Harper Lee's agent Andrew Nurnberg has issued a full and emphatic denial of claims that novelist Harper Lee has been subjected to "elder abuse" linked to the publication of her novel Go Set a Watchman, describing allegations made against her care as "shameful" and "sad". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mitchell Beazley has signed a cookbook from Virgilio Martinez, the chef behind the Michelen-starred restaurant LIMA. LIMA The Cookbook: Peruvian Home Cooking, co-authored with Luciana Bianchi, will be released on 1st October 2015 as a £25 hardback. Octopus publisher Alison Starling acquired... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A near-record haul from Hachette UK, an impressive total for Pan Macmillan and a history-making all-female Manager of the Year category are some of the highlights in this year's Bookseller Industry Awards (BIA) shortlists. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan’s Bluebird Books has pre-empted rights to Emotional Success: Harnessing the Power of Gratitude, Compassion, Pride and Guilt by psychology professor and Yale PhD, David De Steno. Bluebird’s Carole Tonkinson acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Caspian Dennis at Abner Stein,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
'The Heart Goes Last,' which will be published in the U.S. on September 29, marks the celebrated Canadian author’s first stand-alone novel in 15 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has signed a debut book from mathematician David Sumpter, looking at the statistical background behind football. Commissioning editor Jim Martin signed world rights to More than a Game in a deal with Chris Wellbelove at Greene & Heaton. The book will published on Bloomsbury's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Devon will become the latest authority to move its library over to a new community-owned mutual organisation. Councillors approved the plans at a cabinet meeting yesterday (11th March), following in the footsteps of other councils, including Suffolk and the City of York. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion has acquired two new novels by Liz Fenwick for a “good five-figure advance”. Orion Fiction publishing director Kate Mills bought UK and Commonwealth rights to The Returning Tide and another, as-yet-untitled, novel from Carole Blake at Blake Friedmann. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales dipped in January and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Driven by gains in the children’s/young adult and K–12 instructional materials segments, publishers’ sales hit $15.72 billion in 2014, up 4.9% over the previous year, according to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author also recently donated funds for British and Irish schools as well as independent bookstores. 'I hope we’re able to increase awareness about the vital role that school libraries and librarians play in transforming lives and fostering a love for learning,' Patterson said of his new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pratchett is the author of such works as 'Wyrd Sisters,' 'Night Watch,' and 'The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.' He was knighted in 2009 and was the bestselling author in the United Kingdom in the 1990s. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attendees at AWP’s 2015 conference will sometimes want to break out of the cavernous halls of the convention center. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Matt Sumell, author of the exceptional "Making Nice," on writing as an "emotionally expensive" undertaking. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
When the spin-off of its college division is completed later this year, Barnes & Noble plans to sell both print and digital books, B&N Inc. CEO Mike Huseby told analysts during a conference call last week to discuss third-quarter results. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder imprint Coronet has acquired a new book from singer Olly Murs, titled On the Road. Coronet’s editorial Director Charlotte Hardman acquired world rights in a deal with Modest! Management. Coronet published Murs’ first book Happy Days, which told the story of his journey to stardom, in 2012. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new Wells Fargo Securities report put ad blocking right alongside viewability as a top challenge facing the digital publishing ecosystem.The report asked whether ad blocking is an existential threat or "just a 'Europe thing'" and netted out somewhere in the middle: "We believe the rapid rise... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The latest book about Steve Jobs suggests the late Apple cofounder’s dislike of TV was one reason he terminated a 1990s personal computer called the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM).The expensive, short-lived machine was launched in March 1997, months before Jobs resumed leadership of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers should use the current favorable trends to tap into new and existing markets to expand their customer base, said ABA CEO Oren Teicher at SIBA 's Day of Education. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the forthcoming book Becoming Steve Jobs, we learn just how close Tim Cook and Steve Jobs really were. Here, an exclusive excerpt: Fast Company executive editor Rick Tetzeli and co-author Brent Schlender's new book, Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution Of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]