An independent publisher considers the challenges and opportunities for small presses in her home market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
The bestselling author’s latest, ‘The Demon of Unrest,’ documents the tense five-month period leading up to the American Civil War. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
New tools could finally help publishers stem the flow of counterfeit editions online. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
New tools could finally help publishers stem the flow of counterfeit editions online. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Netherlands' landscape of horizontal lines 'are combined with a book display' in Taipei International Book Exhibition's guest of honor pavilion from MVRDV. The post Architect Herng Tzou on MVRDV’s Hit Pavilion at Taipei appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-02-22 17:44:25 UTC ]
Last summer we reported that some enterprising modders were trying to make Sony’s PlayStation VR2, the company’s second-gen headset for the PS5, work with standard Windows PCs. It turns out that modders weren’t the only ones with the idea. Sony itself is working on allowing PS VR2 owners... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2024-02-22 17:20:59 UTC ]
The “Netflix model” of leasing e-books to public libraries is expensive, full of limitations, and potentially a boon for censorship, librarians say. It’s a growing business model that shifts power to publishers and makes access harder for patrons. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2024-02-22 16:28:54 UTC ]
Changes in Spotify's terms of use for its Findaway Voices audiobook product trigger concerns from the Society of Authors in London. The post UK’s Society of Authors: More Clarity in Spotify’s Terms appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-02-22 15:16:42 UTC ]
From one girl’s aspiration to Olympic gymnastics glory, to a boy’s stint living in the Idaho wilderness in hopes of fixing his unruly behavior, something that remains a guiding principle in Black storytelling is the breadth of our lives. These stories, a collection of some of EL’s most-loved... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-02-22 12:00:00 UTC ]
What’s Aisha Sabatini Sloan reading? Diana Arterian on the author’s nightstand. | Lit Hub Criticism “The intimacy I feel with what my home once was cannot be reconciled with what downtown has become.” Emma Dries reflects on her childhood home and how 9/11 changed downtown Manhattan forever. |... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-22 11:30:18 UTC ]
“I’ve been prank-calling Justin Torres for like two decades,” says the poet and performer, whose new book is called “Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt: A Memoir in Verse.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-02-22 10:00:27 UTC ]
I always imagined, that, given the choice, I would read my own audiobook. I had heard memoirs often sounded best in the author’s throat—something about the familiar tang of the hardship unspooled. But had I written a memoir? A bookseller acquaintance asked me that a year before the publication... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-22 09:54:39 UTC ]
Two years after a major restructuring of the press that included a commitment to diversifying its list, Torrey House in Salt Lake City has attained greater visibility on a national scale—as well as a spike in sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Data points and anecdotes about middle grade reading intertwined at a panel on "Recapturing the Tween Middle Grade Market," held at Winter Institute. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Some stories are ripped from the headlines; others are ripped from history. Three new novels publishing this week explore the lives of historical figures who left a mark on their respective eras. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
'Publishers Weekly' and the Association of American Literary Agents will copresent the 2024 U.S. Book Show, a one-day in-person educational conference for agents, editors, marketers, and book publishing professionals, at NYU's Kimmel Center in New York City on May 22. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Probing the lives and work Barbara Comyns, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Carson McCullers, these literary biographies, out this week, take a fresh look at three of our most visionary writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Media group says it will be ‘more profitable, more nimble’ after offloading Complex at a discount and implementing a restructureBuzzFeed announced plans to lay off dozens of employees after offloading Complex Networks at a significant discount.The struggling digital media group, which also owns... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-02-21 22:57:22 UTC ]
The Sharjah Book Authority sent a special delegation to the 2024 New Delhi World Book Fair for meetings. The post At Delhi Book Fair: Sharjah Highlights Indian Publishers’ Engagement appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-02-21 22:12:59 UTC ]
The Many Worlds of Anna May Wong: A Conversation with Katie Gee Salisbury, by Susan Blumberg-Kason Interviews [email protected] Wed, 02/21/2024 - 15:24 Katie Gee Salisbury first came across Anna May Wong when she was doing a college internship and... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-02-21 21:24:15 UTC ]