The e-commerce giant has been criticized over its stewardship of Goodreads since it bought the platform in 2013, fueling the rise of competitors. Amazon famously started as an online bookstore. In the three decades since, it has disrupted how people buy, read, and review books through steps... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-06-06 13:34:00 UTC ]
In the novel “Peachaloo in Bloom,” the selfishness belongs to one man. In the picture book “The Wanting Monster,” it belongs to us all. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-06-06 09:00:06 UTC ]
Formed just months before the onset of the pandemic, the organization’s goal is to build a sense of community among people from across all sectors of the book business, as well as to strengthen ties between the industry and the general public. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
The direct-to-consumer publisher has refashioned itself as hip by focusing on contemporary, popular titles, in addition to august editions of classics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
For U.K. publishers and service providers, North America is an increasingly important market and source of talent and IP. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
British graphic novel publishers are making their presence felt in the U.S., racking up critical acclaim and commercial success with titles for all ages. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
In his latest novel, Peter Orner uses a real-life unsolved murder from the 1960s to explore the nature of storytelling. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Flatiron Books will publish the Atlantic staff writer’s third novel, Last Night in Brooklyn, in April 2026, as well as her debut nonfiction book, Need/Blind. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Romantasy has propelled the publisher to spectacular growth in America, prompting them to add a new U.S. fiction imprint and in-house trade sales team. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Michelle Obama sells a new book to Crown, Grove picks up the next novel from Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart, Jeneva Rose moves to William Morrow, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
On June 5, Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the Rhode Island district court denied defendants’ request for a stay pending appeal on his May 13 preliminary injunction in a case to restore three federal agencies targeted by the White House, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
In this week's edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Hannah Pittard's If You Love It, Let It Kill You, where a novelist and creative writing instructor reflects on her life and the craft of fiction over the course of writing her latest book. In its review, PW says "The novel brims with quick wit." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Award-winning author Rex Ogle discusses the balancing act of navigating difficult topics and fart jokes when writing for kids. The post Writing for Kids: The Balancing Act of Fart Jokes and Difficult Topics appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-06-05 20:00:00 UTC ]
A sapphic opposites-attract romance, a memoir on grief, witches in the Orkney Islands, and more of today's best book deals Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-06-05 16:39:23 UTC ]
Author Kalla Harris shares the top three things she learned while going through the process of writing her debut novel. The post Top 3 Things I Learned While Writing My Debut Novel appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-06-05 16:00:00 UTC ]
He is the first star of the original movie series to appear in the spin-off stage show. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2025-06-05 14:29:57 UTC ]
A surreal survivalist story, the dead who aren't really dead, and more of this week's new YA books in hardcover and in paperback. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-06-05 12:30:00 UTC ]
Fast Company took an exclusive first look at the five new sets. Today, Lego is dipping its toes into a massive world of IP that it hasn’t explored in nearly 100 years as a brand: anime. The company is gearing up to release a new line of sets inspired by One Piece, the popular manga and anime... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-06-05 11:00:00 UTC ]
Anelise Chen’s hybrid memoir starts with an ingenious typo: Clam down, Chen’s mother texts her as she copes with her divorce, and poof!, the protagonist becomes a clam, determined to learn everything about her species and kin. Though its namesake is a sedentary bottom feeder, Clam Down... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-06-05 11:00:00 UTC ]
Even the First Lady wanted to party. In her memoir Becoming, Michelle Obama describes the night in June 2015 following the announcement of the opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court case legalizing same-sex marriage across the United States. Increasingly “desperate to join the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-06-05 08:58:08 UTC ]