A Thursday afternoon panel was officially named "The Power of Partnerships," but as moderator Keith Michael Fiels, executive director of the American Library Association suggested, it should have been called "E-books: The Continuing Saga." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The awards will identify and celebrate talented young members of the U.S. publishing community, and bring recognition to them on a global stage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
In another effort to encourage children to read, James Patterson has formed the jimmy patterson imprint at Little, Brown. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 1955, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, cofounder of City Lights Bookstore, decided to launch a publishing imprint with his own first book of poems, "Pictures of the Gone World." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Young women about to enter college will be glad to have one more item to pack: "The Her Campus Guide to College Life: How to Manage Relationships, Stay Safe and Healthy, Handle Stress, and Have the Best Years of Your Life." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tom Doherty, president and publisher of Tor Books, worked his way up through the sales force ranks at Simon & Schuster and was mentored by Betty and Ian Ballantine when they launched the first science fiction and fantasy line in the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the Voyagers novels, there aren’t any Klingons to be found: it’s kids who are boldly going forth and discovering strange new worlds—and readers can come along. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Corvus has signed a novel by Irish author Catherine Ryan Howard. Editorial director Sara O'Keeffe signed UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, in Distress Signals in a deal with Jane Gregory at Gregory & Company. The book is described as The Girl on the Train meets Murder on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The government is to introduce a new enterprise bill which it says will cut £10bn of red tape, modernise the business rates appeal system, and help small businesses to resolve disputes faster. The bill was announced today (27th May) in the Queen’s Speech. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Santa Claus, Ind., population 2,500, was founded in 1856 and eventually came to boast the only Santa Claus post office in the U.S., where thousands of letters from children and parents pour in every year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 24th annual Religious Booksellers Trade Exhibit for Catholic stores saw more exhibitor attrition, but in a smaller space the show felt busier, and the mood was upbeat. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
At this year's BookExpo America, the Authors Guild is rolling out its Fair Contract Initiative, a series of commentaries it will publish in the coming months that take a "fresh look at the standard book publishing contract." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Studio 28, the digital-publishing arm of Curtis Brown Literary & Talent Agency, is to publish its first original title. The Swiss Spy by Alex Gerlis will be published as an ebook on Monday 1st June. Studio 28 officially launched in March this year, and will publish in the UK and other... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
PEN America has issued a report on China’s book market entitled 'Censorship and Conscience: Foreign Authors and the Challenge of Chinese Censorship.' The post PEN America Reports on Censorship in China appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
SAGE has purchased Pion Limited, an independent publisher of academic journals. The sale, which was brokered by Bertoli Mitchell LLP, was announced jointly by chairman for Pion, David Cohen and Ziyad Marar, SAGE’s global publishing director. The acquisition results in Pion’s entire publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Watermark Books in King’s Cross is to shut at the end of July. In announcing the closure Farah Taylor, buyer and manager of Watermark Books, also warned the government it needed to review business rates for small businesses. Watermark is closing so its parent company Lagardere Services Travel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
German writer and director Jenny Erpenbeck has won the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The End of Days (Portobello Books), translated by Susan Bernofsky, in the prize’s 25th anniversary year. Erpenbeck and Bernofsky were presented with the £10,000 award, which they will share, at a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writing can be a lonely endeavor, and self-publishing—without the support of a major house—can be even lonelier. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The decibel level on both the performance platform and audience floor is apt to be stratosphere-high this afternoon, 2:30–3 p.m., when three authors known for their prowess for parody take to the Uptown Stage to spar—er, talk—about books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Here’s an advance peek at why the editors participating in today’s Young Adult Editors’ Buzz Panel are especially enthusiastic about the novels they will spotlight, as well as their observations on the value of this forum for generating early book buzz. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]