Dance)
• DISSOLUTION by Lisa Mannetti (Deathwatch)
• MONSTERS AMONG US by Kirstyn McDermott (Macabre: A Journey through Australia’s Darkest Fears)
• THE SAMHANACH by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
• INVISIBLE FENCES by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

• RETURN TO MARIABRONN by Gary Braunbeck (Haunted Legends)
• THE FOLDING MAN by Joe R. Lansdale (Haunted Legends)
• 1925: A FALL RIVER HALLOWEEN by Lisa Mannetti (Shroud Magazine #10)
• IN THE MIDDLE OF POPLAR STREET by Nate Southard (Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology)
• FINAL DRAFT by Mark W. Worthen (Horror Library IV)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

• DARK FAITH edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon (Apex Publications)
• HORROR LIBRARY IV edited by R.J. Cavender and, Boyd E. Harris (Cutting Block Press)
• MACABRE: A JOURNEY THROUGH AUSTRALIA’S DARKEST FEARS edited by Angela Challis and Marty Young (Brimstone Press)
• HAUNTED LEGENDS edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
• THE NEW DEAD edited by Christopher Golden (St. Martin's Griffin)

Superior Achievement in a Collection

• OCCULTATION by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
• BLOOD AND GRISTLE by Michael Louis Calvillo (Bad Moon Books)
• FULL DARK, NO STARS by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster)
• THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY by Stephen Graham Jones (Prime Books)
• A HOST OF SHADOWS by Harry Shannon (Dark Regions Press)

Superior Achievement in Nonfiction

• TO EACH THEIR DARKNESS by Gary A. Braunbeck (Apex Publications)
• THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE by Thomas Ligotti (Hippocampus Press)
• WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE by Jonathan Maberry and Janice Gable Bashman (Citadel)
• LISTEN TO THE ECHOES: THE RAY BRADBURY INTERVIEWS by Sam Weller (Melville House Publications)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

• DARK MATTERS by Bruce Boston (Bad Moon Books)
• WILD HUNT OF THE STARS by Ann K. Schwader (Sam's Dot)
• DIARY OF A GENTLEMAN DIABOLIST by Robin Spriggs (Anomalous Books)
• VICIOUS ROMANTIC by Wrath James White (Needfire Poetry)

Para mais informações podem visitar o site da Horror Writers Association.

David Soares no "Café com Letras"

  Promover a criação de um espaço informal de encontro entre os leitores das bibliotecas e autores contemporâneos é o principal objectivo do projecto ‘Café com Letras’, uma iniciativa das Bibliotecas Municipais de Oeiras, com o patrocínio da estação de rádio TSF, dirigido prioritariamente ao público adulto e juvenil com hábitos de leitura já constituídos.

David Soares é o próximo convidado do Café Com Letras, a realizar dia 2 de Março, pelas 21h30, na Biblioteca Municipal de Algés. O moderação estará ao cargo do jornalista Carlos Vaz Marques.

Festa da Poesia na Casa da América Latina

  Em Março, estão todos convidados para se juntarem a nós numa homenagem às grandes poetisas da América Latina, em torno de quem preparámos um programa variado que se estende por todo o mês. Assinalando igualmente os Dias Internacionais da Poesia e da Mulher, criámos a “Festa da Poesia na Casa da América Latina”, onde a poesia feminina ocupa um lugar especial. Nomes como Dulce María Loynaz, Angela Botero, Blanca Varela, Carilda Oliver Labra, Delmira Agustini, Gioconda Belli, Jacicarla Souza da Silva, Cecília Meireles, Juana de Ibarboron, Gabriela Mistral, Juana Ines de la Cruz, Julia Prilutzky Farny, Dulce Tortura, Lina Zeron, Adélia Prado e outros surgirão em momentos diferentes da programação.

Agenda:

2 de Março, 18h30 - Ode às Poetisas: Recital por Ana Luísa Amaral, Filipa Leal e Maria Teresa Horta

9 de Março, 19h00 -  Palavra Encantada – Projecção do filme de Helena Solberg apresentado por Inês Pedrosa

16 de Março, 18h30 -  A América Latina em Portugal – Recital por Lauren Mendinueta com a participação de Luís Represas

23 de março, 18h30 - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: no limiar da liberdade intelectual no México colonial - Comunicação por Isabel Araújo

25 de Março, 18h00 - Maratona de Poesia das seis à meia-noite, dia 25 de Março. Os interessados poderão levar o seu livro e participar, recitando ou apenas apreciando a poesia latino-americana. Sessão dinamizada pelo poeta e editor Ozias Filho (Edições Pasárgada) e a jornalista Francisca Cunha Rêgo (JL).

