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The New Gourmet Gallery in Frankfurt

A new-look Gourmet Gallery signals a new era for the food and wine publishing industry at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The post The New Gourmet Gallery in Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Bookstore Sales Fell 4.0% in August

Bookstore sales declined to $1.55 billion in August, a 4.0% drop from $1.62 billion in August 2014. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Perseus, R.R. Donnelley Team Up to Create Global Metadata Platform

Perseus's BookMap unit will manage publishers' metadata, while R.R. Donnelley's Harvest platform will optimize it and send it on to retailers. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Hachette CEO Nourry and “The Way to Death”

Hachette’s famous ebook pricing dispute with Amazon may be over but its shadow stretched over yesterday’s CEO panel at the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair. The post Hachette CEO Nourry and “The Way to Death” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Ai Weiwei to publish memoir in 2017 on 'struggle for individual freedom'

Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and noted free speech activist, is writing his memoirs that will be published in 2017 by Crown, the publisher announced this week.  The book will be published in multiple countries in print, audio and digital formats and is expected to cover the artist's life,... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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S&S nabs German star

Simon & Schuster has bought world rights (excluding Germany) in These Days of Ours, a new novel by Juliet Ashton, and will publish in June 2016. Ashton, who was previously published by Sphere in the UK, is a superstar in Germany, where she has shifted more than 100,000 copies for... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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'Fugitive Pieces' Author Anne Michaels Named Toronto’s Poet Laureate

The appointed three-year position, which includes an annual C$10,000 honorarium, means that Michaels will be the city’s advocate for poetry and language. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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The Profit of Publishing with Purpose

When book publishers must compete with other media for readers' attention, publishers should have a clear vision for their business and titles. The post The Profit of Publishing with Purpose appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Unseen Aleister Crowley writings reveal 'short-story writer of the highest order'

Anthology of uncollected writings should secure a reappraisal of notorious occultist, says publisherAleister Crowley, the occultist once dubbed the “wickedest man in the world”, is due for a reassessment as a short-story writer, according to a new anthology of his uncollected writing which... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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Humor and Diversity Paramount in NEIBA's 2015 Children's Programming

As booksellers settled in to the kickoff luncheon at this year's New England Independent Booksellers Association fall conference, the bustling children's book scene was evidenced by Harvard Book Store marketing manager Alex Meriwether's latest event. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Simon & Schuster CEO Seeks to Master Data

Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy is eagerly exploring new business models but acknowledges there’s still room for old-fashioned intuition in publishing. The post Simon & Schuster CEO Seeks to Master Data appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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The Borough Press bags Bennett brace

The Borough Press commissioning editor Cassie Browne has signed two further novels from Andrea Bennett. The author was signed by the HarperCollins imprint through its open submissions scheme. Borough released Bennett’s début, Galina Petrovna’s Three-Legged Dog Story, in the UK in August, and... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Lagercrantz to write two more Millennium books

David Lagercrantz has been contracted to write two more novels in the late Stieg Larsson's Millennium series. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Cookbooks Preview, November 2015

Next month's cookbooks include the latest from Nigella, the first book from a YouTube phenom, and a cookbook from the man behind Mission Chinese. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Ted Hughes book incites war of words

An unauthorised biography of Ted Hughes is attacked by the English poet's widow just days after being shortlisted for a prestigious literary prize. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: Books on the Middle East Crisis Drawing Lots of Interest

The ongoing turmoil in the Middle East along with the refugee crisis there and in Europe has been the source of a clutch of manuscripts on offer at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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NYCC 2015: Publishers Chase Growth in Kids', Girls’ Graphic Novels

Led by girl-focused comics, sales of kids' and YA graphic novels continue to grow and publishers used New York Comic Con to launch a spate of new properties targeting girls and young women. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Paver ghosts to Orion

Orion publisher Jon Wood has bought world rights to Michelle Paver’s "spine-tingling mountaineering ghost story", set in the Himalayas. Wood completed the deal for Thin Air, due to be published in October 2016, with Peter Cox of Redhammer. In the novel, brothers Stephen and Kits set out to... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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New Zealand lifts ban on YA novel

New Zealand has lifted its temporary ban on Into the River, a novel aimed at teenage boys by Ted Dawe, saying putting restriction on sales of the book is "unjustifiable". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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SaltWay Proves There’s Still Room for Quality

UK distributor SaltWay specializes in illustrated books from around the world, and presented some beautiful editions at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year. The post SaltWay Proves There’s Still Room for Quality appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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