SDCC is a marathon of panels, signings, meetings, and sightings, and advance planning is essential to survival. If you’re lucky enough to have snagged a ticket—or your company is sending you for the first time—here are a few tips from vets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
Adapt, adopt, assimilate—that is the way digital solutions vendors are going about making technologies, new and proven, work for them and their publishing clients. This method also applies to their stance on three hot industry topics: accessibility, artificial intelligence, and automation.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
The bid to protect valid research amid a rising tide of fake content is driving Springer Nature to create new in-house tools for detection. The post Springer Nature in the UK: Two AI Tools Aim at Fake Research appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-20 21:56:46 UTC ]
An analysis of diversity efforts in US book publishing in The Atlantic raises both successes and concerns for the industry. The post Sinykin and So’s Diversity Article: Double-Edged Swords appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-20 21:01:37 UTC ]
Since September 2023, the book criticism working group of the Freelance Solidarity Project (a union of digital media workers, organizing to raise labor standards across the industry) has been collecting data on freelance rates. Its findings, published earlier this month, are pretty damn bleak.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-20 20:53:12 UTC ]
A woman accidentally buys a bookstore apparently, Libro at 10, cool library spaces are all in today's most interesting book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-20 17:06:13 UTC ]
The Pentatonix singer and his husband say "How Lucky Am I?" parallels their own experiences as a married couple, including their dream of starting a family. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2024-06-20 16:24:07 UTC ]
Print sales are up. Celebrity picture books. Instagrammable Bookstores. These and more on Book Riot today Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-20 16:03:10 UTC ]
This week's new YA paperback releases and YA news, including a Tony-award winning musical adaptation of a teen classic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-20 15:30:00 UTC ]
Amazon Prime Day 2024 is coming soon, and if history is any indication, it will bring a swath of discounts on everything from gadgets to clothes to household necessities. If you’re a Prime member, you’ll have access to all of the Amazon Prime Day deals, which is great in theory, but it will... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-06-20 15:00:37 UTC ]
Print book sales were up in May, books by Stephen King, Kristin Hannah, Emily Henry, and Dr. Seuss. Check out the top 10 books sold in the adult and children's markets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-20 13:30:00 UTC ]
The theft of 400 kilograms of gold from Toronto's Pearson Airport in April 2023 played out like a Hollywood movie. But even after police charged 12 men in connection with the heist, tens of millions in gold is still missing, raising the question of whether investigators have really cracked the case. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2024-06-20 08:00:46 UTC ]
FairSquare Comics, which marked its fifth anniversary on June 20, is rebranding as FairSquare Graphics, and will launch Horny Dolphin, a new imprint dedicated to "NSFW" titles focusing on immigrant and minority voices, this fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
After a lackluster start to the year, unit sales of print books have improved in recent months, and were up 5% in May over a year ago at outlets that report to BookScan. A BookScan analyst said that if current trends last, summer sales could top those in 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
Dionne Sims, who opened Black Garnet Books in St. Paul, Minn., to sell books by BIPOC authors in response to the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, is selling the store to return to school and focus on writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
The imprint will focus on lifestyle publishing and narrative nonfiction, and is part of DK’s recently renamed adult division, DK Living. First books are set to be released next spring. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Womb House Books bricks-and-mortar store, which opened on June 15, features the carefully curated, women-focused vintage titles that are the Etsy shop's bread and butter, with the addition of frontlist books. Owner Jessica Ferris is doing it all on her own—and loving every minute. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
The British Academy Book Prize is preparing a specially commissioned photographic exhibition based on its 2023 winner, 'Courting India.' The post British Academy Prize: ‘Courting India’ With a Photo Project appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-19 20:24:58 UTC ]
Real numbers on diversity in publishing, AI garbage comes to your Kindle screen, New Adult returns: all in today's book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-19 18:45:34 UTC ]
Which title have you read this year that really attracted you to a book and made you want to read more? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-19 17:00:00 UTC ]