Via Sapo Livros.

Leituras Digitais (20 a 26 de Fevereiro)

Rubrica semanal de notícias e artigos relacionados com a edição de livros digitais.

An analysis of EPUB3 (and, uh, a bit more)

  But this changed. Now it’s not “we’re using web tech to make e-books”, it’s “we’re using e-books to package web tech”. It’s not about making books anymore, it’s about using web tech offline. You think I’m exaggerating? Do you know what term was used to “succinctly describe EPUB” during development of EPUB3? Here it comes: “website in a box”. I’m not kidding. It was used in the IDPF meetings and was even in the November 12, 2010 draft of the EPUB Overview document.

Is Borders Guilty as Charged?

  In this exclusive essay for Publishing Perspectives, Philip Downer, the former CEO of Borders UK, discusses whether Borders’ management really is to blame for the company’s bankruptcy.

Fansubs and e-books: When pirates outcompete on quality

  And here is where the e-book comparison comes in, because we’ve heard many complaints about the shoddy quality of editorial proofing for commercial e-books, notably Kindle editions. In some cases it seems as if they were simply put through an OCR script and then posted the way they were. But on the other hand, a lot of pirate scanned e-books have been painstakingly proofread and corrected by the scanners, or by people who got them after the scanners released them. You commonly see “version” notifications on some of the more popular titles, indicating how many times the files have been revised. After all, pirated e-books are released in digital, editable formats, and many people take the time to do just that.

How German Booksellers Are Responding to the Digital Challenge

  The Internet has changed everything — from the way people use media to their buying habits. For many Germans, finding out more about a book online and also buying it on the Web has long become as normal as having a cup of coffee with breakfast. Additionally, customers can now access for free online information for which they previously had to pay. This is creating a drain on sales which, say many, will never be recouped. The fact is that traditional bookstores, both large and small, spent a long time hesitating before putting together their own attractive alternative to the likes of Amazon — yet now they’re busy making up for lost time.

Japan’s Book Publishers Decide To Go With EPUB Standard

  Japan’s book market is said to be worth around $24 billion (it’s the world’s biggest and about 4x the size of the local video game industry), which means it’s not a big surprise that e-publishing is currently one of the “hot” trends in the country’s tech sector.

  And yesterday, Japan’s biggest business daily The Nikkei reported that the local industry made quite an important decision: book publishers and electronics companies have agreed to adopt EPUB 3.0, an open e-book standard that’s currently common in the US, Europe and other places.

Margin notes in ebooks

  Rather than there just being one copy of that famous person’s notes, why not offer them for sale to anyone else who buys the ebook? I’d pay more to see Bill Gates’ notes on some of the books I’ve read.  The idea is for thought leaders, celebrities, etc., to make handwritten notes in ebooks they read and sell them as an add-on.  Like most rich/famous people, Bill doesn’t need the money, so he could donate it to his Foundation if he chooses to.  There would be two versions of the ebook available: One without notes at the current (lower) price and one with the VIP notes at a slightly higher price.

Authors, readers and discoverability in the new age of publishing

  Many authors are looking at the growth in digital, the decline in mass market sales, the reduction of Borders’ footprint, the decreased orders from Wal-mart and thinking, hey, this digital thing might not be so bad after all.  I think with the inclusion of digital book sales by the NYTimes and USA Today, digital books are finally gaining an imprimatur of respectability.  For the record, while at TOC, a bunch of us made predictions about what the digital book market would be like at the end of 2011. I said it would represent 60% of trade publishing revenue.  A year ago, I probably predicted that 30% wouldn’t be achieved for five years.

Publishing proliferates thanks to POD and digital

  Print on demand, digital and self-publishing are continuing to push up the number of books published in the UK and overseas, according to new output data issued by Nielsen Book. The statistics also reveal that the number of publishers has risen with 2010 seeing 3,151 new publishers registering for an ISBN, the highest for 10 years.

Internet Archive Partners With 150 Libraries to Launch an E-Book Lending Program

  The Internet Archive, in conjunction with 150 libraries, has rolled out a new 80,000 e-book lending collection today on OpenLibrary.org. This means that library patrons with an OpenLibrary account can check out any of these e-books.

