Books for Africa celebrated shipping 60 million donated books to all countries on the African continent since 1988 at its annual fundraiser, held May 10. During her presentation, guest speaker Mathilde Mukantabana, Rwanda's ambassador to the U.S., stressed how difficult it still is for many... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Canadian author Alice Munro, a master of the short story and the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, died at her home in Port Hope, Ontario, on May 13. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
A new survey conducted by the Green Book Alliance found that a reduction in business travel has gained popularity as a way for publishing companies to reduce their carbon footprint, while the use of carbon offsets and recycled paper has declined. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Independent Publishers Group and Itasca Books have both signed former SPD clients to new distribution deals. IPG has taken on nine new publishers, while Itasca has picked up five. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 2024 British Book Awards had their big night at Grosvenor House in London, celebrating both book and trade award winners. The post British Book Awards: The 2024 Trade and Book Honors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-14 03:51:46 UTC ]
Representing Bookwire customers in Spanish-language markets, this report finds strong performance of both ebooks and audiobooks. The post Bookwire Releases a Report on Spanish-Language Digital Book Markets appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-13 21:33:03 UTC ]
Times Square is no stranger to women's bodies, but a particular advertisement recently stirred controversy, reflecting deep societal tensions surrounding motherhood and female sexuality. The ad promoted lactation cookies in a provocative campaign by breastfeeding startup... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2024-05-13 20:32:01 UTC ]
For the past two years, the novelist Alice Elliott Dark has been sending out missives on the writing and reading life via her popular weekly Substack, “Alice on Sunday.” But this March, Dark applied her platform to a curious task: recapping and analyzing old episodes of HBO’s Girls. The project... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-05-13 18:56:54 UTC ]
The author of 37 published books, Ken Follett will move to Hachette for his next release, after publishing with PRH and Pan Macmillan. The post London and New York: Ken Follett Moves to Hachette appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-13 17:32:44 UTC ]
Bookshop and arts centre run by Salmon Poetry is saved from closure after raising more than €60,000 from 700 individualsA bookshop and arts centre run by a prominent Irish poetry publisher has been saved from closure after a GoFundMe campaign raised more than €60,000 – enough to buy new premises... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-13 15:18:10 UTC ]
Here are the finalists for the 2024 Locus Awards honoring the best in science fiction and fantasy across several categories. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-13 14:32:10 UTC ]
Over the last few days, heightened solar activity (and those heady geomagnetic storms) led to outages in the GPS navigation systems that guide some modern tractors from John Deere and other brands. 404 Media reported farmers have been told to pause using high-tech tractors that use GPS systems... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-05-13 11:15:58 UTC ]
“I had assumed my mother had written a novel about real estate—after all the title was A Hot Property…” Kate Feiffer on reading her mother’s x-rated novel and considering female-authored erotica as a form of social critique. | Lit Hub Memoir Jessica Shattuck recommends a reading list of of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-05-13 10:30:32 UTC ]
On April 23, 1968, protesting Columbia University students took over Hamilton Hall, and over the next few days, occupied three more Columbia buildings and the President’s office. At issue were Columbia’s connection to the Vietnam War (through its affiliation with a weapons research think tank)... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-05-13 08:55:34 UTC ]
Strategies to rein in illegal copying of copyrighted materials to fuel generative and efforts to defend freedom of expression were front and center at this year's annual meeting of the Association of American Publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Author Ken Follett will publish his next, as-yet-untitled book with Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK, after decades with Penguin and Pan Macmillan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
The senior v-p of corporate communications for S&S will retire at the end of July, ending a 35-year career with the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Cysts in both wrists made reading a literal pain. But Lamicall’s Tablet Holder takes that pain away by holding up my Kindle for me. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2024-05-12 13:00:00 UTC ]
Enthusiasts are customising their favourite works and being rewarded with wide social media followingThe videos often begin with every bibliophile’s nightmare: a person ripping the covers off a book.They are not vandals, however; they are bookbinders, taking part in a growing trend for replacing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-12 08:00:50 UTC ]
Far from making programmers an endangered species, AI will release them from the grunt work that stifles innovationWhen digital computers were invented, the first task was to instruct them to do what we wanted. The problem was that the machines didn’t understand English – they only knew ones and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-11 15:00:29 UTC ]