In January, longtime general manager and co-owner of Skylight Books, Kerry Slattery, will hand off the general manager role of the Los Angeles bookstore to Mary Williams. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Literacy Trust’s headline-grabbing claim is little more than highly coordinated lobbying based on flimsy evidenceWhen the National Literacy Trust announces that tablet computers help disadvantaged children to read, liberal-minded book lovers like me sit up and listen.The NLT... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books with big screen adaptations dominated Apple’s iBooks chart for the week ended December 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a “captivating, full-blooded" debut set in Celtic Britain. Editor Emily Kitchin bought British Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada and Australia New Zealand, to Skin and its sequel by Ilka Tampke from Sarah Lutyens at Lutyens and Rubinstein on behalf of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Susanna Einstein and Meg Thompson of the Einstein Thompson Agency have announced that the two agents will be parting ways, in a decision that was, according to the pair, mutual and amicable Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The owner of the award-winning Catarina Marina bookstore discusses the day-to-day struggle of selling books to children in Mexico. The post Mexican Kids Bookseller Tells of Struggle for Survival appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The hardcover edition of Haruki Murakami’s new short novel, The Strange Library, earned raves from for both the text and the design. The post The Strange Beauty of Murkami’s “The Strange Library” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Overall, Black Friday sales are said to have dropped this year, but some independent bookstores reported strong sales on Friday and Saturday of the holiday weekend, even as they celebrated the Indies First bookstore initiative. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unpublished author Tara Guha has won the 2014 Luke Bitmead Writer's Bursary, winning £2,500 and a publishing contract with Legend Press. Guha won the bursary for her debut novel Absent, which will now be published in November 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 5 p.m. deadline bore down on New York Times employees considering whether to accept buyout packages, a bid for the newspaper publisher to trim costs.The company has said there will be forced cuts if 100 jobs can't be eliminated through voluntary buyouts.Like many newspapers, the Times is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent booksellers and WH Smith feature on an “alternative” shopping guide for Christmas created by campaign group Amazon Anonymous. The group has teamed up with Ethical Consumer to create an alternative shopping guide for those who have signed up to its “Amazon Free Challenge” – in which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
W H Smith (WHS) is increasing its focus on book distribution to its stores in a bid to make cost savings. The company’s book buyers have been working within its new “books operating model”, which involves more focused targeting of big titles to key stores, which will be a priority going... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bay Area Book Festival, set for June 6-7, is launching an Indiegogo campaign to raise $50,000 to support their first festival in Berkeley. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amy Julia Becker’s first book told how Penny, who has Down syndrome, became her first-born daughter. In her newest, Becker writes about all of her three children and shows how they don’t define Penny by her Down syndrome. ‘It’s just something she has.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins imprint William Collins has signed three books, including a memoir, by broadcaster Jeremy Paxman. The first book, provisonally titled The Way We Live Now, will look at the past 50 years of British history and its impact on our current lives. The second book will be a memoir... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Overall, Black Friday sales are said to have dropped this year, but some independent bookstores reported strong sales on Friday and Saturday of the holiday weekend, even as they celebrated the Indies First bookstore initiative. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc., the nation's the largest magazine publisher, is losing one of its top business-side execs to The Washington Post. The executive, Jed Hartman, who is group publisher of news and business at Time Inc., is joining the Post as its chief revenue officer.The departure costs Time Inc. an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poetry, Young Adult titles and a Booker Prize winning author feature on the list of books to be given away during World Book Night 2015. Special editions of the 20 titles will all be given away by thousands of volunteers, who can now begin applying to take part in the annual event on 23rd April... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actor Stanley Tucci and literary agent Felicity Blunt have written a cookbook. The couple’s book features recipes from Tucci’s traditional Italian roots, as well as those of his British wife Blunt, who is an agent at Curtis Brown. Recipes include pasta alla bottarga, mushroom-stuffed trout,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lynda La Plante's Prime Suspect and Karl Pilkington's The Moaning of Life are among books to be given away on World Book Night next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]