For this year's Independent Bookstore Day, held on April 27, hundreds of indies across the country extended their celebration across the entire weekend as crowds crawled from one shop to the next, snapping up books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
The American Booksellers Association has filed a motion with the Federal Trade Commission seeking to fix a hole in the FTC’s antitrust complaint against Amazon that many in the industry agree needs correcting: that it did not specifically include what Amazon’s practices have done to book... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
The cancellation of what would have been the 20th edition of the free speech organization's sprawling festival came just days after it axed the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards ceremony amid mass withdrawals of books from consideration and continued criticism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
As the Sheikh Zayed Book Award ceremony approaches, Spain's Casa Árabe is named Cultural Personality of the Year. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award To Honor Spain’s Casa Árabe appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-29 00:11:54 UTC ]
Readers share their tips on discovering new authors and reading more widelyIn addition to the excellent advice provided in your article on reading (The experts: librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books, 25 April), I would add the following. The old adage of not judging... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-04-28 16:39:44 UTC ]
All you need is an internet connection, a library card, and a good ebook reader to dive into your next page-turner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2024-04-28 12:00:00 UTC ]
It's "America's Finest News Source" ... or so it claims. The Onion, a Wisconsin-bred satirical news outlet — once a newspaper but now read only online — has a new owner. Jeff Lawson, the co-founder and recently departed CEO of San Francisco software company Twilio, has purchased The Onion.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2024-04-27 14:51:02 UTC ]
The answer lies at the heart of theoretical physics. Note: The following article contains spoilers about the Netflix series 3 Body Problem.I first encountered the three-body problem 60 years ago, in a short story called “Placet is a Crazy Place” by American science fiction writer Frederic Brown. Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-04-27 12:00:00 UTC ]
Inspiration for youth activists, a dark (and delicious) serial killer story, a fairy tale with twists and turns, and more of today's best YA book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-04-27 10:30:00 UTC ]
As students organize and resist to demand action and justice for Palestinians, publishers are offering free books on Palestine, protest, and more, in solidarity. Verso has seven ebooks available for download, including a case for sanctions against Israel, a collection on 2011’s Occupy movement,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-26 15:56:47 UTC ]
Former PM’s first-week sales compare with 21,000 for David Cameron’s memoir and 92,000 for Tony Blair bookLiz Truss’s book about her 49-day stint as prime minister sold 2,228 copies in the UK during its first week on sale, after a wall-to-wall promotional media blitz.Ten Years to Save the West:... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-04-26 15:49:38 UTC ]
LeasesStartup moving headquarters to Refinery at DominoAddress: 300 Kent Ave., BrooklynLandlord: Two Trees Management Co.Tenant: WhopLease size: 9,554 square feetAsset type: OfficeChildren’s book publisher inks Midtown South leaseAddress: 381 Park Ave. South, ManhattanLandlord: ATCO Properties... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-04-26 15:25:09 UTC ]
🎵 It’s the moooost wonderfullll tiiiiime of the yeaaaar!🎵 That’s right, folks: tomorrow is perhaps the greatest book-related holiday on the calendar: Independent Bookstore Day! As I’ve been saying at the top of bookstore events at my local indie (where I moonlight as the events manager), every... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-26 14:15:13 UTC ]
The US$35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize goes to Isabella Hammad, whose 'Enter Ghost' explores the Palestinian diaspora. The post Isabella Hammad Wins the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-26 13:34:35 UTC ]
On March 28, Small Press Distribution (SPD), the 55-year old company that helped 385 indie publishers deliver their books to customers, collapsed without warning. This is an existential blow in a business where finances are delicate at the best of times. Books remain stranded in warehouses and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-04-26 11:10:00 UTC ]
“I yearned for a bigger life and was sure it would come for me.” Aaron Hicklin on how the novels of Lynne Reid Banks helped him see himself. | Lit Hub Memoir “The more pertinent question than what we can write is what we who are Black authors can write about that a publisher will […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-26 10:30:59 UTC ]
When the graphic novel remake of Ann M. Martin's book Claudia and the Bad Joke was the best-selling kids book in Canada earlier this month, it was time for bookworms to feel their hearts flutter with nostalgia. The original, part of the wildly popular The Baby-Sitters Club series, was published... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2024-04-26 08:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers, agents, and authors reckon with readers’ all-consuming passion for romantasy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Manga for readers 12 and under is still a small category in the U.S., so it’s big news that Scholastic will begin publishing manga under its Graphix imprint. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Four new titles offer deep dives into decidedly niche but surprisingly rich subjects, from silk and female ejaculation to borderline personality disorder and the devil. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]