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The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett and The Girl in the Spider’s Web, continuing Stieg Larsson’s crime series, are both due out on Thursday Two very different heroines are poised to return to the nation’s bookshelves: Tiffany Aching, teenage witch and protagonist of the late Terry... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Franzen’s fifth novel, Purity, appears, like his previous one, Freedom, amid the media equivalent of the fog of war. There have been trumpeted interviews and fatuous raves, but also misleading headlines, Twitter diatribes, backlashes to the backlash and a deluge of emptily sassy online... Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The sharp rise in mobile readership has forced publishers to ask themselves hard questions about their site performance. Joining the likes of GQ and The Washington Post, Vox Media has taken a hard look at its page load time, cutting it in half to an average of 11.5 seconds. Vox did this by... Continue reading at 'Digiday'
[ Digiday | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We’re posting transcripts of Working, Slate’s podcast about what people do all day, exclusively for Slate Plus members. What follows is the transcript for Season 3, Episode 6, in which Slate culture writer Aisha Harris talks to Jordan Pavlin, a book editor at Knopf, about how she identifies... Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Argentinian short story collection sells in the States, a Finnish thriller moves to Spain, an Italian novel about cooking and family is nabbed in Germany, and more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johannesburg's Philani Dladli was homeless when he decided to sell books he found and read, offering them on a sliding price scale based on his own review. The post Homeless South African Sells Books and Reviews In Lieu of Begging appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cixin Liu has won the best novel prize at this year’s Hugo Awards, although no awards were given in five categories, reflecting recent controversy over how the prizes are given. The annual Hugo Awards are for science fiction and fantasy works and are voted for by anyone who is a member of (i.e.... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week we look at the Dutch hit, 'The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen,' which has been making headlines—thanks in part to the mysteries surrounding its author—since it was released last summer. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Paper says use of Mail Online article was ‘at odds’ with its ‘journalistic standards’Mario Vargas Llosa, the Nobel prize-winning author, has slammed the New York Times for publishing what he called “slanderous and perfidious” gossip that, it transpired, was culled from the Daily Mail’s... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week's spirituality and religion news round-up includes another controversy for 'Fun Home,' a single mom's advice about loneliness, and 26 books for a "spiritual but not religious" reader today. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Reading charity Scottish Book Trust today launched What’s Your Story?, a new programme to increase opportunities for young writers in Scotland. Funded by Time to Shine, Creative Scotland’s arts strategy for young people, the programme will connect young writers using writer groups, workshops,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Why weren't there winners announced in five categories for the prestigious science fiction Hugo Awards? The prizes have been engulfed in controversy this year. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Kushner's 12th book, 'Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life,' he offers reasons to come back to religion for those who have walked away. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Sandra Brown's 'Friction' debuted at #2 on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list for the week ended August 24. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press has acquired a “dark and disturbing” debut novel by Inge Schilperoord, originally published in the Netherlands. Commissioning editor Daniel Seton at Pushkin acquired world English rights to Tench from Podium, via Marleen Seegers at 2 Seas Agency. Tench tells the story of a... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Celebrity chefs have collaborated on a new charity cookbook, Soup for Syria, to help fund food relief efforts for Syrian refugees. The post Celebrity Chefs Publish Soup Cookbook to Aid Syrian Refugees appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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The founder and publisher of Sounds True points out how Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön's newest book helps to instill an "unconditional confidence" in readers. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Three high-ranking Barnes & Noble executives who have left the company or planned to exit the retailer earned hefty bonuses in fiscal 2015. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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The University of Texas has bought the archives of Kazuo Ishiguro for just over $1m, which include some unpublished work and a song track. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The inaugural Mississippi Book Festival, which featured authors John Grisham, Rick Bragg and Ellen Gilchrist, drew 3,500 to the state capitol grounds Aug. 22. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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