Smith takes a ‘Honeymoon’ at Other Press and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
April marks the opening of two stores with a children’s connection: one is a children’s only bookstore, the other showcases indie authors and was launched by a children's book author. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week: our future in space, Chigozie Obioma's wonderful debut novel, and new Amelia Gray. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Below is a list of the most recent books by writers attending the author reception, the Scholastic Meet & Treat party, and/or the opening reception with members of #WeNeedDiverseBooks, cosponsored by PW. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
After years of asking mainstream publishers for ebooks to be bundled with physical books, a small group of indie booksellers have gotten their wish. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
At this year’s AWP conference, there's excitement about how vital literature and publishing are in the city of Minneapolis, a growing literary center far from New York-based trade publishing and the West Coast indie scene. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Sweetwater Books declined to publish a book with a co-author's biography that mentioned a "partner," the book found a new, better home: Scholastic. The post Happy Ending for Gay Author Thwarted by Small Publisher appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last year was the 40th anniversary of Berkeley publisher North Atlantic Books, and the 50th anniversary of Io, the alternative literary journal that marked the company’s beginnings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Every day, children’s booksellers have to overcome hurdles to sell more books and increase foot traffic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mariella Frostrup is returning to host The Bookseller Industry Awards for 2015 for a second consecutive year. The BBC Radio 4 "Open Book" presenter, who was hugely popular with the audience at last year’s event, will be back at the helm of this year's ceremony at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The old entertainment industry adage “the show must go on” might as well be the motto of L.A. Theatre Works, which has grown from a small theater group doing workshops with prison inmates to a vast company that produces an array of audio projects Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Transworld has bought five books by Meredith Wild, who was originally self-published, in a “significant six-figure deal”. Editorial director Harriet Bourton acquired British Commonwealth rights to all five books in the Hacker series from Grand Central Publishing in the US. The first four books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books rose 3% in the quarter ended April 5, 2015, compared to the first quarter of 2014, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
New York-based independent publisher Grove Atlantic and non-profit site Electric Literature have launched a new website celebrating literary culture, with support across other literary publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
London-based publisher Faber & Faber and the Perseus Books Group have entered into a partnership that will see Faber using Perseus’ digital technology to publish its books globally, in both print and digital. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
This spring, during National Poetry Month (April) and the weeks immediately before and after, publishers are pushing out a host of memoirs by poets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to announce the winners of the third annual Cartoonist Studio Prize. The winners were selected by Slate Book Review editor Dan Kois; the faculty and students at the Center for Cartoon Studies, represented by CCS fellow Sophie... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A list of the most recent books by writers attending the author reception, the Scholastic Meet & Treat party, and/or the opening reception with members of #WeNeedDiverseBooks, cosponsored by PW. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jessie Childs has won the 2015 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for history for her book about religious persecution in Elizabethan England, God's Traitors (Bodley Head). She beat off competition from five other shortlisted authors to win the £2,000 annual prize, funded by former PEN member Marjorie... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Cape has acquired a book of short stories by Daisy Johnson at auction. Editorial director Alex Bowler signed UK and Commonwealth rights to two books by Johnson from Jack Ramm at Eve White Literary Agency. Johnson is a 24-year-old prizewinning graduate of Oxford University’s Fiction... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]