Join Nick Offerman in the Special Events Hall today in an hour of conversation, music, and muckraking as he presents his new book, "Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America’s Gutsiest Troublemakers." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Men and fashion? The well-dressed man? Just look around, and you’ll see that it’s a concept reserved for glossy magazines and red carpets, but rarely found in reality. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebury Press has acquired the autobiography of Irish footballer Packie Bonner. Deputy publisher Andrew Goodfellow bought world all language rights to The Last Line from Kevin Pocklington at Jenny Brown Associates. Bonner was a goalkeeper who played for Celtic, winning four Scottish Cups and one... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Television 360, Endemol Shine Studios and publisher Diogenes are teaming up to bring Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley books to television. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin president Madeline McIntosh, Harper s.v.p. and director of creative development Lisa Sharkey, and Pearson Learning Services president Bethlam Forsa contemplated how they got to where they are and prospects for other women’s rise to the top in a Book Expo America panel on Thursday (28th)... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apparently movies would suck without John Green, who is downright effusive about how the movie adaptation of his 2008 novel, "Paper Towns," turned out. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fauzia Burke and Kristen Frantz offered an hour of genial and common sense advice about using social media to build your brand online. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Saturday, former 'Office' co-stars B.J. Novak and Mindy Kaling reunited on stage to kick off the second annual BookCon in front of a packed and boisterous crowd. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group intends to increase its digital and licensed offerings as it looks for future growth. In an interview published in The Bookseller today (29th May), c.e.o. Hilary Murray Hill has said the whole industry is aware of the opportunities presented by successful licensing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Check out this hyperlapse video we took of the huge line to get into BookCon this morning! Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Citing 48 new regular member companies in the last year, the American Booksellers Association (ABA) leadership is declaring an end to a six-year crisis in US independent bookshops. At its annual meeting at BookExpo America in New York City on Thursday (28th May), c.e.o Oren J Teicher told the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ask most mothers of teenage daughters if they could imagine spending five days a week cooped up in an office for eight hours a day working on a project together for an entire summer, and the answers you would get might not be printable. Not so for bestselling author Jodi Picoult, who began a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
At 1 p.m. today in Room 1A10, “Mixed Me: A Discussion with Taye Diggs and Shane Evans” will address more than just a new picture book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
We are going to put the con back into BookCon,” Mac Barnett, says of the pranking workshop that he is leading with his fellow expert, or, partner-in-crime, Jory John, today, noon–12:45 p.m., on the Downtown Stage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 700,000+ subscribers to Mamrie Hart’s YouTube series, You Deserve a Drink, already know about the custom cocktails that Hart creates each week in honor of whoever in pop culture needs it most. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
On a Saturday BookCon panel, Ellen Hopkins, Patrick Ness, Lauren Oliver, and Jason Reynolds discussed the relationships, characters, themes, and settings of their latest YA novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brian Davies, chairman of Penguin Random House UK’s distribution companies, is to leave Penguin Random House in September. Davies will also step down from the PRH executive. He will move to a four-day week until his departure at the end of September. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Each fall, religion and spirituality publishers bring out a bounty of books for gift giving, course adoption, and general reading pleasure, as days grow short and life moves indoors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookExpo America ended its Wednesday–Friday run last week at New York City’s Javits Center before giving way to the consumer-oriented BookCon, held at Javits over the May 30–31 weekend. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
From Chesterton to Christie to Conan Doyle to Highsmith, tracing the modern detective novel back to its roots. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]