Business and financial news publisher Bloomberg Media is restructuring its sales and marketing divisions around industries like tech, finance, auto, luxury and consultancy, rather than geography, to streamline operations and strengthen its appeal to advertisers, according to chief revenue... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2023-09-28 10:30:00 UTC ]
Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 books for October, including fiction from Walter Mosley and Jesmyn Ward and memoirs from Viet Thanh Nguyen and Safiya Sinclair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-09-28 10:00:03 UTC ]
“I acted Macbeth for exactly 365 days,” says the actor, whose new memoir is “Making It So.” “The role got into me so deeply it dominated my life at the time and caused me to drink too much alcohol after the performance was over. No other role I have played has affected me so profoundly.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-09-28 09:00:35 UTC ]
It occurred at, of all places, a local tapas bar. I was sitting with a group of other Brooklyn moms when someone mentioned that my debut novel was going to be published soon. Everyone congratulated me and asked what the book was about, so I gave them a brief rundown: a group of teenage girls […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-09-28 08:55:40 UTC ]
In anticipation of Banned Books Week, Brooklyn Public Library’s collections manager Leigh Hurwitz joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss how the recent, dramatic rise in book bans disproportionately affects young people, and why BPL has chosen to offer access to its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-09-28 08:18:01 UTC ]
The Vivaldi browser, which has been in beta testing for iOS devices over the past few months, is ready for a public release. Vivaldi for iPhones and iPads is now available for download from the App Store, bringing with it the features Android and desktop users have been... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-09-28 07:00:35 UTC ]
Verity Laughton’s stage adaptation of Pip Williams’ best-selling book is a a very clever realisation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2023-09-28 05:05:12 UTC ]
S&S CEO Jonathan Karp outlined a new return-to-work policy that adopts a departmental approach, with managers determining how often their employees need to be in the office. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
After a long run with weekly sales ahead of 2022, unit sales of adult fiction titles were down 0.2% in the year-to-date after sales fell last week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance commenced its Fall Fest on September 27 in South San Francisco. According to CALIBA co-executive director Ann Seaton, 230 booksellers preregistered. CALIBA's 2024 Fall Fest will be held in Pasadena. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
The results of this year's Association of American Literary Agents biannual membership survey indicate that the agency sector of the book business is diversifying, but is still predominantly white, and issues including burnout and unequal pay remain. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Author and performer Echo Brown, widely praised for her genre-fluid YA novels that blend memoir and magical realism, died September 16 from renal failure. She was 39. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Sony continues its mission to release first-party titles on PC, as the critically-acclaimed PS5 sequel Horizon Forbidden West is coming to Steam and the Epic Games Store early next year. The port’s being handled by Nixxes Software, a company Sony purchased back in 2021.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-09-27 17:26:58 UTC ]
Valve has failed to convince a court that it didn't infringe EU law by geo-blocking activation keys, according to a new ruling. The company argued that, based on copyright law, publishers had the right to charge different prices for games in different countries. However, the EU General Court... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-09-27 12:20:53 UTC ]
Valve has failed to convince a court that it didn't infringe EU law by geo-blocking activation keys, according to a new ruling. The company argued that, based on copyright law, publishers had the right to charge different prices for games in different countries. However,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-09-27 12:20:53 UTC ]
Writing about pop culture and current technology is always a gamble, pitting critique of the present against longevity, a story that will still feel relevant after we’re gone. But for novelists (present company included) who were exposed to the Real World before the, um, real world, reality TV... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-09-27 11:00:00 UTC ]
I challenge any romance reader brave enough to test their knowledge. Can you guess the romance book based on a vague description? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-09-27 10:31:00 UTC ]
If anyone has ever told you Dune is a “tough read,” it would be interesting to see if that same person was able to read an eight‑hundred‑page Stephen King or Harry Potter novel. Although there are dozens and dozens of characters, and various layers of politics, religion, philosophy, and science... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-09-27 09:40:37 UTC ]
The author has returned to the Murdoch empire for his latest book, after a bestselling trilogy on Trump. He discusses power, politics, the media and why a person can be a moron and a geniusImmediately before Michael Wolff published The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire, the emperor himself,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-09-27 09:00:54 UTC ]
In 1953, the relatively unknown Juan Rulfo (Mexico, 1917-1986) published The Burning Plain (El Llano en llamas), a collection of short stories set in rural Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century. The novel Pedro Páramo (1955) appeared two years later. These innovative works... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-09-27 08:50:35 UTC ]