The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-08-28 13:00:32 UTC ]
Esmeralda Santiago’s book When I Was Puerto Rican debuted 30 years ago. This memoir introduced us to Negi (Santiago), a pre-teen with a captivating voice who chronicles her life in rural Puerto Rico in the 1950s. In Santiago’s own words, the memoir captures a world that no longer exists in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-08-28 11:00:00 UTC ]
Hannah Silva examines the (not so) shocking similarities between quantum physics and queer dating. | Lit Hub Memoir August brought some great book covers, and a lot of them were slippery. | Lit Hub Design “I had been writing my diaries on the notepad app of my phone, when it went the way of so […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-28 10:30:20 UTC ]
Drop in revenue in broadcasting and publishing partly offset by increase in income from Stan and DomainFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNine Entertainment has recorded a steep 31% slide in annual net profit to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-08-28 06:35:43 UTC ]
American Short Fiction, a nonprofit literary organization based in Austin, Tex., has announced its fall 2024 "MFA for All" program. The series will feature three accomplished authors as faculty: Jamel Brinkley, Susan Choi, and Karen Russell. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
A good performance by PRH US, higher audiobook sales, and contributions from recently acquired companies led to a 13% increase in profits on an 8.5% sales gain at the world's largest trade publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
'Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze' evokes the psychedelic stylings and fascination with science fiction of the great guitarist at the center of its story. We spoke with its creators—including Hendrix's stepsister, Janie—about how the book reflects the multifaceted musician, who died in 1970. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Ann Regan is retiring as editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Historical Society Press after 46 years with the press. We spoke with Regan about her long career, how publishing has and has not changed since 1978, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Len Riggio, former chair of Barnes & Noble, dies at 83. The visionary entrepreneur revolutionized bookselling in the US. The post Barnes & Noble’s Len Riggio, Dead at Age 83 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-27 22:00:47 UTC ]
Exploring the Burning Questions: A Conversation with Cara Lopez Lee, by Susan Blumberg-Kason Interviews [email protected] Tue, 08/27/2024 - 15:32 I first came across Cara Lopez Lee on a listserv group (remember those!) for authors who write about... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-08-27 20:32:44 UTC ]
From upstart to Goliath to villain and back, Leonard Riggio's influence was unparalleled in the world of books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-27 20:30:32 UTC ]
Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller but later saw his company overtaken by the rise of Amazon Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2024-08-27 20:22:22 UTC ]
City Council members signaled that they may reject Mayor Eric Adams’ pick to be the city’s top lawyer as they laid into the nominee, Randy Mastro, during a tense confirmation hearing on Tuesday that was ongoing as of midafternoon.Mastro, a prominent and accomplished attorney, faced hours of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-08-27 20:06:54 UTC ]
Former Barnes & Noble chair Leonard Riggio, powerhouse of modern bookselling, has died at 83, his family says Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2024-08-27 17:25:53 UTC ]
Greenville County Library System will remove all trans books from their young adult sections and restrict access to those under 17. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-27 14:45:00 UTC ]
Comma Press has been publishing Palestinian short stories since 2008. Comma’s connection to Palestinian literature deepened however in 2014 when, shortly after bringing out the anthology, The Book of Gaza, all the writers we’d worked with on that book were subjected to 51 days of carpet bombing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-27 14:32:12 UTC ]
With a battery life of up to six weeks, this will be your “everyday, everywhere companion.” Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2024-08-27 13:11:45 UTC ]
One of the most exciting things about using a PC is the abundance of free software that’s available to users — so much so, that it can be hard to find the real gems. In fact, most people stop at the free versions of well-known commercial software, but there is a whole universe of... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2024-08-27 10:30:00 UTC ]
A new memoir by the onetime national security adviser shows how the former president’s insecurities and weaknesses harmed U.S. foreign policy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-08-27 09:03:11 UTC ]
New novels by Sally Rooney and Richard Powers, a memoir by the first Black woman on the Supreme Court — and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-08-27 09:01:50 UTC ]