The 2015 International Christian Retail Show has opened booth registration, debuting a new exhibitor platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a gothic literary novel by Irish writer Paraic O’Donnell. Deputy publishing director Arzu Tahssin bought UK and Commonwealth rights to The Maker of Swans, O’Donnell’s debut, from Lucy Luck at Aitken Alexander. Described as “both a dark, lyrical thriller... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Walliams notched up his fourth consecutive week atop the Official UK Top 50, while the Man Booker Prize proved a massive boost for Richard Flanagan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown's talk at the Sharjah Book Fair, his first fair appearance outside the US, will be televised throughout the Arab world. The post Dan Brown, Arabic Authors to Star at Sharjah Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A raft of stories speculate on what the new terms deal between Amazon and Simon & Schuster means for authors, other publishers and, of course, Hachette. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri and Kamila Shamsie are among the 10 authors longlisted for the $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The popular review site partners with Hipmunk, and takes a shot at the likes of Expedia and booking.com.Yelp, the crowd-sourced review site, announced a partnership Tuesday with the travel booking site Hipmunk that will let users book hotel reservations using Yelp's website and mobile apps.Read... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has promoted Jaime Frost to the role of PR manager, working across the fiction department. Frost, previously PR executive, has been with the publisher for the past two yeas, working on campaigns for authors including Josephine Cox, Robin Hobb, Joe Abercrombie and Mhairi... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Nazarene Publishing House and its trade imprint, Beacon Hill Press, will shut down on December 1 due to “shifting cultural circumstances including changes in the church” that have caused declining revenues and financial instability for the press. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Richard Preston's book 'The Hot Zone' was published in 1994 and tells the story of Ebola appearing in a lab in Washington D.C. Now it's back on bestseller lists and it could be adapted as a TV series. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW spoke to the McSweeney's executive editor about how the company's recent shift to nonprofit status will affect its brand, and output, moving forward. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Leaving Time,' the latest from Jodi Picoult, came in at #2 on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list for the week ended October 20. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishing powerhouse Joyce Meyer has written some 100 books and in the past 12 years alone racked up more than 30 million in sales, since FaithWords acquired her backlist in 2002 for more than $10 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Award-winning story of how a real-life incident inspired Herman Melville to write 'Moby-Dick' is being adapted as a movie by director Ron Howard. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lynda Bellingham’s fiction publisher Simon & Schuster has paid tribute to her as a “vibrant” woman who leaves “a truly wonderful literary legacy”. The British actress died yesterday (19th October) aged 66, after a battle with colon cancer. She wrote the novel Tell Me Tomorrow for Simon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scribe has acquired a novel by Lutz Seiler, titled Kruso, which was recently awarded the 2014 German Book Prize, dubbed Germany’s equivalent to the Man Booker Prize. Scribe acquired World English rights from Nora Mercurio at Suhrkamp Verlag at auction. Seiler is a poet and short-story... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Prominent New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has criticized Amazon for using its power in ways that “hurt America”. The Nobel Prize-winning economist, who has been described as The Times’ “most heralded” columnist, used a piece in the newspaper yesterday (19th October) to argue that Amazon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agent Andrew Lownie believes that in 5-10 years, 75% of books will be self-published, 20% assisted by agents, and only 5% traditionally published. The post How Soon Will the Majority of Books Be Self-Published? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
BuzzFeed is being bumped up to the digital advertising adult dinner table. On Monday, the company announced in an internal memo that Eric Harris will become chief business operations officer and also join the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) board later this year. BuzzFeed president Greg... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harry Potter, The Gruffalo, and Horrid Henry are the top book brands for children, according to a report commissioned by the Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA). The report—released at the Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) exhibition, held in London last week—found that books were... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]