Among the week's headlines: a deadline looms for federal library funding; the FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules; Maryland passes a law designed to discourage book bans; and why Alabama librarians are feeling exhausted. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Chloe Walsh’s ‘Taming 7,’ a new entry in her BookTok-popular Boys of Tommen YA series, debuts at #3 on our children’s fiction list. Plus novelists Salman Rushdie and Caleb Carr publish memoirs, and a memoir in Spanish by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is a stateside hit. 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. First up: an updated take on Osamu Tezuka’s Unico series, first published in 1976. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
The novelist traded a finance career to pursue fiction. It just may have saved his life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 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 ]
From micropublishers showcasing up-and-coming creators to larger companies adding specialty imprints, there’s lots to discover on the edges of the manga mainstream Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
An inside look at the publication process for the English translation of a punk update on a classic manga. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Manga is so popular in North America that publishers are expanding to comics from across Asia, as Japanese publishers also invest in marketing directly to the West. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Putnam lands Jill Santopolo’s long anticipated sequel to The Light We Lost, Gallery signs a memoir by late fashion designer Kate Spade’s best friend, and more Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
In 'Attack from Within,' Barbara McQuade explores disinformation and the need to report, and defend, the truth. Her publisher, Seven Stories, is taking note—even as fact-checking remains scarce in book publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 2024 Beijing International Book Fair includes a program for international publishers, with applications open until May 10. The post Beijing Book Fair Expects 70 Nations’ Engagement in June appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-25 23:47:43 UTC ]
The satirical news website was bought by a new firm in Chicago that took inspiration for its name, Global Tetrahedron, from a book written by The Onion’s staff. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-04-25 23:20:18 UTC ]
The books will be released sequentially, starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, with a full cast of yet-to-be-named actors and a ‘groundbreaking new soundscape’New audiobooks of all seven titles in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series will be released exclusively on Audible in late... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-04-25 16:37:29 UTC ]
When SPD (Small Press Distribution) announced its sudden and immediate closure at the end of March, hundreds of small and indie presses were not only caught off-guard but immediately thrown into existential limbo. Publishers and authors took to whatever platforms they had available to share... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-25 16:35:33 UTC ]
In the event of a lawsuit, the U.S. government would likely argue national security issues. Legislation forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U.S. received President Joe Biden’s official signoff Wednesday. But the newly minted law could be in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-04-25 14:12:32 UTC ]
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy and digital publisher CNET are teaming up to create a new retail media model, the companies said Thursday. The electronics retailer and the publisher are combining their ad inventory, allowing advertisers to buy across Best Buy Ads'... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2024-04-25 12:00:00 UTC ]
Journalist Sasha Vasilyuk’s debut novel Your Presence Is Mandatory is a poignant look at the reverberating effects of war through the story of a Ukrainian World War II veteran’s struggle to hide a damaging secret for the sake of his family. Vasilyuk’s book begins with death—the first chapter... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-04-25 11:00:00 UTC ]
French news publisher Le Monde launched its English-language product, Le Monde in English, two years ago, with the goal of generating 30,000 subscribers by the end of 2023. It has since fallen short of that goal, according to business development officer Arnaud Aubron,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2024-04-25 10:00:00 UTC ]
Mayor Eric Adams’ nearly $112 billion executive budget, released Wednesday, includes more than $5 billion for health care initiatives, a figure that has grown by $172 million since his January preliminary budget.The revised plan avoids new spending cuts for city agencies and paints a rosier... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-04-25 09:33:07 UTC ]