The American Booksellers Association’s Children’s Institute in New Orleans wrapped up on June 12 with an equity-focused “Spotlight on Black Publishing,” an inclusive conversation about “Queer Voices for Community,” and a karaoke extravaganza. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Still looking for the perfect Father's Day gift? This list should satisfy fathers of all types. Geek dads! Punk dads! Military history dads! No dad stone has been left unturned. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
The decision comes after state officials oversaw the creation of new rules governing library content in schools last year and demanded that the Edmond Public School district remove two books from high school library shelves over sexual content. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
With its divestiture program nearing completion, positive indicators in its research group, and ongoing generative projects, Wiley expects sales and earnings to bounce back in fiscal 2025. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Spotify has once again drawn the ire of the music industry. The National Music Publishers' Association has called on the Federal Trade Commission to examine the streaming service's addition of audiobook content into all of its paid subscription plans. According to the group's FTC complaint,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-06-12 23:52:55 UTC ]
The 2024 Beijing International Book Fair's programming reflects in part a considerable interest in academic and educational publishing. The post Beijing International Book Fair Announces 2024 Conferences appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-12 20:55:09 UTC ]
Jerry Della Femina, an icon of the advertising industry whose memoir about Madison Avenue’s rollicking heyday provided fodder for the hit cable series Mad Men, has a new campaign: selling his home.Della Femina and his wife, former TV journalist Judy Licht, have put their Upper East Side... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-06-12 17:29:24 UTC ]
Arnaud Nourry's independent publishing collective in France opens with a first-look arrangement with Jonathan Karp's Simon & Schuster. The post Arnaud Nourry’s Les Nouveaux Éditeurs in Deal With S&S appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-12 17:28:13 UTC ]
The 36th annual Lambda Literary Awards in 26 different categories of LGBTQ+ books were announced. Here are the winners. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-12 16:52:46 UTC ]
Pete the Cat, Goosebumps, a Little Mermaid Adventure, and More in Today's Best Children's Book Deals Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-12 15:45:03 UTC ]
This year’s Amazon Prime Day is coming soon, so it’s a good time to start thinking about the things you’ll want to look for once the deal wave hits. Everything from gadgets to clothes to household necessities will be on sale during the event, and if you’re a Prime member, you’ll have access to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-06-12 14:55:47 UTC ]
Photo by Arturo Villarrubia Science fiction writer Ted Chiang has won the 2024 PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. The award is given each year to a writer who has “demonstrated exceptional achievement in the short story form.” Ted Chiang has published two... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-12 14:52:48 UTC ]
You folks out there who have been waiting for a good deal before picking up Amazon’s Kindle Scribe, the company’s first Kindle with stylus support, now may be your time. The device has dropped to an all-time low price of $240. That’s 29 percent off the regular price for the base model with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-06-12 14:38:01 UTC ]
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short-story writer Clarice Lispector (1920-77) has not had as much attention as her fellow titans of South American literature, Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez. But her short stories are often... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2024-06-12 14:00:27 UTC ]
This trio of novels ushers readers into three different but equally mesmerizing long-ago worlds. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-12 13:28:10 UTC ]
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, June 16, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-06-12 13:00:20 UTC ]
What's the most unique setting for a coming-of-age graphic novel that you've read? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-12 11:30:00 UTC ]
I love it when a text centers the dynamics of conversation. In my own life, talking to others gets me out of my head, and introduces me to possibilities I would never have dreamed of alone. I think of a quote by the activist Valerie Kaur, which my local bookshop has printed on some of […] The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-06-12 11:00:00 UTC ]
What if Jane Austen is actually the master of anti-romance? Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey on how Austen’s rushed endings undercut her reputation. | Lit Hub Criticism Living with a literary icon can teach some incredible lessons. Cory Leadbeater on his life-changing friendship with Joan Didion. |... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-12 10:30:38 UTC ]
Bill Hall, the proprietor, has assembled a vast collection of hard-to-find fashion books and magazines coveted by designers and influencers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-12 09:03:57 UTC ]