Two writers whose work explores the aggregate nature of personal and collective fate discuss authors who were master interrogators of social dualism in their own times. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
“This Apple ad is what happens when you try to be ‘edgy’ with no consideration for strategy,” said Lulu Cheng Meservey. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2024-05-08 21:18:08 UTC ]
The rights center having opened today (May 8), the Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino opens its public-facing fair on Thursday (May 9). The post Torino’s 2024 Book Fair Expands Its Professional Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-08 21:13:14 UTC ]
Much of the recent AI hype train has centered around mesmerizing digital content generated from simple prompts, alongside concerns about its ability to decimate the workforce and make malicious propaganda much more convincing. (Fun!) However, some of AI’s most promising — and potentially much... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-05-08 19:47:26 UTC ]
Vladimir Kara-Murza, 42, won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his Washington Post columns about Russian politics and society — all of which he wrote in prison. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2024-05-08 19:11:21 UTC ]
As a bona-fide hater of actual reality, virtual reality is very appealing to me. However, I’m not that into 100 hour AAA games like Asgard’s Wrath 2 or Half Life: Alyx. I’m into short interactive experiences that can’t be had anywhere else. Good news for me? The Apple Vision Pro is getting a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-05-08 18:39:58 UTC ]
A satirical confession, from an imagined designer who unleashed the style of book cover with “amorphous shapes of suggestive colors” on the world. I’ve created a monster. I’m the designer who first created the colorful blob book cover. You know the ones: the vaguely egg-like, kidney-bean-like... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-05-08 17:07:26 UTC ]
Which books by AAPI authors are you looking to read in your book clubs this month? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-08 17:00:00 UTC ]
Brooklyn State senator Zellnor Myrie is taking steps to challenge Mayor Eric Adams for re-election in 2025, further complicating Adams’ already uncertain hopes for a second term amid sagging approval ratings.Myrie, a 37-year-old progressive, confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that he is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-05-08 14:15:56 UTC ]
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 12, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-05-08 13:00:45 UTC ]
Jonathan Corcoran on the teacher who showed him that writing begins far from the page: Pulitzer Prize winner Jayne Anne Phillips. | Lit Hub Criticism Elizabeth Graver remembers her friend and agent, Richard Parks: “Richard’s voice on the phone was always much as I remembered it: polite, even... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-05-08 10:30:25 UTC ]
Revenue for U.K. publishing in 2023 was £7.1 billion, about $8.9 billion at current exchange rates, the U.K.'s Publishers Association reported. Growth areas included exports, sales, and digital audiobooks, which saw double digit growth. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Gathering together writers and translators who withdrew from PEN America's Literary Awards and World Voices Festival, the event, held in New York City on May 7, featured stirring readings, offered sharp critiques, and raised money for the Gaza-based nonprofit We Are Not Numbers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Aminder Dhaliwal’s new graphic novel 'A Witch’s Guide to Burning' transforms the grim notion of burning witches at the stake into an epic quest in a fantasy world marked by magic, demons, and a search for lost memories. A six-page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Springer Nature, one of three Projekt Deal publishers, cites agreements with 99-percent of Germany's higher-learning institutions. The post Springer Nature Says More than 99 Percent of German Higher Learning Joins DEAL appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-08 00:08:15 UTC ]
'This report is a call to action for government' on the UK market's AI policy, says the Publishers Association's Dan Conway in London. The post Publishers Association Blasts the UK Government’s Response to AI Report appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-08 00:00:35 UTC ]
The key changes announced emphasize greater international dexterity for Hachette under David Shelley's transatlantic leadership. The post Hachette in the UK and USA: International Management appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-07 22:04:31 UTC ]
Audiobooks are fast becoming ‘a major route to market for consumers of books’, the trade body saysThe number of UK audiobook downloads increased by 17% between 2022 and 2023, according to new data from the Publishers Association (PA).Revenue from audiobooks rose 24% across the same period to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-07 15:28:43 UTC ]
Long before his son Lin-Manuel's Tony Award-winning musical “Hamilton” brought his family international recognition and unexpected fortune, Luis A Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2024-05-07 13:34:34 UTC ]
The noble but neglected Scribner Building on Fifth Avenue has renewed the lease for its last remaining tenant at a higher rent, marking the first good news in many years for the landmarked property where F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway used to meet their publisher. Apparel retailer... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-05-07 09:48:08 UTC ]