Kindle, We Have a Problem: Amazon's Pricing Policies Affect Publishers

  However, while there is a nascent market for comics on e-book readers like the Kindle and B&N’s color device, the Nook, Amazon’s recently introduced digital “delivery fee,” charging publishers 15 cents per megabyte to transfer a book’s file to the Kindle, has forced some comics publishers to rethink using the Kindle platform.

Why Kindle books will be readable & sync'd on Apple devices no matter what

  In the Kindleworld blog article on the coming Kindle for Web, it was noted that this web-app will make Kindle books readable IN FULL on web browsers and will support Chrome OS devices, including the new Chrome OS Notebook, as well as the Chrome browser and other web browsers."  Also, Amazon's web app description states that anywhere we have a web browser, we'll see that our Kindle reading library, last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights are always available no matter where we bought the Kindle books or how we choose to read them.

  For this reason and because Kindle books and the ability to buy them via a web-browser will be accessible on Android tablets, it will be Apple's loss if Apple execs decide to discourage Kindle or other ebook-reader apps for Apple devices.

New York Times E-Book Best Sellers

  These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the March 6, 2011 print edition of the Book Review, reflecting sales for the week ending February 19, 2011.

E-Book Fiction

1.                      ALONE, by Lisa Gardner

2.                      TICK TOCK, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

3.                      WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen

4.                      THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson

5.                      THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson

Complete List »

E-Book Nonfiction

1.                      UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand

2.                      HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent

3.                      DECISION POINTS, by George W. Bush

4.                      _____ MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern

5.                      THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot

Complete List »

Vídeos

New Kindle Commercial – “The Book Lives On”

McGraw-Hill's iPad-enhanced eBooks by Inkling

Vencedores dos Prémios de Edição LER/Booktailors 2010

 

Já são conhecidos os vencedores da edição de 2010 dos Prémios de Edição LER/Booktailors, anunciados ontem, 25 de Fevereiro, numa cerimónia realizada no Correntes d’Escritas. O encontro de escritores na Póvoa de Varzim encerra hoje com a entrega dos Prémios Literários Casino da Póvoa, Correntes d´Escritas/Papelaria Locus, Conto Infantil Ilustrado, Correntes d´Escritas/Porto Editora e Fundação Dr. Luís Rainha.

LISTA DE VENCEDORES

Melhor Design de Literatura:

A Ilha (Studio Andrew Howard; Ahab Edições)

Melhor Design de Não-Ficção:

As Entrevistas da Paris Review (Vera Tavares; edições tinta-da-china)

Melhor Design de Infanto-Juvenil:

Depressa, Devagar (Bernardo Carvalho; Editora Planeta Tangerina)

Melhor Design de Gastronomia:

Sabores de África (Hugo Andrade; Porto Editora)

Melhor Design de Arte e Fotografia:

Em Voz Baixa (Rafat Bartkowicz e Marian Nowinski; Qual Albatroz)

Melhor Design de Colecção:

Literatura de Humor (Vera Tavares; Edições tinta-da-china)

Melhor Design de Livro Escolar:

Sociologia 12 (Fátima Buco; Texto Editores)

Melhor Ilustração Original:

Galileu, à Luz de uma Estrela, Afonso Cruz (Texto Editora)

Melhor Fotografia Original:

Moderno Tropical, Inês Gonçalves (edições tinta-da-china)

Prémio Especial Edição (Carreira):

Carlos da Veiga Ferreira (Teorema)

Prémio Especial Tradução:

Paulo Faria

Prémio Especial Livraria Independente:

Livraria Centésima Página

Prémio Especial Blogue de Edição:

Ciberescritas, Isabel Coutinho

Prémio Especial Artes Gráficas:

Vera Tavares

Prémio Especial Promoção de Autor Português:

Promoção de «Livro», José Luís Peixoto (Quetzal Editores)

Prémio Especial Inovação:

Plataforma de e-books (Mediabooks)

Prémio Especial Jornalista ou Imprensa de Edição:

José Mário Silva

Prémio Especial Livreiro:

Isabel Castanheira (Livraria 107 – Caldas da Rainha)

Prémio Especial Editora Revelação:

Ahab Edições

Prémio Especial Editora do Ano:

Quetzal Editores